Herbalife Nutrition announced it has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. The United Nations Global Compact works to adopt policies that improve communities and sustain and defend the basic universal tenets that protect people and the planet.
“We are proud to join the U.N. Global Compact and support the important work of the United Nations,” said John Agwunobi, Chairman and CEO of Herbalife Nutrition. “By taking action and integrating the principles of the Compact into our business practices, we are working towards creating a better world.”
This partnership continues Herbalife Nutrition’s commitment to its environmental, social and corporate governance strategy, which aligns with the Compact’s goals, and engages in addressing some of society’s most pressing issues today.
“We are pleased to welcome the commitment from Herbalife Nutrition to the Secretary-General and the United Nations Global Compact, endorsing the Ten Principles and the ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals and to do their part to create the world that we all want–a sustainable and equitable world that will benefit those in need,” said Adam Roy Gordon, Engagement Director, United Nations Global Compact.
Herbalife Nutrition also partners with the American Red Cross, Feed the Children, The Hunger Product and the Chinese Red Cross Foundation to support disaster relief efforts, eliminate hunger, increase safe housing for communities and empower healthy lifestyle changes.