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Investing in Education: Lessons from the Business Community

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Summary

This document features companies who have made a commitment to changing education; however, none of them acted alone. All have worked with numerous partners to maximize the impact of their investments. These examples are intended to initiate conversation between stakeholders with shared goals to better understand how to work together. By working collaboratively to assess needs and implement activities, investments in education by the business community can be better coordinated, have a greater impact and make a larger contribution to achieving the 2030 education targets.

Source
Issuer

UNGC

Year

2015

Region

International

Issuer (type)

United Nations Global Compact Office (International)

Instrument type

Report

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

International

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Collaborators

Global Business Coalition for Education

Text analysis

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    • E focus: environment, energy
    • S focus: collective bargaining, discrimination, gender equality, human right, human rights, philanthropic activities, children
    • G focus: corruption, bribery
    • Arts, Education, Finance, Information, Management, Manufacturing, Professional services, Public administration, Transportation