United Nations Global Compact for Synthetic Turf Firm
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ACT Global Sports is a proud active participant and supporter of the United Nations' Global Compact. As a multi-national organization, proper corporate governance, social values and outreach are all keys to our success. The published PDF document can be accessed by visiting: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/COPs/detail/12781 For those without Adobe Reader, the following is a text draft of the document: United Nations Global Compact With our expanding global footprint we embrace all cultures and communities which encompass our synthetic turf industry. With delicate humanitarian consideration, ACT Global Sports does everything we can to understand and harmonize the needs of our employees, partners and the marketplace. We are leading the way in our industry through the guidelines set forth by the United Nations Global Compact. These principles connect our understanding of the turf industry with the world around us for mutual success. By submission of our 2011 annual report we anticipate others will see the value of the basic principles of the Global Compact to also engage in this shared wealth of knowledge and implications for a better tomorrow. /s/ John Baize ____________________________________________________________________ Company History
Promoting the United Nations Global Compact To showcase our rewarding participation, our sales offices around the world have promoted the United Nations Global Compact in their respectable markets. The public has access to download and view our latest Communication on Progress from our website. In addition to the publicized COP, we proudly display the United Nations Global Compact Support logo in our marketing efforts to include tradeshow displays, banners, printed literature, and directly in our presentations. With the growing use of technology and public information available online we feel that professional relationships are being replaced by e-mails and phone calls. ACT Global Sports makes great efforts to build relationships on a face to face basis. In this regard we are building a culture of trust. In this regard our participation in the Global Compact is well received. Communication on Progress Report Card Human Rights Principles 1 and 2 Actions and Achievements We consider our employee’s around the world our family and most valuable asset. Professional mutual respect is prevalent between all members of our staff in each of our offices worldwide. We invite our employees to openly discuss any issues they may be experiencing to work as a team towards a conformed resolution. To further build our culture of trust and professionalism we encourage these same efforts with our valued partners. With communication and proper training of business ethics and procedures we confirm no human rights are violated. Labor Standards Principle 3 Actions and Achievements ACT Global Sports understands their employee’s and partners have interests and communications outside of work. Our staff members and partners are welcome to associate freely, in good faith, without interference from our management. In order to ensure these practices of freedom of association are carried out, ACT Global Sports will engage open discussions to review expectations and ethical practices of the work environment. When the company is able to work as a team with respect and understanding we are able to succeed as individuals and a company as a whole. Principle 4 Actions and Achievements We treat all our worldwide partners with the same open courtesy and respect. We go out of our way to ensure they fully understand their responsibilities and they reciprocate their expectation of us. ACT Global Sports takes this principle a step even further to only hire the best in the industry. Through a proper evaluation process we are able to decipher those companies that also follow the basic guidelines set forth by the United Nations Global Compact. Principle 5 Actions and Achievements As a worldwide company we do not tolerate this type of behavior. All of our employees are hired within the legal working age and do so by consent of both parties. We establish a comfortable working environment to ensure our employee’s happiness. In this regard, our efforts are returned by mutual understanding and hard work. We invite all companies to take a close look at the impact of child labor and encourage them to make a change to stop all forms of child labor. Principle 6 Actions and Achievements In progression we do not discriminate against race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction, social origin, age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, trade union membership, and sexual orientation. Our employees and contractors are hired based on their skills and ability to do the job at hand. Environment Principle 7 Actions and Achievements ACT Global is an innovative company that continually invests their time and money into developing environmentally friendly products and business practices. We are recognized worldwide by our ISO 14001 environmental certification. This certification confirms our operations meet the highest quality of expected environmental concern. In addition, our synthetic turf product pass strict environmental testing to include lead, mercury, zinc, cadmium, chromium, tin, toxicity, EOX, and DOC. We confirm these results to the general public by placing hazardous labels on all our artificial turf rolls. We are fully aware of the growing concern of the diminishing water supply. To further approach environmental challenges, we are proud to report that by installing synthetic turf, the average U.S. household can save up to 70% of their water bill. The Southern Nevada Water Authority estimates that every square foot of natural grass replaced saves an additional 55 gallons of water per year. The average lawn is 1,800 square feet, so the average home with synthetic turf saves 99,000 gallons of water each year. This information was gathered from the Synthetic Turf Council. Please review their website www.syntheticturfcouncil.org for more information. ACT Global continues to support the US Greenscapes program and providing products that eliminate the use of pesticides. Principle 8 Actions taken & Achievements Earlier this year world news broke out regarding the tragic natural disasters occurring in Japan followed by a scare of a nuclear meltdown. We are saddened by this unfortunate event and cannot imagine the suffering those involved must have endured. ACT Global Sports made donations to the relief efforts in Japan as an act of humanitarianism and compassion. We annually contribute to CARE, a humanitarian organization that fights global poverty in part by providing economic opportunities to women in particular. Our goal with CARE is to provide resources needed for survival in the hands of those individuals most adept to make a change in their immediate community. With our donations, the women, mothers, and wives we support are able to provide value to their families and friends while developing a sense of empowerment. In our environmental efforts, we carry forward with offsetting our companies C02 emissions and investing in reforestation projects around the globe through our partnership with Carbon Fund. We encourage our customers to take a look at this approach and recommend they too look into offsetting their particular related production, transportation and installation activities of their order. Principle 9 Actions and Achievements Anti-Corruption Principle 10 Actions and Achievements In continuation, it is our policy to limit the amount of gifts that can be given or received by an employee or professional partner. Any policy or ethical violation that is detected by an employee is immediately reported to upper management without fear of reprisals. We do not tolerate corruption or bribery in any shape or form. |
