United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals as part of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These 17 topics of focused sustainable development initiatives are designed to ‘provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity’ to member nations for their own sustainability initiatives.
While many of these goals are truly targeted at national programs, especially for emerging countries, the UN Sustainable Development Goals offer a common framework. Of these seventeen UN Sustainable Growth Goals, Down Under has chosen eleven of these goals which are directly applicable to us and serve as a framework for the management of our Sustainability program.
In 2019, Down Under Enterprises’ sustainability program was formally recognized when we were accepted by the United Nations as a signatory to the UN Global Compact.
- Participate in the annual Sydney City2Surf team run event
- Provider of Health insurance to US employees - <20% of all employers our size offer this
- Live plants in office to improve air quality
- Positive work environment
- >50% of global workforce are female
- Written policy of non-gender discrimination
- Gender equality recognized by winning Women in International Business Award
- Developed farm systems to assure ground water is safe and pure
- Developing capability to turn manufacturing wastewater into a viable product
- Provide a filtered water facility in offices
- Testing/evaluation of ground water at farm and warehouse
- Incorporate solar energy generation and other renewable energy formats in development programs
- Our offices, farm, and operations run on 100% renewable energy sources
- Over 80% of our company travel is offset by carbon credits
- Care for staff amenities across entire organization
- Office environment replete with greenery and live plants
- No staff are underemployed – fully utilized
- Flexible working conditions
- Developed intellectual property for Zero Carbon Distillery
- Created on farm system of water recycling
- Development of organic compost as fertilizer on farm
- Written equal opportunity policy
- Written non-discrimination policy
- Written anti-bullying policy
- Employ staff from 7 different countries
- ISO14001:2015 certified operations
- Recycling program in office of everything possible: paper, toner, plastics, coffee, etc.
- All marketing materials printed on FSC approved paper
- Use 100% recycled printer paper
- Use of recycled building materials in facility development
- Investing in a 100% renewable energy technology for extraction of our products
- EnviroMark Zero Carbon Certification
- Farm equipment
- Capture and use of rainwater from buildings
- Designed and built a tail waste dam for irrigation drain
- Developed and created a closed loop irrigation system
- Adhere to all regulations and guidelines on handling of declared marine pollutants
- Continuous planting of native Australian trees to create ideal koala and other native fauna environment
- Planting of Native trees across property to encourage bird life as pest management
- No animal testing of our products – all cell line and/or in vitro
Sustainability
Visit our Sustainability page to learn more about our sustainability initiatives at Down Under Enterprises.
