Goby is proud to present our seventh Global Compact Communication on Progress. We are reaffirming our commitment to the UNGC’s ten principles with respect to human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.

We remain dedicated to the principles of the Global Compact and injecting them into the strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations of our company. Our commitment to a more sustainable world not only translates ideas into actions but resides in the core of our vision and business model. Goby’s mission has been to apply a sustainability lens to all of our clients in order to create real value.

As we continue to grow and expand, we are making certain to develop our activities, culture, and goals with the UN Global Compact and its sustainability principles in mind.

Goby has several policies in place that pertain to human rights, including equal employment policies, anti-discrimination policies, and anti-harassment policies.

- We’ve implemented an open-door policy at all management levels of the company; employees can take complaints, suggestions, etc. to any of the managers throughout the company at any time, without fear of reprisals.
- Our office provides a safe, comfortable work environment for employees; our office is in a LEED-certified building which complies with higher standards of air quality management, access to daylight and views, and an on-premises gym and bike room for our employees. The building is highly accessible to public transportation and less than 2% of employees drive to work.
- Goby has also updated the maternity and paternity leave policy to be a very competitive and attractive benefit for employees with expanding families.
- Goby helps employees to balance work and home commitments by offering flexible work options.
- Goby will be training all employees and managers of anti-harassment, including sexual harassment, as required by Illinois law

Goby performs a quarterly internal survey of our employees, providing a platform for our staff to anonymously provide feedback on our policies and performance, which is used to shape our future policies.

Goby takes labor rights very seriously. Among our written policies on this topic, equal employment and anti-discrimination policies are among the most important.

- Goby does not participate in any form of forced or bonded labor.
- Goby’s hiring practices are based strictly on objective standards and relevant criteria in order to ensure that the most qualified candidates are selected, regardless of gender, race, belief, or other extraneous factors.
- Goby provides training and self-betterment opportunities equally for all employees.
- We strive to ensure that any partners we work with in any sector of our business do not participate in any form of labor violations, such as slave labor, child labor, etc.
- Goby feels strongly about fair pay regardless of race or gender and strives to be a true meritocracy.
- The Goby office has been designed to provide a comfortable, safe working environment for our employees, with such amenities as a rooftop deck, foosball and ping pong tables, open area seating, on premises fitness center, and communal dining spaces.

- Goby's management and human resources teams collaborate to understand the feelings and attitudes of our employees, including strategies like open-door policies and feedback surveys that empower employees to submit feedback without the fear of reprisals.
- Goby’s employee gender distribution: 53% female, 47% male

- Environmental protection and sustainable practices are at the heart of Goby's corporate beliefs.
- This is very apparent in our continuous partnership with the EPA's ENERGY STAR program. Goby earned the 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence award, our seventh Partner of the Year award in a row, and our fifth year with Sustained Excellence. This is the most prestigious award given only to highly qualified firms by the US EPA.

- Goby earned the 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence award, which makes this our 7th year in a row earning this prestigious award.
- The Goby office recycles 100% of applicable waste, including proper and responsible disposal of batteries and other technology waste.
- Goby employees have taken part in many environmentally conscious initiatives and programs in the last year, including a bike-to-work challenge designed to motivate employees to turn to alternate, healthier modes of transportation.
- One of Goby’s services involves assisting/managing our clients with their submissions to GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark), a global sustainability framework with the goal of reducing the environmental impact of the commercial real estate industry.

- The Goby office recycles 100% of applicable waste, including proper and responsible disposal of batteries and other technology waste
- We encourage employees to utilize alternate forms of transportation with lower environmental impact; for example, Goby provides several pre-tax deals on public transit passes for the Chicago Transit Authority.
- Goby has submitted and benchmarked over 1,000 properties across the United States to the U.S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR program.
- Goby employees have formed a Sustainability Committee, which meets monthly to plan volunteer events for Goby employees to take part in, such as volunteering at homeless shelters, donating to food drives, and similar events.

- Goby takes steps to ensure that none of the partners, vendors, or other entities that we work with are associated with any form of corruption
- Goby encourages employees to report any form of corruption to the proper parties

- Goby’s software offering enables our users to prevent fraud and corruption within their organizations by automatically creating thorough audit trails for all transactions.
- Goby makes it a fundamental practice to assess any history or risk of corruption when working with any new business partner.
- One of Goby’s core tenets is a focus on Accountability; we emphasize taking responsibility for one’s actions and expect our employees and business partners to share our dedication to this ideal.

- Goby has created a system of reviews for all financial transactions
- Goby takes corruption claims seriously and will take action immediately if any inconsistency or problem has been approved
- Goby follows the U.S. Department of Labor’s Whistleblower Protection Act which protects workers who are reporting issues of safety or who are reporting violations of financial security, securities, consumer product, environmental, or other laws