Development Focus AreaOverview – August 2012
Overview
• About WBCSD
• Development – business role & contribution
• WBCSD Development Focus Area Objectives Structure Knowledge & advocacy products 2012 work program Engagement opportunities Key messages
About WBCSDA CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business
community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment
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n Kazakhstan BCSD
BCSD Pakistan n
n BCSD Mongolia
n BCSD Korea
BCSD Thailand n
BCSD Malaysia n
n BCSD Taiwan
BCSD Sri Lanka n
n Nippon Keidanren (Japan)
BCA Australia n
BCSD New Zealand n
n Vietnam BCSD
n Responsible Business Forum (Poland)
n Vernadsky Foundation (Russia)
BCSD UAE n
NHO (Norway) n
EpE (France) n
APEQUE (Algeria) n
NBI (South Africa) n
n econsense (Germany)
n BCSD TurkeyBCSD Portugal n
Business Europe (Belgium) n
n BCSD Croatia
BCSD Zimbabwe n
AEEC (Egypt) n
US BCSD n
The EXCEL Partnership (Canada) n
CGLI (USA/Canada) n
n Indonesia BCSD
China BCSD n
TERI BCSD India n n BEC (Hong Kong)
PBE (Philippines) n
CII India n
BCSD Austria n
FE BCSD Spain n FFA (Spain) n
FEMA (Mozambique) n
Danish CSBD n BCSD UK n
n SEV-BCSD Greece
n BCSD Hungary
PERU 2021 n
CentraRSE (Guatemala) n
n BCSD Venezuela
n BCSD Uruguay
uniRSE (Nicaragua) n
BCSD Mexico n
n BCSD Honduras
BCSD Ecuador n
n BCSD Colombia
BCSD Paraguay n
n BCSD Brazil BCSD Bolivia n
n BCSD Argentina
AED (Costa Rica) n
Accion RSE (Chile) n
IntegraRSE (Panama)n
BCSD El Salvador
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WBCSD Regional Network
Development context
• Historic shift of economic and political power• Growth needed to reduce poverty and meet aspirations of growing middle classes in emerging economies • Current development path will lead to exponential increase of demand for energy and natural resources – growing pressure on world’s ecosystems • Need for a transition towards a more inclusive, low-carbon and resource efficient economy
The Economist, 6 August 2011
Business role in Development
• Business: Engine of economic growth and
employment, source of technology and innovation
Critical role in providing solutions towards transitioning to a more sustainable and equitable world
Social inclusion & inclusive growth
Resource efficiency (water, forests, etc.)
Low-carbon technologies
Read more in WBCSD’s“Business & Development” report
(2010)
The business case
Why should global business invest in sustainable solutions to poverty & development challenges?
• Business cannot succeed in societies that fail Stable and prosperous societies make for better
business opportunities
• Risk management License to operate, innovate and grow
• Business opportunities & growth markets Technological and infrastructural investments, inclusive
business
Development Focus Area – ObjectivesCreate awareness Providing thought leadership on the role of business in a changing geopolitical and economic context Promoting the WBCSD tools that enhance companies’ awareness and capacity to respond to development risks and opportunities
Advocate Advocating business messages and solutions at relevant international processes and regional initiatives Profiling business contributions to development and sharing best practice through WBCSD communications channels
Catalyze action Demonstrating leadership in action on the ground Implementing special initiatives, as requested by groups of member companies
Leadership: Development Focus Area Core Team (FACT)
Company
BG GroupBPBrisaGDF SuezGeneral Electric ITCMasisaSC JohnsonToyotaVodafone
FACT members
John GrantIain Conn Vasco de Mello Françoise GuichardJohn Rice Y.C. DeveshwarRoberto SalasSteven StanbrookDr. Fujio ChoMatthew Kirk
Chair
Working Group: 244 persons from 89companies and 21 Regional Network partners
Doing business with the poor: A Field Guide
Finding capital for sustainable
livelihoods businesses
A business guide to
development partners
Business for
Development
Promoting SMEs for
Sustainable Development
Doing Business with the World
Investing in a low-carbon
energy future
Measuring Impact
Framework
Mobility for Development
Inclusive Business blog
Inclusive Business
Alliance with SNV
Inclusive Business
Challenge
Inclusive Business in
Latin America
Inclusive Business and
the MDGs
2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Video library
Knowledge & advocacy products
2004
National Market
Participation Framework
Business & Development
Monthlypublic
e-newsletter
2012
ICT: An enabler for
inclusive business solutions
Business solutions to
enable energy access for all
Steering committee
(FACT)
WBCSD members
Regional Network
Inclusive Business
Initiatives
Awareness
Advocacy
2012 work program
Action
Development Focus Area
Tools
Thought Leadership
Communi-cationsAdvocacy
Thought leadership
Platform for leading-edge thinking and messaging on business and development
• Completed: Advocacy piece “Business &
Development” (July 2010) Access to clean, reliable and
affordable energy sources (January 2012) ICTs as an enabler for inclusive business
solutions (August 2012)
ToolsPlatform to access WBCSD tools to enhance companies’ awareness
and capacity to respond to development risks and opportunities
• Measuring Impact Framework Measuring and assessing impacts to inform investment decisions
• Inclusive Business Challenge Challenges, drivers and principles of Inclusive Business
• National Market Participation Framework For dialogue between companies and governments on
realizing shared interests in enhancing local supplier competitiveness
• Forthcoming: Summary & analysis of available methodologies
to measure business impact on development (by end of 2012)
Inclusive Business
Platform to support local initiatives and broker ventures in cooperation with WBCSD Regional Network partners and their members
• Completed: Alliance WBCSD-SNV Netherlands Development Organization (2006-
2010) – brokered 40 ventures in Latin America
• Latest initiatives: New blog www.inclusive-business.org Latin American Inclusive Business Leaders
Network: virtual platform convening 150+ executives and 14 Regional Network partners – promotes and facilitates advocacy, exchanges, and learning www.reni-wbcsd.org
Asia: program being set up in collaboration with AsianDevelopment Bank, a.o. India, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia
Africa: focus on advocacy events in southern Africa
Information and communication technology – An enabler for inclusive business solutions
Displays best practice cases across industry sectors, and highlights opportunities for and barriers to achieving further scale
Final output of WBCSD Technology Enablers Initiative (2011)Platform for companies from different industry
sectors to explore opportunities for catalyzing inclusive business models leveraging ICT
Initiatives – 1
Platform for companies to launch development-related projects under WBCSD umbrella
• Completed: Mobility for Development initiative
Sustainable mobility solutions forrapidly growing cities in the developing world
Lessons and barriers to progress in 4 cities: Bangalore,Dar es Salaam, São Paulo, Shanghai
Initiatives – 2
• Ongoing: Access to Energy initiative
Maximizing the business contribution to expanding access to clean, reliable & affordable energy
Examines 3 key opportunity areas: o Innovative business modelso Appropriate regulatory frameworkso Maximization of the impact of
development and climate finance mechanisms
Provides business voice in the international dialogue on how to achieve universal energy access effectively and efficiently
Business solutions to enable energy access for all
• Explores: How public and development finance
mechanisms can be specifically designed to leverage additional private investment
How partnerships and cross-sector approaches can accelerate the wide provision of access to energy
How business model innovation can be nurtured
• Features 19 company case studies
Advocacy
Platform aimed at accessing and influencing relevant international processes and initiatives
• Global processes Rio+20, focus on access to energy & poverty reduction Sustainable Energy for All Campaign Poverty Environment Partnership Energy+ Partnership
• Regional initiatives Inter-American Development Bank – Opportunities for
the Majority Asian Development Bank – Energy for All Partnership Energy Access Partnership
Communications
Platform to profile leading edge business practices and contributions to development
• Examples: Article submissions to external publications
(The Guardian, European Business Review, Africa Energy Yearbook, etc.)
WBCSD website – news stories, case studies, etc.
Monthly Business & Development e-newsletter – 18’000 subscribers to date
Inclusive Business blog www.inclusive-business.org
Engagement opportunities• Identify new inclusive business opportunities by joining WBCSD’s activities in Latin America, Asia and Africa
• Shape the Access to Energy agenda during the 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
• Advocate business inputs to international development processes and events, including Rio +20
• Use WBCSD’s impact measurement tools and test the national market participation framework for dialogue with governments
• Profile your company’s contributions to development through WBCSD’s communications channels
Key messages
• Business is a solution provider to critical development challenges.
• Business is the major source of capital for developing countries.
• The sustainable development of developing countries is a business opportunity.
• Business cannot succeed in societies that fail.
• Inclusive business equals a win-win for business and society.
• The business contribution to enhance access to clean, reliable and affordable energy can be scaled through partnerships that support business model innovation as well as the creation of enabling policy frameworks and financing mechanisms.
• What gets measured gets done.
• Business cannot solve poverty, but poverty will not be solved without business.
The detailed Action Plan for 2012 is available in the online members-only
area
http://www.wbcsd.org/work-program/development.aspx