{"id":44988,"date":"2021-08-19T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T03:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=44988"},"modified":"2021-08-19T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T03:10:18","slug":"bitglass-supports-united-nations-global-compact-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/08\/19\/bitglass-supports-united-nations-global-compact-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitglass supports United Nations Global Compact Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitglass.com\/\">Bitglass<\/a>, a cloud security company, announced its commitment to support the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unglobalcompact.org\/\">United Nations Global Compact Initiative<\/a>\u00a0by implementing the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption into its business practices. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the company is also committed to collaborating with other organizations to further advance the development goals of the United Nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the world\u2019s largest corporate citizenship initiative that encourages businesses to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies to create a better world, Bitglass is undertaking the following actions that align with the UN Global Compact\u2019s core principles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Proactive engagement of customers, vendors, board and employees on our code of business conduct and corporate social responsibility policies with emphasis on anti-fraud and corruption.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Continued alignment with our hosting partner, AWS, on its sustainability initiatives which includes a reduced carbon footprint assessment through its renewable energy programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Expansion of diversity programs to ensure inclusive hiring practices and employee development.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBitglass is dedicated to the path of continuous societal improvement,\u201d said Andrew Urushima, Senior Vice President, Bitglass. \u201cOur participation in the UN Global Compact further validates our commitment to contribute to corporate sustainability and responsibility. We look forward to formally implementing the Ten Principles into our business strategies, culture, policies and daily operations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition, the company is also committed to collaborating with other organizations to further advance the development goals of the United Nations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":44989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2550,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-44988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}