creating partnerships for collective impact
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I was really pleased to have been the final keynote speaker at the United Way Community Impact Summit held in Sydney on the 3rd of October. I talked about how we can meet the Post 2015 Agenda through sustained collective impact - or building partnerships between Cicvil Society, Business and Industry, Government and the Institutions. There is an interesting slide i developed showing the shift in how we look at Aid and Development Assistance. More than happy for people to get in touch with me for a more detailed explanation!TRANSCRIPT
Building towards collective impact: the
business case for change
Asia Pacific Corporate Community Impact Summit October 3rd, 2013 I Sydney, Australia
Matthew Tukaki, CEO of the Sustain Group Ex-Officio Director of the Board of the United Nations Global Compact
Building towards a Post 2015 World
What can this shift in forging partnerships achieve?
Leave no one behind:
• We should move from reducing to ending extreme poverty, in all its forms. We should that no person – regardless of ethnicity, gender, geography, disability, race or other status – is denied basic economic opportunities and human rights
Social Impact and Development • We have to integrate the social, economic and environmental
dimensions of sustainability.
Transforming Economies
• A profound economic transformation can end extreme poverty and improve livelihoods, by harnessing innovation, technology and the potential of business. More diversified economies, with equal opportunities for all, can drive social inclusion, especially for young people, and foster sustainable consumption and production patterns
Changing the way we think about aid and development assistance
Case study example: Two sides of a coin Serang, Indonesia , Population of 576,961 (city) The American conglomerate: 1996 “Factories such as the one in Serang, which employs 18,000 Indonesians, in recent months have come to symbolize the role of American companies in the developing world. A number of critics, some funded by organized labor in the United States and others not, have spotlighted what they say are abuses of local pay and labor standards, and much press attention has followed.” (Washington Post Foreign Service) "Thanks to God, it's enough money for me," said one young woman, a teacher's daughter, who has been working for three years. She is 23 now, comes from central Java and helps care for her two siblings. She said she is able to save about three-quarters of her income, which she sends back to the family. Criticism: companies would be paying well below market wages that would be acceptable in a developed country context
Case study example: Two sides of a coin The Local Company: Asia Pulp and Paper: 2013
• Supporting local employment at or above mandated wage levels • Provision of technical and vocational training • The support of women’s empowerment initiatives and micro-financing • Support of k12 schools and education services • Purchasing of local products and services
The remaining challenges:
• Ongoing community engagement and managing community expectation
• Being mindful of not subjugating the responsibility of local or national government
• Understanding what % of the emerging Sustainable Development Goals are owned by business and industry
• Quality and integrity of reporting
