SES Joins United Nations Global Compact Initiative, Accelerates Purpose-led ESG Programme in 2021
21 April 2021 - 8:50AM
Business Wire
New commitment will see SES align ESG
activities to the company’s sustainability and social ambitions,
and develop a formal strategy and impact report
SES today announced it has joined the United Nations Global
Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative,
underscoring the company's purpose-led Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) programme.
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By committing to the UN Global Compact framework, SES is now
firmly aligning its long-standing societal and environmental impact
efforts to the company’s purpose – doing the extraordinary in space
to deliver amazing experiences everywhere on earth – and delivering
on its ambitions to provide cloud-enabled, satellite-based
intelligent connectivity and to make a difference worldwide.
The UN Global Compact is a corporate initiative that encourages
both business and non-business organisations to establish and
define strategies, policies and procedures aligned with the 10
principles of the Global Compact. SES is well aligned with these
principles and will report on their execution.
Since SES’s establishment in Luxembourg in 1985, it has been
making a difference to people’s lives worldwide by:
- Delivering content, especially breaking news and sports event,
over satellite TV
- Enabling people and businesses in remote areas to stay
connected through high-performance data services that directly
affect health, education and economic outcomes
- Allowing crews and passengers at sea and in the skies to be
connected at all times no matter where they are
- Providing governments with robust, resilient and secure
networks for their operations and missions
- Restoring communications networks in disaster-stricken
areas
Under this new commitment, SES will evaluate its existing ESG
activities while aligning them with the company’s purpose and
ambitions, as well as with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals,
to ensure that SES is making the necessary positive social and
environmental impact on the world.
SES will also develop a formal impact strategy that will
determine how to adopt best-in-class ESG policies while delivering
services to its customers. It will also produce ESG reports that
adhere to international standards to highlight the extent of SES’s
impact.
“Whether through supporting education, remote health, disaster
response, connecting populations or simply delivering
entertainment, we are driven to leverage the best innovation in
space to make life better for people here on the ground. Our team’s
passion for making a positive difference in the world makes joining
the UN Global Compact Initiative a straight-forward choice for SES
and underscores our commitment to operating in the most sustainable
and responsible way across our entire business,” said Steve Collar,
CEO at SES.
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About SES
SES has a bold vision to deliver amazing experiences everywhere
on earth by distributing the highest quality video content and
providing seamless connectivity around the world. As the leader in
global content connectivity solutions, SES operates the world’s
only multi-orbit constellation of satellites with the unique
combination of global coverage and high performance, including the
commercially-proven, low-latency Medium Earth Orbit O3b system. By
leveraging a vast and intelligent, cloud-enabled network, SES is
able to deliver high-quality connectivity solutions anywhere on
land, at sea or in the air, and is a trusted partner to the world’s
leading telecommunications companies, mobile network operators,
governments, connectivity and cloud service providers,
broadcasters, video platform operators and content owners. SES’s
video network carries over 8,250 channels and has an unparalleled
reach of 361 million households, delivering managed media services
for both linear and non-linear content. The company is listed on
Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges (Ticker: SESG). Further
information is available at: www.ses.com.
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For further information please contact: Suzanne Ong
External Communications Tel. +352 710 725 500
suzanne.ong@ses.com
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