GLOBAL COMPACT AND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
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BBVA and The United Nations Global Compact
Categories Principles GRI Indicators
Human rights
Labour
Environmet
Anti-corruption
Source of the correspondences between Global Compact principles and GRI indicators: draft of the report "Making the Connections by GRI and Global Compact".
(www.globalreporting.org)
The Millennium Development Goals
Principle 1 - Businesses should support and respect the protection of
internationally proclaimed human rights, within their sphere of influence.
Principle 2 - Businesses should make sure they are not complicit in human
rights abuses.
Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the
effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
Principle 4 - Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced
and compulsory labour.
Principle 5 - Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour.
Principle 6 - Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in
respect of employment and occupation.
Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to
environmental challenges.
Principle 8 - Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater
environmental responsibility.
Principle 9 - Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion
of enviromentally friendly technologies.
Principle 10 - Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms,
including extortion and bribery.
Millennium development goals Main BBVA initiative (1)
1. Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty BBVA Microfinance Foundation
2. Universal primary education BBVA Community Investment Plan for Latin America
BBVA Codespa Microfinanzas (microfinance hedge fund for Latin America)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge awards for cooperation in development
CRR Strategic Plan
3. Gender equality Agreement on equal opportunities and the reconciliation of work and family life
4. Reduce child mortality No specific initiatives
5. Improve maternal health No specific initiatives
BBVA Microfinance Foundation
6. Combat HIV/AIDS Research project for controlling malaria monitored by the World Health
Organisation (WHO)
7. Environmental sustainability Management of indirect environmental impact through the Equator Principles
8. Develop a global partnership fRC campaign for disseminating the Millennium Goals
(1) The foremost initiative is highlighted for each goal.
Design of products and services according to environmental criteria
Global Eco-efficiency Plan (PGE)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge awards in climate change, ecology and
the biology of conservation
LA4, LA 7-8, LA13-14, HR
1-2,HR 4-7, SO5, PR1
HR 1-2, HR 4-7, SO5
LA 4-5, HR 1-2, HR5, SO5
HR 1-2, HR7, SO5
HR 1-2, HR6, SO5
EC7, LA2, LA 13-14, HR 1-
2, HR4, SO5
EC2, EN26, EN30, SO5
EN 1-4, EN8, EN 11-12, EN
16-17,EN21, EN26, EN28,
SO5, PR3
EN2, EN26, SO5
SO 2-5
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