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Pointed out as examples of commercial and sustainable success, Scoop and TMG Automotive are the Portuguese textile industry representatives at the UN Global Compact, a United Nations initiative that brings together companies that stand for human rights and the environment.
This is a unique recognition that gives strength to this textile company’s strategy.
The presence on the Committee is reserved exclusively for companies with given proof of their fight for a fairer and more sustainable society. So far, with applications coming from all over the world, only nine thousand companies have met the criteria set by the UN.
To be accepted, Scoop and TMG Automotive had to give a full description of their actions and show how they integrate the United Nations’ values into their policy.
“We are committed to including the UN principles in our strategy, our culture and our day-to-day business,” wrote Isabel Furtado (in the photo), TMG Automotive’s CEO, in her application letter, addressed to António Guterres, United Nations’ Secretary-General.
Mafalda Pinto, Scoop’s CEO, renewed the company’s commitment in the application letter: “we have adopted a policy of public accountability and transparency, aligned with the principles of the UN Global Compact,”.
This recognition also means a higher level of demand. From now on, the presence of the two companies in the Committee will be re-evaluated every year, based on the 10 universal principles of the Global Compact.
With this initiative, the UN hopes to change the business world and gain a renewed strength in environmental preservation and in the struggle for a more balanced society.