Project Info

Project Code
1819H
Tranche
T11
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Active
Title
Enabling policy frameworks for enterprise sustainability and SDG reporting in Africa and Latin America

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
UNCTAD
Collaborating DA Entities
DESA
ECA
UNEP
ECLAC
Other Collaborating Entities
Other UN entities

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$740,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, South Africa
Regions: Africa, Americas
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations:

Areas of Work

SDG
12
10
17
SDG Targets
10.5
12.6
17.9
Thematic Clusters
Statistics
Sustainable Development

Brief Description

Company reporting on the 2030 Agenda is a complex issue that requires addressing a number of challenges, which may be grouped in two levels. Namely there are issues related to the harmonization and consistency of financial information with sustainability reporting in general, and further issues with regard to aligning sustainability reporting with the SDGs monitoring framework and its indicators. Consolidated reporting could be an important tool for assessing the private sector contribution to sustainable development and for raising awareness of good practices in corporate management. The main objective of this project is to strengthen the capacities of governments to measure and monitor the private sector contribution to the 2030 Agenda, in particular on indicator 12.6 (Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle). It aims at developing and implementing a tool to enable policy-makers to coordinate efforts among different national authorities in establishing a sustainability reporting framework; to help companies prepare and publish useful sustainability reports within that framework; and to support governments in the collection of comparable and reliable information aligned with the SDGs global framework of indicators.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen the capacities of governments in Africa and Latin America to measure and monitor the private sector contribution to the 2030 Agenda, in particular indicator 12.6 on enterprise sustainability and SDG reporting
Expected Outcome 1
Enhanced country-level multi-stakeholder capacity to assess their national policy framework for enterprise sustainability and SDG reporting
Expected Outcome 2
Improved technical and institutional capacity among authorities of selected countries to achieve an enabling national policy framework for enterprise sustainability and SDG reporting
Expected Outcome 3
Improved awareness and experience sharing among policy makers, private sector and civil society at national, regional and global levels on achieving enabling policy framework for enterprise sustainability/SDG reporting.