VANCOUVER, BC, April 5,
2023 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems
(NASDAQ: BLDP); (TSX: BLDP) today announced that it has joined the
United Nations Global Compact initiative – a voluntary leadership
platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of
responsible business practices.
The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align
their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted
principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and
anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and
issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals.
"Ballard is proud to join the UN Global Compact alongside
thousands of global leaders making the important commitment to
embed responsible business within their operations. By living our
shared values and using the universally accepted principles to
inform strategy, policies and practices, we deepened our commitment
to deliver fuel cell power for a sustainable planet, and to a just
and equitable future," stated Randy
MacEwen, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Ballard encourages you to visit its profile on the UN Global
Compact website and learn more about our latest sustainability work
on our website at
https://www.ballard.com/about-ballard/our-sustainability
About the United Nations Global Compact
Launched in
2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability
initiative in the world, with more than 15,000 companies and 3,000
non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and more than
70 Local Networks. The Compact's ambition is to accelerate and
scale the global collective impact of business by upholding The Ten
Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through
accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change.
About Ballard Power Systems
Ballard Power Systems'
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) vision is to deliver fuel cell power for
a sustainable planet. Ballard zero-emission PEM fuel cells are
enabling electrification of mobility, including buses, commercial
trucks, trains, marine vessels, and stationary power. To learn more
about Ballard, please visit www.ballard.com.
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