The Global Compact is a United Nations initiative launched in 2000 aimed at encouraging companies to align their strategies and operations with universal principles regarding human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.

Signing the Global Compact is a voluntary commitment by the company. Adhering companies pledge to make progress each year while taking into account the 10 foundational principles of the Global Compact.

• Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.
• Principle 2: Businesses should ensure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses, international Labor Standards.
• Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
• Principle 4: Businesses should work to eliminate all forms of forced and compulsory labor.
• Principle 5: Businesses should work towards the effective abolition of child labor.
• Principle 6: Businesses should work towards eliminating discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

• Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
• Principle 8: Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.
• Principle 9: Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

• Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

• Nearly 125,000 participating companies across 167 countries.
• 61 local networks.
• 32 participants in Morocco, including CGEM, BMCE, Lafarge, and Intelcia.