Your partner for sustainable supply chains originating in developing countries and emerging markets

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CSR projects integrated in core business activities increases your brand value.

DuniaNet sustainability experts is a consulting company for sustainable supply chains originating in developing countries and emerging markets. We are a global network of sustainability experts. Dunia means world in the Arabic language. We newly joined as a network. Most of our experts have on average above 20 years of international experience in the sustainability sector.

We support enterprises in their efforts to increase environmental and social standards in their overseas production, as well as improving occupational safety at the origin of the value chain.

CSR projects integrated in core business activities increase the brand value of our customers. Our interna-tionally experienced, multilingual and multi-disciplinary team is supporting with regards to

• application of grant proposals;• development of CSR strategies;• stakeholder dialogues; as well as• project handling and administration.

In projects with DuniaNet you remain in the driver’s seat while enjoying effective support. This allows you concentrating on your core business.

Success through responsibility.

Consumers are increasingly sensitized towards working conditions in producing consumer and industrial goods as well as in agriculture abroad, and in the environ-mental consequences thereof. Companies risk public criticism almost overnight, if their suppliers do not comply with applicable standards.

At the same time, new laws and regulations are passed and enforced in the producer countries as regards to social conditions and environmental pollution. Adherence to these regulations is increasingly monito-red when importing goods into the European Union.

Apart from legal obligations, a credible sustainability strategy can become a distinguishing factor in marketing. Vice versa, neglecting these corporate responsibilities can quickly turn into a risk for producers and importers, thanks to an ever faster exchange of information in modern electronic media.

It is our recommendation to address these risks with a credible CSR strategy, analyzing current issues and contributing to step by step abatement.

DuniaNet supports this necessary process from developing a strategy through to designing concrete measures to reach sustainability targets.

Parallel to this, we can often mobilize public grant co-financing allowing our clients to have more impact and buffer potential risks. Activities worth co-funding typically are:

• operational environmental protection;• resource- and energy efficiency;• occupational health and safety;• social workplace conditions and ILO core

labour standards;• compliance with national legislation in the pro-

ducer country and for EU import; and• transfer of technical or managerial skills.

Credible CSR is always aiming at eliminating real prob-lems and leading the way forward.

Intervention costs have to fit profit margins and type of product and structure of supply chain. Financial resour-ces need to be applied efficiently and unfold catalytic effects.

Grant applications for CSR business-related issues.

Occupational safety, technical skills, energy-efficiency and operational environmental protection, skill development, social workplace conditions, as well as compliance with ILO core labor standards in developing countries and emerging markets are important policy objective of the German government and European Union.

Public co-financing is available in all instances, where companies from Germany or other member states of the European Union invest in improving occupational safety and qualification standards, environmental protection and resource efficiency in their overseas supply chains, as long as the framework conditions of the respective funding instruments are met.

Such public co-financing can make the difference for companies considering investing in CSR activities in their value chains and it can help designing the activities with enough detail to ensure lasting positive effects and inspire other companies to follow suit.

DuniaNet is specialized in grant applications for industrial clients with CSR challenges in their supply chains. We always start the process by jointly analyzing

the current situation. The present challenges of our clients in their overseas production or sales markets influencing their sales.

A typical grant application and project implementation procedure looks as follows:

1. Joint analysis of present situation and definition of goals and objectives;

2. conceptual design of a strategy to reach these goals;

3. selection of a suitable, industry-friendly co-financing instrument;

4. grant application, i.e. development of all required documents;

5. support in implementing the project, particularly in the inception phase;

6. support in project administration (financial and substantive reporting); and

7. effective liaison with the donor institution.

This approach minimizes risks and administrative efforts while optimizing the use of the chosen funding instrument.

We offer to support not only the administrative processes, but the implementation of those activities, in which our clients can benefit from our know-how, inter-cultural or country-specific competencies or from the involvement of independent third parties or additional stakeholders.

DuniaNet is utilizing its network of sustainability experts, and additional institutional partners and academic institutions, partner companies, civil society actors and professional contacts with country-specific knowledge, that have proven to add value in the respective target countries.

In project implementation, we work increasingly with local experts that have often been trained in Europe and have valuable cultural and regional knowledge.

For a first impression of our extended network, please check the team and network pages on our website.

Project monitoring.

We support you in production and supplier-manage-ment in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe with coordination of:

• market research; • environmental and social audits;• workplace safety training programs; and• qualifying skilled workers.

We would be pleased to send you a concrete offer for a selected country or product based on your requirements and plans.

Do not hesitate to get in touch with us in order to discuss your objectives in a first meeting.

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Robert BechtloffCoordinator und OwnerArmbruststr. 75D-73230 Kirchheim unter TeckGermany

Tel +49 (0) 7021 931 5910Fax +49 (0) 7021 931 5930

info@dunianet.de

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