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The Poverty Footprint – A People-centred Approach to Assessing Business Impacts on Sustainable Development

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Summary

This document is an assessment tool that enables companies and civil society partners to understand corporate impacts on multi-dimensional poverty. As a tool to help implement the SDGs, the Poverty Footprint provides a comprehensive overview of factors that influence poverty, and it emphasizes stakeholder engagement and partnership between companies and civil society as a means for establishing pro-poor business strategies.

Source
Issuer

UNGC

Year

2015

Region

International

Issuer (type)

United Nations Global Compact Office (International)

Instrument type

Tool

Disclosure instrument

Yes

Geographical scope

International

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Collaborators

OXFAM

Text analysis

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    • E focus: climate change, degradation, energy, environment, forests, oceans, recycling, sustainable agriculture, waste, water, biodiversity
    • S focus: basic services, collective bargaining, compensation, conflict minerals, discrimination, diversity, employment practices, gender equality, human capital, human rights, social impacts, temporary workers, value creation, children
    • G focus: audit, corruption, lobbying, risk management, accountability
    • SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9: Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, SDG 10: Reduced Inequality, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13: Climate Action, SDG 14: Life Below Water, SDG 15: Life on Land, SDG 16: Peace Justice Strong Institutions, SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the SDGs
    • Agriculture, Finance, Information, Management, Manufacturing, Retail trade, Transportation