ONLINE GLOBAL EVENT – Critical Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development

11 January 2022, 4:00pm – 5:30pm London / 11:00am – 12:30pm NY

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in partnership with the UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) 

About the Event

The launch of the Global Report, Maximizing Business Contributions to Sustainable Development and Positive Peace: A Human Security Approach is part of a series of activities and publications led by LSE Ideas and supported by the UN Trust Fund for Human Security in partnership with others. The report explains what a human security approach means for business and highlights issue areas, such as, information technology, impact investing, post-conflict development, migration and forced displacement where the private sector can make a difference by contributing to the SDGs in this Decade of Action.

The Launch Event provides a forum to engage business, policymakers, academics and civil society on the forthcoming report. It will demonstrate the added value of the Human Security Business Partnership Framework for communities, businesses and other actors to achieve the SDGs and build back better in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Watch the event LINK

Event Information

Chair Ms. Baroness Shafik / Director of London School of Economics and Political Science

Speaker Mr. Achim Steiner / UNDP Administrator and member of the Advisory Board on Human Security

Earlier Publications

  • Human Security Business Partnership Framework – A risk-informed approach to achieve the SDGs LINK
  • People, Profits and Peace Report LINK
  • Factsheet on the Human Security Business Partnership Framework LINK

Global Report

Read the summary of the Report LINK

Read the Global Report on Maximizing Business Contributions to Sustainable Development and Positive Peace. A Human Security Approach LINK

Today, it is increasingly recognized that companies can bring not only capital, but also skills, standards, logistics, and innovation, with the potential for positive impacts on economic opportunity and social equality, improved governance, and the sustainable use of the natural environment. Nowhere are the opportunities for business to shape change more critical than at the local level, helping individuals, families, and communities to improve their lives and their futures on a daily basis and gain trust in the critical contributions of the private sector.

Through the human security approach and informed by multiple dialogues with companies, policymakers, the UN system and NGOs over the past three years, the report shows how the private sector can help deliver sustainable development and stability through incremental, pragmatic and collaborative action.