21 September 2020
- Seventeen per cent of the signatory companies are Spanish, making Spain the leading country in terms of CEOs adopting the statement
- The signatures have been presented to the Secretary of the United Nations, António Guterres, at the Private Sector Forum organised by UN Global Compact
More than 1,000 business leaders from companies in over 100 countries have shown their support for the United Nations and inclusive multilateralism by signing an ambitious Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation.
The Statement includes the signatures of some of the world's leading companies, together with hundreds of companies of all sizes and sectors that are members of the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative. On a national scale, 183 of the companies signing the statement, 17% of the total, are Spanish, making Spain the leading country in terms of CEOs embracing the statement. Among the Spanish businesses represented, 10 are companies listed on the Ibex 35 that jointly represent a capital figure of 257.9 billion euros. These are: Acciona, ACS, BBVA, CaixaBank, Cellnex, Iberdrola, Inditex, Mapfre, Santander and Telefónica.
The manifesto of support -including the full list of signing CEOs- was presented to the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, by Sanda Ojiambo, Executive Director at United Nations Global Compact, at the opening of the Private Sector Forum, an event held in parallel to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
"The Declaration is a resounding act of support for inclusive multilateralism. In no uncertain terms, it states that cooperation must cut across borders, sectors and generations so that we can adapt to changing circumstances", stated Sanda Ojiambo. "In the space of just one month since we launched the Declaration, we have managed to collect more than 1,000 signatures from CEOs of companies of all sizes and from virtually every industry and region. We deeply appreciate their commitment to global cooperation at a crucial time for the United Nations and the world at large".
The launch of the Declaration comes at a time of unprecedented global disruption and transformation, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, and serves as a stark reminder that international cooperation must mobilise across borders, sectors and generations to adapt to changing circumstances. In it, CEOs assert that they acknowledge that "peace, justice and strong institutions are beneficial to the long-term viability of our organisations and are fundamental in upholding the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Now is our opportunity to learn from our collective experiences to realign ourselves in accordance with the mission of the United Nations and steer our world towards a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable path. We are in this together and we are in the business of a better world".
The CEO Statement also supports the objectives of Sustainable Development Goal 16: to promote peace, justice and strong institutions. Key issues for the future of business according to a June-July study conducted through the United Nations Global Compact Action Platform on SDG 16, which includes interviews with 60 senior executives, revealed that, alongside environmental and social issues, business leaders believe good governance lies at the heart of good business.
See the full list of signatories here*.
*UN Global Compact reserves the right to make slight changes to the document in relation to errors in the details of the signatory businesses.
List of Spanish businesses signing the statement:
1A Ingenieros, A Puntadas Empresa Social, A2 Actividades y Aprendizaje Paneque Catalan S.C., A3Sec Grupo, ABANCA Corporación Bancaria S.A., Abertis Infraestructuras, ABN Pipe Systems, S.L.U., Acciona S.A., Actiu Berbegal y Formas, S.A., Activity On Canarias ®, Adasa, Adiquimica S.A., Adolfo Dominguez S.A., Advance Soluciones, Aigües De Mataró, S.A.,Alain Afflelou España, Aleatica, Alhambra IT, Allfunds Bank SA, Anoche Tuve Un Sueño, Applitechgnosis, S.L., Applus Services, S.A., ARPA Equipos Móviles de Campaña, Arteche Lantegi Elkartea SA (Grupo Arteche), Art Marketing S.L, Aubay Spain, BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, Banca March, Barlovento Recursos Naturales, BBVA, Betaformacion S.L., Bioazul SL, Bolster Trading S.L.U., Cabify, Mobility International, Cables de Comunicaciones Zaragoza S.L., CaixaBank, Caja de Ingenieros, CANVAS Estrategias Sostenibles, CAVALA GAE, S.L., Cecabank, Cellnex Telecom, Cementos Molins S.A., Centro Especial Buelna, S.L., Centro Regional de Servicios Avanzados, S.A., Centros Deportivos beUp, CESCE S.A., CESVA Instruments, SLU, CoHispania, S.A., Contazara – Contadores De Agua De Zaragoza, S.A., Copcisa Corp, COPSESA, Creartelia Comunicación, SLU, CTL-TH Packaging S.L.U.,Design and Projects International (DAPIN), C.A., DGH Robótica S.A., DID AUTOMATION S.L., DIFLEX S.L., Dinserta Centro Especial Empleo, Disfrimur S.L., DISME, Diversis Corporacion, DKV Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.E., Ebro Foods S.A., Ecisa, Compañía General de Construcciones, S.A., EHS Techniques, Eivar Obras E Ingenieria, S.A., Elawan Energy S.L., Elecnor Group, Elzaburu Emergencia 2000 S.A., Emilio Esteban, S.A., Empresa Nacional de Innovacion, S.A. (ENISA), Empresa para la Gestión de Residuos Industriales, S.A., S.M.E., M.P. (Emgrisa), EndeF, Engineering, Enusa Industrias Avanzadas S.A., S.M.E., Equipos Nucleares S.A., S.M.E. (ENSA), Europa Mundo Vacaciones SL, EXKAL, Fabregas Packaging SL, FCC Construcción S.A., Filtros, Repuestos y Servicios, S.L. (FIRES), Flejes Especiales S.L., Fruits De Ponent, Fuerte Group Hotels, Full Audit S.A., Gestores Administrativos Reunidos S.A, Gonvarri Corporacion Financiera, S.L, GRI Renewable Industries, Grupo ACS, Grupo Copisa, Grupo Empresarial Gena, S.L., Grupo Ezentis S.A., GRUPO INTAF S.L., Grupo Oesía, Grupo Profuego Seguridad, S.L., Grupo Santander, Grupo VAPF, Hospital de Molina, Ibercaja Banco, S.A., Iberdrola, Iberostar Group, ilitia technologies, Indaccess, S.L., Inditex, Industrias Maxi, S.A., Inoff communicacion S.L., Iplan Gestion Integral S.L., Irizar Group, Iso Expertise España S.L., ISS Profesionalia, Ivemon Ambulancias Egara S.L., Javierre, S.L., Jose Maria Lazaro, S.A. – TAISI, Jose Peña Lastra S.A., Kaizen Automatización, Laboratorio de Sistemas y Análisis S.L., Last Mile Team, LAVER, Linares Abogados, Logifruit S.L., Luca Soluciones en TIC, S.L., Managing A Sustainable Business, S.L., Manufactura Moderna de Metales, Mapfre, Margalejo Campo, S.L., Mas Prevención, Servicio De Prevención, S.L.U., May Business Consulting, Mecanicas Bolea S.A., Mecanizados Acebrón, S.l., Mediaset España Comunicación S.A., Metrica6, Modelos Belako, S.L.L., Nabrawind Technologies, Natra, Navantia, S.A., Nechi Group, NEINVER, Nonwovens Ibérica S.L., Nueva Pescanova, Oasis Urbano Medioambiente S.L.N.E., OCA Hotels, OHL, OR Comunicación, PCG Print, Plain Concepts, Plan B Group, Plating Brap S.A., Promotora de Informaciones S.A. (PRISA), R.Belda Llorens, S.A., RBH Global, REALSEC, Recuperación Materiales Diversos, S.A. (RMD), Red2Red Consultores, Reduce Destrucción Documental S.L., Revenga Ingenieros S.A., S.A. de Preformados Metalicos, Salpax S.A., SanLucar Group, SIGRE Medicamento y Medio Ambiente, S.L. (SIGRE), Sodexo Iberia S.A, Solingesa, Specialisterne S.L., Square Green Capital S.L., Suministros Eléctricos Gabyl, S.A., Suministros Eléctricos Industriales Anton Teixidó S.A., Supracafé, S.A., T500 Puratos, Técnicas Reunidas, S.A., Telefónica S.A., Texlimca S.A., Tinkle, Tolsa, Total Logistic Services S.L., Transfesa Logistics S.A., Unicaja Banco, S.A., Unión de Créditos Inmobiliarios (UCI), Uría Menéndez Abogados SLP, Velatia, Via Rural S.L., Vodafone España S.A.U, VoL, World Happiness Fest, XESMEGA.
