Our company supports the TEN PRINCIPLES of the Global Compact concerning human rights, labour and environmental protection, expressing our firm intention to support and promote these principles within our field of competence.

The General Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, presided a solemn act in Madrid the 9th of April 2002 with the aim of formally presenting the Global Compact in Spain. This act was organised by the Fundació Rafael del Pino and l'Associació Cultural pro Nacions Unides.

The ten principles of the Global Compact

In the Global Compact, companies must adopt, support and promote within their field of influence, a group of fundamental values in human rights, labour and the environment. This means that a company should give rise to positive changes only within the sectors that belong to its commercial operations.

The ten principles that CATOR gives support are the following:

HUMAN RIGHTS
1. Support and respect the protection of international human rights within their sphere of influence; and
2. Make sure their own corporations are not complicit in human rights abuses.

LABOUR
3. Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
4. The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
5. The effective abolition of child labour; and
6. The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

ENVIRONMENT
7. Support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
8. Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; 
9. Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies; and

ANTI-CORRUPTION

10. Work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery.

"Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative forces of private entrepreneurship with the needs of the disadvantaged and the requirements of future generations."

Kofi Annan - General Secretary of the United Nations