10th Oct 2005 17:03
Compass Group PLC10 October 2005 Compass Group PLC Announcement Following press speculation surrounding the involvement of Compass Group PLC,and its subsidiary Eurest Support Services (ESS), regarding contract procurementat the United Nations, the Group would like to clarify the situation: Compass Group PLC takes any questions about business operations seriously. ESSis one of a number of suppliers to the United Nations that has been co-operatingwith all the relevant authorities in a wide-ranging investigation into the UN'scontracting procedures. The Group is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and its business practices aregoverned by a strict, zero tolerance based Code of Ethics that applies to allemployees without exception. In 2004 revenues from our contracts with the United Nations were less than halfof one percent of Group revenues. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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