{"id":24649,"date":"2020-02-27T07:54:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T06:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vergnet-hydro.com\/vh\/?page_id=24649"},"modified":"2024-04-12T13:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:37:03","slug":"values-vergnet-hydro-drinking-water-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vergnet-hydro.com\/vh\/en\/values-vergnet-hydro-drinking-water-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Our values at the service of drinking water in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1572430459820{margin-top: 36px !important;}” bg_color_value=”#ffffff”][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Our purpose statement: Africa, the source of our commitments to the planet!” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23d08100″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1612186206207{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

For over 50 years, ODIAL SOLUTIONS has championed a fundamental right: access to basic services, especially clean drinking water. We deliver sustainable, reliable, and accessible solutions in the remote corners of sub-Saharan Africa. Our mission is simple yet powerful: to empower communities with the tools they need for healthier, more dignified lives, and to lay the groundwork for a brighter future.<\/h2>\n

ODIAL SOLUTIONS Group joined the United Nations Global Compact on 28 January 2010.<\/h2>\n

This\u00a0GLOBAL COMPACT<\/a>\u00a0brings together businesses, non-profits and United Nations agencies through a commitment to ten universally recognised principles<\/a>. \u201cThese principles offer a framework for organisations that are committed to adopting sustainable practices.\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n

Each year, we renew our commitment to the GLOBAL COMPACT by publishing a new Communication on Progress<\/a>. In May 2021 we adopted a QE-CSR Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In line with this, the\u00a0CSR commitments for ODIAL SOLUTIONS group<\/strong>\u00a0are the Following:[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Innovate to make rural areas in Africa more attractive<\/h3>\n

ODIAL SOLUTIONS group\u2019s core business is helping people in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa to access basic services, and particularly drinking water<\/strong>.\u00a0The services its companies provide are responses to article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/strong> (\u201cEveryone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food\u201d) and to the recognition by the UN of access to drinking water as a human right<\/strong> in 2010. Through their technical and social innovations<\/strong>, the group\u2019s companies are clearing away the economic and political barriers<\/strong> that have historically blocked access to long-term services in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

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EXAMPLES OF INITIATIVES:<\/strong><\/p>\n