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A beautiful coastline but, in the foreground, a woman is sorting a huge pile of plastic bottles
Wanted: corporate global citizens to deliver the SDGs
… Development Goals (SDGs) is a global issue; all the world’s citizens need to play their part. But ‘global citizen’ doesn’t just mean … been insular in the past, some are now recognising their social and environmental responsibilities. Some argue ‘too little, too late’, or … and opportunities for businesses in India seeking to raise the bar on sustainability Blog: Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the …
Insight, 24 January 2020
A handful of seedlings
Bringing business into the conversation on sustainable development
… and investors as they start to look at delivering positive social and environmental impacts alongside financial returns.  The series is part … investments. Coming next will be an article by the former head of sustainability at leading British retailer Marks & Spencer, Mike Barry, … to achieve the SDGs. Croft will stress that businesses are global citizens as well, and as such have their role to play. Finding new ways …
News, 18 November 2019
People sit around tables in animated and detailed discussions.
How Ekiti State is advancing transition-ready investment decision making
Insight, 27 May 2025
People sitting around a table writing on coloured pieces of paper.
Innovative tracker engages Majority World experts to identify gaps in European research priorities
… setting fail to include the perspectives of those most affected by environmental and development policy: stakeholders from the Majority … identify priorities for research on how EU policies, institutions and citizens affect the Majority World. Stakeholders from the global South …
Insight, 29 February 2024
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Insight, 08 December 2019
A timber market in Yaoundé
New director for IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group
… she most recently led work on business engagement. This involved engaging with business on the Sustainable Development Goals, developing … Developme‎nt Goals set out a common framework for governments, citizens and business to address global environment and development … IIED's efforts to ensure that markets contribute to positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes. It works on business and …
News, 11 October 2018
A row of women sitting with baskets of freshly picked tea leaves
We need more than business as usual, to leave no one behind
… injury and death in factories. The list is long. Negative social and environmental impacts along their value chain pose considerable ‘risks’ … to ignore these risks. The SDGs: a tool to manage risks Examining the sustainability impacts of their business processes and practices … manifesto can omit climate change Blog:  Wanted: corporate global citizens to deliver the SDGs – as global citizens, businesses have a …
Insight, 10 January 2020
Negotiators on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership discuss the treaty in Brussels in May 2015 (Photo: European Parliament, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Investment treaties and citizens' power: lessons from experience
Insight, 07 September 2015
Close-up image of cotton growing
Q&A: Ready for impact?
Article, 07 November 2019
The Sustainable diets for all programme recognises that people – with their capacity to innovate and power to drive change – must be at the centre of efforts to reshape our failing food systems (Photo: © Mauricio Panozo of Lucano photography. Bolivia, La Paz)
How people are providing evidence, and influencing to get food policies that work for them
… Many of today’s social and environmental problems stem from the food we eat: our diets are making … matter to people in their own contexts, and working with low income citizens to gather evidence that can support their own policy agenda. … on citizen generated evidence . These are aimed at helping CSOs and citizens find common ground on diet related issues, and work together …
Insight, 26 April 2018