Benchmarking Companies as a Driver for Change

HelpArgentina participated in the consultation phase

Aviva, the UN Foundation, BSDC, and Index Initiative are in the consultation phase of the World Benchmarking Alliance to develop, fund, house and safeguard free, publicly available corporate sustainability benchmarks aligned with the SDGs. Engaging with regional and global stakeholders to gather inputs and insights on the WBA’s objectives and governance structure as well as identifying and prioritising critical intersections between industries and the SDGs. 

Consultation

True to the belief in multi-stakeholder dialogue and as a next step towards establishing the WBA, the WBA founding partners are launching a series of global and regional consultations, as well as an online consultation, throughout 2017 and early 2018 aimed at gathering inputs and insights on the WBA’s objectives and governance structure, as well as identifying and prioritizing critical intersections between industries and the SDGs. The first consultation took place in New York on September 19th, on the margins of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, and was followed by a public launch event on September 21st.

While establishing the WBA, we build on initiatives such as the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) and the work done by Index Initiative.

Publication of the synthesis report is expected in May 2018.

https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/