SAN JOSE, Calif. & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced that it became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact. As a participating company, Avago agrees to uphold the Compact’s ten principles in the four areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
Since its founding in 2000, the UN Global Compact has grown to have more than 8,000 participants, including over 6,000 businesses in 135 countries around the world. In addition to following the ten principles, the Compact calls for participants to promote corporate social responsibilities to foster a sustainable and inclusive global economy, starting with the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
“By committing to the UN Global Compact's ten principles, Avago is reaffirming our corporate citizenship and contributing to the building of a sustainable society,” said Hock Tan, President and CEO of Avago. “We are proud to serve as an example to other high-tech companies in joining and will encourage our existing supply-chain to participate as well.”
More information on the company’s participation, including its Letter of Commitment, is available at www.unglobalcompact.org.
About Avago Technologies
Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to approximately 40,000 end customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and automotive electronics, and consumer and computing peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back nearly 50 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.
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