4: Sustainable Development

To contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable economic development from an economic, social, and environmental point of view.

Other Information:

The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development Plan of Implementation recognizes the contribution sustainability reporting can make to sustainable development. GRI Sustainable Development Strategy -- The goal of the GRI ’s Sustainable Development Strategy: Multistakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Reporting in Developing Countries is to contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable economic development from an economic, social, and environmental point of view... This should strengthen companies’ governance around sustainability performance and impacts in their host countries, and increase their transparency for investors and stakeholders.

Stakeholder(s):

• Developing Countries: Sustainability Reporting in developing countries can help to: * Mitigate and improve companies’ effects on society, the local economy and the environment; * Strengthen companies’ competitive position, domestically and internationally, by addressing key concerns from buyers and investors regarding the social and environmental quality of their business; * Enable individuals and communities – as employees, voters, and civil society actors – to negotiate a better future for themselves.

Objective(s):

4.1: Knowledge, Skills and Ownership

4.2: Sustainability Performance

4.3: Dialogue

4.4: Transparency

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