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On March 3, 2006, Symantec CEO John W. Thompson announced Symantec’s commitment to support the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact and signed the Global Compact in the presence of Gavin Power, Senior Advisor of the Global Compact, and more than 200 Silicon Valley business leaders.
Symantec announced its signing of the Global Compact in a press release dated March 15, 2006.
United Nations Global Compact: Communication on Progress March 2008
Statement of Continued Support
Symantec is proud to be a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and reiterates its support for the Global Compact’s mission. We encourage all companies to adopt the Global Compact’s ten principles to protect human rights, uphold ethical labor conditions, preserve the environment, and combat corruption.
In the two years since we became a member, we have worked diligently to strengthen our own performance and share best practices and thought leadership with others. Symantec serves as a focal point for the United States Global Compact Network. In November 2007, we co-hosted more than 50 participants in San Francisco, California, at the "Responsible Procurement" network conference to share their knowledge and best practices for sustainable procurement, i.e., supply-chain issues, ethical sourcing, and new applications of information technology.
In demonstrating progress towards the Global Compact principles, we are especially pleased to announce our endorsement of the Calvert Women’s Principles—the first global corporate code of conduct focusing on empowering, advancing, and investing in women worldwide. We have also made considerable strides in reducing our company’s environmental impact and promoting "Green IT" products and services that will help us and others conserve energy and optimize performance. Our strong performance across a wide spectrum of corporate responsibility criteria was recognized by Symantec’s inclusion in the FTSE4Good global index for corporate responsibility in March 2007 and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America index in September 2007.
We look forward to building on these accomplishments and living up to the spirit of the Global Compact’s ten principles in all that we do. We encourage you to visit our corporate responsibility website for more information about our environmental, social, and governance initiatives, and to share your feedback with us at cr@symantec.com.
John W. Thompson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Symantec Corporation
