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"International Gas Union: Guiding Principles for Sustainable Development, 2003" [2005] ELECD 305; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 82

Section Title: International Gas Union: Guiding Principles for Sustainable Development, 2003

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

82. International Gas Union: Guiding Principles
for Sustainable Development, 2003

Commentary: Founded in 1931, the International Gas Union (IGU, www.igu.org)
is a global non-profit organisation registered in Switzerland with a secretariat located
in Denmark. The IGU's objective is to promote technical and economic progress
within the gas industry and its membership consists of associations and entities from
67 States. The IGU formulates an action programme at World Gas conferences held
every three years for subsequent implementation by working committees. See also
IGU (2003), Seven Decades with IGU, Hoersholm: Denmark. For other sectoral
approaches, see International Fertilizer Industry Association (1992, 2000), `Mission
Statements on Sustainable Development', Vancouver (www.fertilizer.org/ifa); the
International Hotel Environmental Initiative (1992), `Charter for Environmental
Action in the Hotel Industry', London (www.ihei.org).



The underlying tenet of the IGU Guiding Principles for Sustainable Development is that the
gas industry integrates economic, environmental and social factors in all its business prac-
tices. The gas industry further recognises that continuous improvement of corporate perfor-
mance towards sustainable development is critical for successful business.
The gas industry's corporate performance for Sustainable Development is guided by the
following declarations:

(i) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
(ii) The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Works, 1998.
(iii) The Rio Declaration on Sustainable Development and its Agenda for the 21st century,
1992.


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