On April 2 2012, Suncor Energy (U.S.A) agreed to pay more than $2 million in fines for air quality violations after state inspectors discovered violations of state and federal requirements during an inspection nearly two years ago. The health department says the main violations involved benzene waste.
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Suncor Energy Inc. is a Global Compact participant since 2001/08/31. Suncor Energy was a gold contributor for the Foundation for the Global Compact in 2011.
This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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