GLOBAL COMPACT AND
MILLENNIUM GOALS
«SOME TIME AGO, SOME VERY WISE PEOPLE STARTED TO IMAGINE A
BETTER WORLD FOR EVERYONE. AND TO FULFIL THEIR DREAM, THEY
SET A DATE AND A GROWN-UP NAME: 2015, THE MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THEY ARE EIGHT WISHES THAT BY WORKING
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE COME TRUE».
(2015: A BETTER WORLD FOR JOANA)
GLOBAL
COMPACT
In 2002, the BBVA Group
subscribed to the United Nations
Global Compact. The Global
Compact is an international initiative designed to
encourage institutions to adopt a voluntary commitment
in corporate responsibility through ten principles based
on human, labour and environmental rights and the fight
against corruption.
Furthermore, since 2004 the Compact includes
another four Group banks: BBVA Banco Francés,
BBVA Bancomer, BBVA Colombia and BBVA Banco
Continental. In addition, BBVA has sat on the
Executive Committee of the Spanish Global Compact
Association (ASEPAM) since it was founded in 2004.
Since it became a member, the BBVA Group has
drafted an annual progress report, available in Spanish on
the net at www.pactomundial.org, containing detailed
information on its policies and the specific actions
pursued for their fulfilment.
In 2008, BBVA adhered to an initiative undertaken by
the UN Global Compact to mark the 60 th anniversary of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its aim is to
reinforce the commitment of all social and economic sectors
to the principles contained in the Declaration. Those
subscribing to this initiative, regardless of their country of
origin or the type of activity they pursue, recognise the
importance of safeguarding human rights in their business.
Through this adhesion, signed by the Group’s
chairman, BBVA appears on the list of around 250
entities pledged to Human Rights that is posted on the
UN website.
MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT
GOALS (MDGS)
The eight Millennium
Development Goals,
promoted by the United
Nations, stem from an
international agreement that establishes 2015
as the deadline for achieving significant
improvements in the reduction of poverty and
inequalities that affect millions of people
worldwide.
Accordingly, the BBVA Group is fully committed
to this challenge through business activities and
campaigns for disseminating the MDGs, as well
as for raising awareness and promoting them.
Insofar as campaigns are concerned, it is worth
noting that BBVA was a founding member of the
Corporate Reputation Forum
(www.reputacioncorporativa.org) dedicated to
reporting on the actions undertaken in pursuit
of the MDGs through the project 2015: A better
world for Joana.
(www.2015unmundomejorparajoana.com).
GLOBAL COMPACT AND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
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