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Details of how Unilever, Lush & other companies are helping promote peace in conflict zones
Author: Oliver Balch, Guardian (UK)
"Businesses have a role promoting peace in conflict zones", 22 Sep 2014 [W]hat does peace-building have to do with business? Isn’t it enough for companies to protect their workers and show they aren’t stoking conflict where it occurs? No, says Briti...
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- Related companies: Coca-Cola McKinsey Microsoft Skype (part of Microsoft) Unilever
Summary of conference hosted by Hague Institute for Global Justice & SPARK on role of private sector in development & peace
Author: Hague Institute for Global Justice
On 2 September 2014, The Hague Institute for Global Justice hosted The Hague Conference on Business and Human Security, in collaboration with SPARK...The conference brought together the private sector, think tanks, NGOs involved in entrepreneurship...
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[PDF] Responsible Business Advancing Peace
Author: UN Global Compact
As a key agent of change, companies can make a critical contribution to economic development, peace and stability in the areas where they operate...Companies provide jobs and revenue to a local economy. They can set an example of sustainable business...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on conflict & peace Peacebuilding
- Related companies: A.P. Moller - Maersk Group APG Arcelor (now ArcelorMittal) Bavaria (part of SABMiller) China Development Bank Eni F&C Asset Management Holcim (part of LafargeHolcim) Interconexión Eléctrica (part of ISA Group) ISA Group LG Electronics (part of LG Corp.) Maersk (part of A.P. Moller - Maersk) Movistar (part of Telefónica) Nestlé Pacific Exploration & Production (Now Frontera Energy) PGGM Robeco SABMiller (part of Anheuser-Busch InBev) Safaricom SEB Shell Telefónica
Promoting Peace & Protecting Human Rights: Business Operations in Conflict Zones
Author: Jenny Vaughan, Program Officer on Mercy Corps’ Youth & Conflict Management team
A large proportion of high-value resources, including oil, coltan, and hardwoods, are found in conflict-affected states, where security is limited and rule of law is weak...Without processes in place to prevent or mitigate negative human rights impacts...
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[PDF] CSR in conflict and post-conflict environments: from risk management to value creation
Author: Maria Prandi and Josep M. Lozano (eds.), Escola de Cultura de Pau & ESADE: Institute for Social Innovation
[T]here are significant experiences of companies that are participating in peace-building in numerous...
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- Related companies: Amanco (part of Mexichem) BP Éxito [part of Groupe Casino] Heineken Lonrho Lundin Petroleum Mexichem Microsoft MTN Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise (MOGE) Pavco (part of Mexichem) Shell Total
Author: Maria Prandi and Josep M. Lozano (eds.), Escola de Cultura de Pau & ESADE: Instituto de Innovación Social
[E]xisten experiencias significativas de empresas que participan en diversos países en la construcción de paz jugando así un papel cada vez más relevante en cuestiones que afectan a la gobernanza global...Empresas nacionales o internacionales han...
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Trade Can Build Peace in Georgia and Abkhazia
Author: David Phillips, Moscow Times
Engaging the private sector in peace building activities can help reduce tensions in even the most intractable conflicts. It also creates conditions for resolving problems that gave rise to conflict in the first place. There are many examples of...
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Peace through business [Israel]
Author: Idan Ofer on ynet.news.com
Those who honestly discuss peace cannot remove from the equation the immense standard of living gap between the two economies. [In Israel], we have a flourishing economy that keeps growing and approaching Western levels. Only a few kilometers away we...
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Exploring the role of the private sector in ensuring a peaceful electoral process in Uganda
Author: International Alert, Northern Uganda Business Forum for Peace
[International] Alert convened business leaders from Acholi and Lango sub-regions of Northern Uganda for a meeting titled “Business and Peace in Uganda: Lessons from Sri Lanka and Kenya” aimed at exploring the role of the private sector in ensuring a...
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[PDF] Private sector actors & peacebuilding: A framework for analysis
Author: Intl. Council of Swedish Industry (NIR), Swedish Institute of Intl. Affairs (UI)
The role of private sector actors in peace processes is a growing field of research...it is clear that private sector actors may play important roles when it comes to fostering peace and development in conflictaffected countries...The development from...