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Emerging Economies Services
SustainAbility works with companies internationally to help them
develop sustainable business strategies and practices that demonstrate
corporate responsibility and deliver across the triple-bottom-line of
environmental improvement, economic development and social equity.
Our Emerging Economies program focuses on applying our insight and
expertise to the challenges and opportunities specifically faced by
national and multinational companies in the developing world. We work
in a variety of countries, and have a particular focus on Brazil,
China, India and South Africa.
While, SustainAbility does not have local offices in these
countries, we have a network of contacts from local civil society
organisations and consultancies.
Selection of Services
SustainAbility aims to tailor all its services to the local context in
which a company is doing business. In developing countries these would
include but not be limited to:
Identifying key market trends, emerging issues and sustainability
risks / opportunities such as black economic empowerment in South
Africa, deforestation in Brazil, human rights in China and HIV/AIDS in
all (e.g. advising a major US software company on trends in South
Africa)
Identifying key stakeholders and engagement strategies to ensure
that the company is attuned to local expectations and needs (e.g.
identifying key stakeholders for Ford India, Compass Group in Angola
and Aracruz Celulose in Brazil)
Developing a sustainability strategy for the company at a country / regional level (e.g. Aracruz Celulose in Brazil)
Developing specific projects to address key sustainability
challenges (e.g. developing local food sourcing for the Compass Group
in Angola, examining the offshoring of jobs to India for BT and looking
at supply chain issues for Nike)
Providing sustainability training and internal engagement (e.g. facilitating internal workshops for Toyota)
Developing a reporting framework (e.g. developing content for
Ford India’s report, advising Toyota on possible reporting strategies)
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