EUROPEMission & Values
EuroCharity's mission is to be Europe's largest privately-run communications and networking platform specialised in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), Sustainable and Responsible Investing, and the Green Economy.
Values
Our values define who we are and guide the way we think, act and do business. At EuroCharity, we:
- do not view our employees as "assets" or "workers", but rather as pro-active ambassadors who are passionate about our mission. We encourage our ambassadors to be changemakers and go-getters, and be passionately part of EuroCharity's mission;
- strongly believe in encouraging synergies and facilitating strategic partnerships among EuroCharity's members and our key stakeholders;
- believe that making the world a better place starts -- first and foremost -- with ourselves, our ambassadors and our stakeholders, and are therefore active citizens in our personal and professional lives. We encourage our members to not just be good, but also pro-active corporate and individual citizens;
- strongly believe that corporate responsibility, responsible investing and the green economy should be the central focus of all companies and investors, regardless of size, industry sector or location in which they operate;
- participate in our members' voluntary activities, projects and events;
- are dedicated to becoming a 100% climate neutral and zero-waste company. This commitment refers to both our operations (e.g., office, logistics, staff movements) and products/services (e.g., Web portals, exhibitions, events, EuroCharity Yearbooks);
- respect the natural environment in which we do business and we are committed to reducing our ecological footprint to a minimum.
- donate a percentage of our corporate annual pre-tax earnings to help fund innovative, not-for-profit projects that make an impact (please visit: Annual NGO project funding procedure: part of EuroCharity's values for further information);
- strongly adhere to ethical decision-making, organisational transparency, and accountability, both internally (to one another, to our ambassadors) and to our external stakeholders, including our members.
EuroCharity is a signatory to and is pro-actively promoting the United Nations Global Compact'sten principles.
The UN Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. Since its headquarters are located in Athens, EuroCharity is a founding member of the Global Compact Network Hellas (GCNH), while EuroCharity's President, Peter Michel Heilmann, as a member of the Local Network's Internet Committee, has co-ordinated the launch of the official GCNH Web site in both Greek and English. The GCNH was established on May 28, 2008.
The UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate responsibility initiative with over 9,000 business and civil society signatories in more than 140 countries, and 100 Local Networks. Participating companies commit to align business operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, as well as to take actions in support of broader United Nations goals such as the Millennium Development Goals. Launched in 2000, the mission of the UN Global Compact is to advance the practice of corporate sustainability globally, recognising that responsible business actions can underpin economies with values essential for more sustainable and inclusive growth. The UN Global Compact's participants represent a sliver of the world’s estimated 70,000 multinationals and millions of smaller enterprises.
Of those companies that are engaged in the initiative, just one quarter consider their efforts to be at an advanced level, suggesting that a very small percentage of the broader business community is at the leading edge of sustainability practice. More information: www.unglobalcompact.org.
