In May 2010, SKG became a participant in the United Nations Global Compact, a worldwide corporate citizenship initiative, joining a network of more than 6,500 businesses and other participants in promoting ten core principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. These principles are listed below.

As a part of this commitment, SKG will report on the company’s corporate responsibility activities and performance in an annual Communication on Progress (COP), using the 2010 Sustainable Development Report as a starting point for this communication.

The ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact are as follows:

HUMAN RIGHTS
Principle 1:  Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2:  make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

LABOUR
Principle 3:  Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4:  the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
Principle 5:  the effective abolition of child labour; and
Principle 6:  the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

ENVIRONMENT
Principle 7:  Businesses are asked to support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
Principle 8:  undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
Principle 9:  encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

ANTI-CORRUPTION
Principle 10:  Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.