Sogeti supports UN’s World Environment Day - join us!
The World Environment Day, a global initiative on June 5th , is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. As a group, Sogeti has decided to join the initiative and also encourages all employees to get engaged to create a maximum of positive impact.
The companies within the Sogeti Group feel responsible towards society and the world. We strongly believe that our IT expertise and the involvement of our 20,000 collaborators can bring change. Locally and globally, we are supporting concrete initiatives that have a positive impact on solidarity, social issues and the environment. We are providing micro-finance solutions, empowering through education and non-discrimination, focusing on green solutions and technology.
Within the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) we are engaged both globally and locally. The World Environment Day is just one example that we, as a company, have now decided to support with the hope that you, as an individual, will also embrace it. Together we can make a difference. Read more about our CSR commitments and activities on www.sogeti.com/theothersogeti.
A global agenda
World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972. Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The day's agenda is to:
1. Give a human face to environmental issues;
2. Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
3. Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues;
4. Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.
New theme
The theme for WED 2009 is 'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.
Read more on www.unep.org/wed/2009.