Blackbaud Joins the United Nations Global Compact

The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their strategies and operations with ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment as well as anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals.

FREMONT, CA: Blackbaud, the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, has declared that it has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative—a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation as well as disclosure of responsible business practices. This declaration builds on the company's recently expanded commitment to its social, environmental, and governance (ESG) program.

The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their strategies and operations with ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment as well as anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals.

"At Blackbaud, our vision is to power an Ecosystem of Good® that builds a better world," stated Mike Gianoni, president and CEO, Blackbaud. "Joining the UN Global Compact is the next step in our longstanding and dedicated journey to help good takeover. We bring our values to life every day by serving the social good community with software, services, data intelligence and expertise, empowering our own employees as agents of change who get involved in their communities, and giving back through our corporate responsibility initiatives."

"In addition to standing with the UN Global Compact's ten fundamental principles, we're committed to turning the principles into practice, making them part of our company's strategy, culture and day-to-day operations," stated Rachel Hutchisson, vice president, corporate citizenship and philanthropy, Blackbaud. "We're focused on accelerating ESG initiatives across our business and look forward to working with the UN Global Compact to make even more progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals."

Introduced in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with over 9,500 companies and 3,000 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries and over 70 Local Networks.