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Q&A: Ready for impact?
… stakeholders. Pledges include protecting the environment by embracing sustainable practices, investing in employees and dealing with suppliers … will rightly be accused of ‘purposewash’ (the new greenwash). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the potential to support this renewed … Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development …
Article, 07 November 2019
Forest with abundant vegetation
World leaders urged to back innovative nature financing at One Forest Summit in Gabon
News, 01 March 2023
a turtle
Navigating ocean investments
… MPAs offer impact investors a strong opportunity to support the sustainable management of marine resources, improve coastal livelihoods … to manage day-to-day operations with guidance from a multi-stakeholder co-management committee.  This approach enables relevant … ecosystem improvement, support for tourism operations, and community engagement and livelihood enhancement. Blue finance plans to replicate …
Article, 01 October 2019
Group of four women carrying big basins on the way to get clean water. They are wearing colorful clothing.
Making water use fair for everybody
… footprints, a ‘water footprint’ can be a useful indicator of how sustainable a production process is from a water use perspective. … throughout the programme: from design and implementation, to stakeholder engagement and monitoring impact. While women are not the only group …
Insight, 20 March 2025
Cultivated fields and forests
Connect: mainstreaming biodiversity information into the heart of government decision making
… across a range of sectors, including poverty reduction and development . In order to change this, government decision makers need … processes. The Connect project aimed to help governments to achieve sustainable development by improving the availability and usability of information … Biodiversity and development …
Project, 02 June 2020
Manganese mining in Gabon (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD)
Project, 03 March 2009
Group of people around a table eating a meal
Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment
… diverse views in a meaningful and productive way. The Hivos-IIED Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme has championed multi-actor … explained: “It is not uncommon to find a teacher, accountant, or development practitioner doubling up as a commercial farmer, … Download:  Multi-actor initiatives in action: lessons from the Sustainable Diets for All programme …
Insight, 16 July 2020
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… engage with its critics, seek advice and pledge positive action for sustainable development. But this is what happened in 2002 when the mining sector's … Ten years later, what has changed? In the decade since MMSD, multi-stakeholder initiatives and new guidelines have proliferated. The … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 13 June 2012
A group of people stand around a map on a table.
Kota Kita: facilitating citizen-led urban development
Article, 22 February 2022
Five people posing with signs that read "gentrificado"
What does queer have to do with it?
… The sustainable development sector has made significant advances to champion social … climate action in direct response to local needs. However, mainstream sustainable development programmes and action-oriented research have struggled to …
Project, 15 November 2022