tailieunhanh - SAVINGS BANKS' SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ACTIVITIES, A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE

Tham khảo sách 'savings banks' socially responsible activities, a wealth of experience', tài chính - ngân hàng, ngân hàng - tín dụng phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ụ o LU SAVINGS BANKS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ACTIVITIES A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE April 2006 Wĩ THE GLOBAL COMPACT SUPPORT EUROPEAN SAVINGS BANKS GROUP THE GLOBAL CWIEWJT A COMMITMENT TO UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT PRINCIPLES The European Savings Banks Group s recent declaration of participation to the United Nations Global Compact initiative reflects the collective public and strong commitment of its members in favour of sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility throughout Europe. ESBG as a business organisation will give input to improve the uptake implementation and strategic integration of UN Global Compact Principles into its members business activities. ESBG members initiatives described in the present report converge with the UN Global Compact general objectives. They more specifically focus on Principle 1 support and respect of the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights Principle 6 elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation Principle 7 support to a precautionary approach to environmental challenges and Principle 8 promotion of greater environmental responsibility . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Contributing to the improvement of living conditions supporting the local economic development and building greater social cohesion in the local communities where they operate is an integral part of savings banks identity and one of their distinctive features amongst financial players. These commitment to society activities traditionally developed by savings banks are however only one of the pillars of the broader Corporate Social Responsibility CSR approach increasingly developed by savings banks on all European markets. Savings banks have progressively adopted a balanced and comprehensive approach to socially responsible practices covering a whole range of aspects including economic . regional development financial inclusion social relations . work force life-long learning training and environmental . .