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Sustainable investors are integrating Global Child Forum’s benchmark data on children’s rights into investment and stewardship strategies
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Whether you’re a financial analyst or sustainability professional, your decisions have the power to effect children’s lives in a positive way.
You can achieve this by putting children’s rights at the centre of your sustainability and business strategies. First, find out if your company or investment has a benchmark score – then discover how well your business is protecting and supporting child rights.
Learn more about The Corporate Sector and Children’s Rights Benchmark and our company universe here.
Benchmark Report 2024
This year we’re analysing 1,802 companies from eight sectors and six regions to assess how children’s rights are incorporated into their operations.
Which influential businesses are under the spotlight?
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More than half of the most influential global companies from the World Benchmarking Alliance’s SDG2000 list were included in our latest study
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With only 7% of companies scoring as Leaders, our latest benchmark shows that many still have a way to go to adequately address how their business impacts children’s lives
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Since 2013, Global Child Forum has been benchmarking the world’s most influential companies, assessing how they respond to children’s rights. Our data can be used by corporates to increase their social impact, and for investors to inform their decision-making.
The scores in this top list come from the Global Benchmark 2023, and are based on the total selection of 1108 companies – find out more about which companies were benchmarked here.
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Our business case is clear – when societies do better, we do better! When children have their rights, when they are empowered, society flourishes and so do businesses.
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VP Sustainability at Telenor
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GROUP HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY AT SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN
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In October, Global Child Forum, on behalf of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden, is hosting its next invitation-only global forum on children’s rights and business at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
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