Delhi
Arya.ag, India’s largest and fastest-growing integrated grain commerce platform, announced on April 6 that it had joined the United Nations Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI), thereby voluntarily conforming to universal sustainability principles and taking steps to support UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Within the agritech ecosystem in India, Arya.ag is among the pioneers to proactively embrace this globally coveted framework.
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is an evolved framework of corporate-governance-driven sustainability that requires members to conduct business conforming to 10 principles encompassing elements such as human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Furthermore, members are required to take action to achieve SDGs 2030.
The world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative, UNGC has over 16000 companies and 3000 non-business signatories across 160 countries through over 70 local networks. UN GCNI, the Indian network, has around 550 participating organizations presently.
Prasanna Rao, MD, Arya.ag said, “At Arya, we propagate solutions that are sustainable to the ecosystem and inclusive for communities. Conforming to benchmarks of the coveted UN Global Compact programme validates our efforts and nudges us forward towards a more inclusive and purposeful organization. Our aim is to set newer reference points in the agritech space on aspects related to sustainability.”
Aseem Kumar, Executive Director (Officiating), UN GCNI commented, “As part of the one UNGC family and acting as its local arm in India, we take immense pride in the work that we are fortunate to be doing to achieve SDGs and driving Sustainable and Responsible Business Practices. We firmly believe in the power of partnerships and collaborations at all levels as the key enabler to pursuing the Goals. We are extremely pleased to welcome Arya.ag as our latest member organization and are confident of driving the much-needed CHANGE with their support.”