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| Global Compact Summit at the UN headquarters. UN Photo/Mark Garten |
This summer an innovative intercultural study project between UNYA
Switzerland and UNYA Ghana sets new standards for global collaboration
between UN Youth associations.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained increased global
attention in the recent years for its potential to tackle future global
challenges of conflicting demands. Situated in between major global
actors, CSR is a tool targeting companies and businesses to uphold
certain ethical standards in their practices. It is an attempt to
balance the global economy and build a stronger global social and
environmental equilibrium.
In 2000, CSR received an important input when former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the Global Compact. This
initiative is a platform, which brings together companies, UN Agencies
and civil society actors to sustain fundamental principles in areas such
as human rights, labor conditions, environment and non-corrupt
business.
As a result of the increased attention for CSR within the United
Nations, members of UNYA Switzerland engaged with UNYA Ghana in January
2013 to launch the Intercultural Study Project (ISP). The project
focuses on CSR in three industries: Cocoa production, Water and Palm
oil. Through a workshop in collaboration with the Graduate Institute for
International and Development Studies, the International Labor
Organization and UN Development Program, participants are given
theoretical knowledge about the Global Compact and CSR in general. These
sessions provide the basis for a second workshop in Switzerland to
analyze the CSR strategy of the Swiss multinational company Nestlé.
In
August, on the occasion of a three-week long study-trip to Ghana, ideas
on the importance and potential of CSR will be exchanged between Swiss
and Ghanaian UNYA members. In addition to that, workshops with local
NGOs, academic scholars, civil society and Nestlé Ghana are planned. The
aim is to get a clear picture of how a CSR concept developed in
Switzerland impacts the business in Ghana and how it could be improved.
The detailed outcome of the project will be presented to the partners
and the public at a panel discussion in September back in Switzerland.
For more information, please visit UNYA Switzerland website.
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