United Nations Development Programme’s report on the role of the private sector in

sustainable development

Alexander Gloss

Corporate Social Responsibility SummitApril 12, 2016

Anaheim, California, USA

David BlusteinStuart CarrLori FosterAlexander Gloss

Inclusive definition of the private sector

Internal and external CSR

Community

Workplace

External CSR Recommendations

External CSR Recommendations

1. Address a community’s self-identified priorities;

External CSR Recommendations

1. Address a community’s self-identified priorities;

2. Partner with community representatives;

External CSR Recommendations

1. Address a community’s self-identified priorities;

2. Partner with community representatives;

3. Work to empower – and where possible, empower to work;

External CSR Recommendations

1. Address a community’s self-identified priorities;

2. Partner with community representatives;

3. Work to empower – and where possible, empower to work;

4. Leverage an enterprise’s expertise;

External CSR Recommendations

1. Address a community’s self-identified priorities;

2. Partner with community representatives;

3. Work to empower – and where possible, empower to work;

4. Leverage an enterprise’s expertise;

5. Partner with related efforts;

External CSR Recommendations

1. Address a community’s self-identified priorities;

2. Partner with community representatives;

3. Work to empower – and where possible, empower to work;

4. Leverage an enterprise’s expertise;

5. Partner with related efforts;

6. Evaluate and monitor.

Internal CSR Recommendations

Internal CSR Recommendations

1. Allow for enhanced compensation and flexible time off;

Internal CSR Recommendations

1. Allow for enhanced compensation and flexible time off;

2. Allow opportunities for decision-making;

Internal CSR Recommendations

1. Allow for enhanced compensation and flexible time off;

2. Allow opportunities for decision-making;

3. Enrich jobs;

Internal CSR Recommendations

1. Allow for enhanced compensation and flexible time off;

2. Allow opportunities for decision-making;

3. Enrich jobs;

4. Promote diversity and social inclusion.

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

1. Better understanding the skills gap;

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

1. Better understanding the skills gap;

2. Promoting knowledge about the benefits of training;

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

1. Better understanding the skills gap;

2. Promoting knowledge about the benefits of training;

3. Making training more efficient;

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

1. Better understanding the skills gap;

2. Promoting knowledge about the benefits of training;

3. Making training more efficient;

4. Thinking of Decent Work as a form of skills development;

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

1. Better understanding the skills gap;

2. Promoting knowledge about the benefits of training;

3. Making training more efficient;

4. Thinking of Decent Work as a form of skills development;

5. Promoting entrepreneurship;

Strategies to help the private sector reduce a global skills gap at the base of the pyramid:

1. Better understanding the skills gap;

2. Promoting knowledge about the benefits of training;

3. Making training more efficient;

4. Thinking of Decent Work as a form of skills development;

5. Promoting entrepreneurship;

6. Increasing access to occupational/vocational information.

References

United Nations Development Programme. (2014). Barriers and opportunities at the base of the pyramid: The role of the private sector in inclusive development (Foundational report of the Istanbul International Centre for the Private Sector in Development). Istanbul, Turkey: United Nations Development Programme.

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