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Guide to Successful Corporate-NGO Partnerships
Publisher
Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) and Environmental Defense Fund
Publication date
December 2008
Type
Reports
Category
Stakeholder Engagement
Language
English
Free/Pay for content
Free
For businesses, the “bottom line” includes more than just profits. Investors, customers and other
stakeholders want to see progress on a broader range of measures, including environmental and
social performance. To achieve such goals, companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
are joining forces. This Guide shows how corporations and NGOs can best collaborate together to
achieve the new “business as usual”— realizing environmental, social and business benefits.
The Guide contains the following sections:
- Why Partner. An overview of the key drivers behind business-NGO partnerships, as well as potential pitfalls.
- Partnership Best Practices. Detailed recommendations for successful business-NGO partnerships based on Environmental Defense Fund’s almost 20 years of working with corporations and the legacy of GEMI member companies’ experiences. This section is organized into three parts: outlining best practices in project design (Part 1); project implementation (Part 2); and, measurement of results (Part 3) and contains specific examples of business-NGO partnerships featuring a range of experiences among GEMI companies and Environmental Defense Fund. These case examples highlight aspects of partnership best practices as well as the environmental, social and business benefits.
This Guide focuses on environmentally driven partnerships, including partnerships with broader mandates that have environmental components. However, we believe that many of the practices can be adapted to a wider range of business-NGO partnerships, including those addressing community development, health and other social issues.
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