UN Partnership in Indonesia
Reviver has joined the UN Global Compact – the UN's initiative for responsible business, and the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. With this, we formally commit to the ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to reporting on our progress every year.
Kjell-Ove Klauset, Project leader Agder, UN Global Compact Norway and Emma Lunden, Head of Partnerships Reviver.
Why now
Reviver gives our customers the data foundation for ESG and CSRD reporting as a direct result of using Reviver to carry out their raw material trades: we track the transport and material flows along the way, which gives them the traceability data and the reporting that authorities require – without manual entry afterwards. It's hard to deliver data that others are expected to build their own reporting on, if we're not willing to hold ourselves to a similar commitment and scrutiny. Membership in the UN Global Compact is a concrete standard to be measured against – one we have to deliver on every year, not just sign once.
It's also about where we're heading. Reviver has grown from a Norwegian tool for waste tracking into a platform several industries use as data infrastructure for the circular economy. An internationally recognised framework like the UN Global Compact is a natural next step as our ambitions – and our customer base – outgrow the Norwegian market.
What the UN Global Compact actually requires
The UN Global Compact isn't a certificate you get and forget. As a member, Reviver commits to:
- The ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption
- Delivering an annual Communication on Progress (COP) – a public report on how the principles are actually being followed up in the business
- Embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in our own business strategy, not just in outward-facing communication
For a company that depends on others trusting its numbers, this is more than symbolism. It's an external benchmark we can be held to, in the same way we hold our customers to the requirements of the EU Taxonomy and CSRD.
"Our customers get their data foundation because they trade their raw materials through Reviver – we track the transport and material flows, and that gives them the reporting authorities require, without anyone having to sit down and register it manually afterwards. That means we can't pick and choose whichever sustainability principles look best in a press release. The UN Global Compact gives us a framework we actually have to report against – the same kind of commitment our customers get delivered through us. It's also a signal to the international players we're now talking to: we hold ourselves to the same ruler we offer them." - Emma Lunden, Head of Partnerships & Comms at Reviver.
What happens next
Reviver will publish its first Communication on Progress in line with the UN Global Compact's deadlines, using our own platform to track and document our progress the same way the platform already does for our customers. The membership doesn't change what Reviver delivers – it sets an external standard for how we run the business while we deliver it.
