FREYR Signs UN Global Compact Principles
February 03 2022 - 7:20AM
Business Wire
FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR”), a developer of clean,
next-generation battery cell production, is proud to confirm its
commitment to the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global
Compact on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption,
in a signed statement to the UN Secretary General, H.E. António
Guterres.
FREYR will integrate the UN Global Compact principles within the
company’s strategy, culture, and daily operations, and engage with
partners to advance the UN’s broader development goals – the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular.
“Our mission at FREYR is to decarbonize transportation and
energy systems by delivering sustainable and cost-effective
batteries. Not only do we know this is key to supporting the
world’s path to net zero, but we also believe that public
accountability and transparency is the best way to get there,” said
Tom Einar Jensen, CEO of FREYR.
“As part of our commitment to the UN Global Compact, we will
hold ourselves accountable to meeting our commitments and
disclosing our progress towards measurable targets each year, which
will continually push us to improve our performance and add to our
competitive edge in a world were batteries produced using coal
power or a value chain using child labor is unacceptable,” he
added.
A requirement for participation in the UN Global Compact is the
submission of a Communication on Progress (COP) that describes the
company’s efforts to implement the Ten Principles. This is done on
an annual basis and includes an overview of activities and
measurable outcomes.
“Being a part of the UN Global Compact is a public way of
showing what you stand for as a company. It’s a strong sign that
integrity is at the core of your company culture. It is also a
statement that we will not operate in a vacuum. But rather, we are
committed to raising standards, pushing a sustainable agenda, and
supporting society at-large,” said Elizabeth Tate, VP
Sustainability at FREYR.
According to the UN Global Compact annual survey, 81 percent of
participating companies attribute their sustainability progress to
their participation in the Global Compact. Currently, more than
14,000 companies across 162 countries have made the commitment,
working together to actively build a more sustainable future. Now
FREYR can be added to that list, doing its part to transform the
world through business.
About FREYR Battery
FREYR Battery aims to provide industrial scale clean battery
solutions to reduce global emissions. Listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, FREYR’s mission is to produce green battery cells to
accelerate the decarbonization of energy and transportation systems
globally. FREYR has commenced building the first of its planned
factories in Mo i Rana, Norway and announced potential development
of industrial scale battery cell production in Vaasa, Finland and
the United States. FREYR intends to deliver up to 43 GWh of battery
cell capacity by 2025 and up to 83 GWh annual capacity by 2028. To
learn more about FREYR, please visit www.freyrbattery.com.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements
All statements, other than statements of present or historical
fact included in this press release, including, without limitation,
statements regarding the intent to integrate the UN Global Compact
principles within the company’s strategy, culture, and daily
operations, and to engage with partners to advance the UN’s broader
development goals; FREYR’s goal to decarbonize transportation and
energy systems by delivering sustainable and cost-effective
batteries; FREYR’s intention to hold itself accountable to meeting
its commitments and disclosing its progress towards measurable
targets each year; and FREYR’s commitment to raising standards,
pushing a sustainable agenda, and supporting society at-large are
forward-looking and involve significant risks and uncertainties
that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the
expected results.
Most of these factors are outside FREYR’s control and difficult
to predict. Information about factors that could materially affect
FREYR is set forth under the “Risk Factors” section in FREYR’s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 9, 2021, as amended, and
in other SEC filings available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov.
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Investor contact: Jeffrey Spittel Vice President,
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281-222-0161
Media contact: Katrin Berntsen Vice President,
Communication and Public Affairs katrin.berntsen@freyrbattery.com
Tel: (+47) 920 54 570
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