{"id":457936,"date":"2021-03-15T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=457936"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:18:16","slug":"signet-jewelers-joins-united-nations-global-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/signet-jewelers-joins-united-nations-global-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"Signet Jewelers Joins United Nations Global Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Milestone Step Further Aligns Company’s Purpose and Values with Visible ESG Leadership<\/h2>\n

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\n AKRON, Ohio<\/span>, March 15, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) today announced it has joined the United Nations Global Compact<\/a>, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, underscoring the Company’s purpose-driven growth strategy. With this commitment, Signet joins more than 12,000 member companies in more than 160 countries that are aligning their operations and strategies with universal principles\u00a0on\u00a0human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption,\u00a0and taking strategic action towards broader societal goals such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For example, Signet believes SDG 5 – gender equality – is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Our core belief at Signet is that Love Inspires Love.\u00a0 Signet’s Purpose – Inspiring Love – infuses our work with meaning, and is a standard of responsibility to which we hold ourselves accountable. It extends beyond our walls to our industry and our stakeholders across the globe,” said Signet Jewelers CEO Virginia C. Drosos<\/span>. “It’s with that deeply held belief in mind that we are proudly joining the UN Global Compact initiative as a way to further demonstrate that the actions of our company align with our purpose and values. Signet employees in every part of our business are inspired by the opportunity to be the change we want to see the world, and it is on their behalf that we step up in visible support of human and labor rights, sustainability and anti-corruption practices.”<\/p>\n

We are now accelerating our long-standing Corporate Social Responsibility strategy with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, including recent highlights:<\/p>\n