signatory to the United Nations Global Compact
Bowman Gilfillan is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact. The UN Global Compact is the first truly global corporate citizenship initiative that brings business together with UN Agencies, civil society and labour in support of its ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour-relations, environmental protection and anti-corruption. To date, nearly 4 000 companies and organisations participate in over 100 countries around the world.
The ten principles are:
principle 1
"Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights" - we unequivocally subscribe
principle 2
"Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses" - we unequivocally subscribe
principle 3
"Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining" - we subscribe
principle 4
"The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour" - we subscribe
principle 5
"The effective abolition of child labour" - we subscribe
principle 6
"The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation" - Our transformation charter was revised and revisited in January 2008 with recommendations for the next three years. For a copy of the charter, please see our Transformation page
principle 7
"Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges" - we subscribe
principle 8
"Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility" - For a detailed list of what we have done and are currently doing, please click here
principle 9
"Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies" - built into the operational environment
principle 10
"Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery" - view our Transformation Charter and White Collar Crime Practice Area
For more information about the United National Global Compact, please visit www.unglobalcompact.org
Acted for Resource Generation in relation to its secondary listing on the Main Board of the JSE. The listing will occur on 14 July. Resgen currently has a primary listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.
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The Consumer Protection Act sets up an extensive administrative structure for the protection of consumers, with numerous provisions dealing with the obligations that businesses have, and, also, actions that they may not take. One of the obligations that will apply is that a person providing goods or services to consumers will be allowed to conduct business only under specific names (section 79(1)). A number of scenarios are envisaged by Act.
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Bowman Gilfillan has also entered into an arrangement with CIDA City Campus, particularly in business subjects, in terms of which we prepare the lecture materials for, and present lectures to, their second year students. We also provide CIDA with legal advice. All of this is done free of any charge, as part of our social responsibility programme.
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