日内瓦，2024年1月12日: The World Business Council for Sustainable 发展 (WBCSD) is proud to announce the official merger of 包容性增长业务 (B4IG) 股本行动 命令式创建 B4IG股权行动平台, establishing a powerful joint initiative dedicated to tackling inequality and driving transformative business action.
以来 launch in August 2019, B4IG mobilized business leaders from 35 companies around a 承诺 采取行动支持包容性增长. 随后又通过了一项 路线图 for inclusive recovery by B4IG members, in November 2020. 从那时起, the coalition has explored and developed practical solutions to mobilize leading companies and coordinate with governments to scale up business action on inequality.
通过B4IG和WBCSD之间的合作, the potential to combine the efforts of the two networks to advance an inclusive growth agenda emerged. 多亏了这些协同效应, the new B4IG股权行动平台 creates one trusted community of leading businesses with a standing commitment to 股本. 像这样, 它提供了一个丰富的专家网络, 方法, and leading practices that help businesses transform value chains and navigate an increasingly complex market landscape.
“It’s an exciting opportunity as the integration of B4IG under WBCSD will deliver an even greater value to our members and partners, and create more impact on key topics such as human rights, 多样性, 股本 & inclusion, just transition, living wages and social metrics.” – 卡米尔Putois, Member of the WBCSD 规则 Advisory Board and former CEO of B4IG.
展望未来, the B4IG股权行动平台 is getting ready to launch a next phase of action for the 解决不平等商业委员会(BCTI), 雄心勃勃的商业主导, multi-stakeholder initiative focused on shaping future-proof, 公平和包容的市场和体系. 2024年2月, the 70+ members of the BCTI will embark on a two-year continuation to elevate inequality as an essential board房间的议程, coordinate shared action and system-level progress across the 10 areas of its 解决不平等行动议程, and foster markets where social performance and accountability are a given.
“以来 inception, B4IG has led the way in elevating tackling inequality and inclusive growth as a board房间的议程. We are grateful for the work done and thrilled to welcome the B4IG community into our WBCSD family of 250 corporate members and into our next phase of work with the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality.”– Carolien de Bruin，水务署公平行动高级总监.
With the extension of BCTI for another two years, our collective aspiration is to leverage the 解决不平等行动议程 to trigger and deliver more action in support of the 10 areas of impact where companies and investors can play an essential role, transitioning the platform from a framing role to one where we actively work with our members to jointly elevate the ‘S’ in ESG agenda, and increasing our ability to transform our own operations through joint learning to deliver impact.
将焦点从雄心转向协调一致的行动, the second phase of the BCTI’s work will widen its scope across essential sectors and diverse regions. Centered on five key themes - Human Rights, Living Wages & 收入, 只是过渡, 多样性、公平与包容, and Social Performance and Accountability - this collaboration, together with WBCSD's 通路 and 规则 workstreams and in partnership with the United Nations Global Compact, aims to break through silos and engage various sectors and regions for a localized, 上下文驱动的影响.
For more information on this merge, please contact 马库斯·伯克，水务署公平行动部经理.
