Private sector
CAFOD policy and research papers looking at the huge impact businesses have on the lives of people in the developing world.
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[Eleanor Church]
Our private sector policy work asks companies to take action to ensure that their core business operations support and do not undermine sustainable development. We also call on governments to adopt and enforce balanced laws so that businesses are accountable to citizens.
Key areas of our private sector work include:
- Looking at the human rights responsibilities of businesses as part of the ongoing UN process
- Supporting workers' rights in global supply chains to reduce discrimination and allow them to negotiate better wages.
- Campaigning for transparency and accountability in extractive industry contracts and payments to governments.
- Examining the impact of mining in developing countries where our partner organisations work.
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Business and Human Rights ( B)
CAFOD has been working as part of the CIDSE group of Catholic development agencies to examine the impact that businesses have on human rights and identify steps that states and companies can take to prevent abuses.
In November 2011 David Cameron committed to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. CAFOD’s briefing includes key recommendations for the forthcoming UK strategy to deliver on this commitment.
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UN Framework & Guiding Principles driving change March 2013 (774 kB)
The key test of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is will they change the practices of companies and states so that there are fewer corporate abuses of human rights? To communities in Colombia, the Philippines and Peru the discussions at the UN in Geneva can seem very remote. This introductory guide aims to help local organisations to evaluate whether the state is protecting and businesses are respecting their rights in line with the UN Framework.
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UN Guiding Principles briefing January 2013 (445 kB)
CAFOD has been working as part of the CIDSE group of Catholic development agencies to examine the impact that businesses have on human rights and identify steps that states and companies can take to prevent abuses. In November 2011 David Cameron committed to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. CAFOD’s briefing includes key recommendations for the forthcoming UK strategy to deliver on this commitment.
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Public-Private Partnerships (282 kB)
...Are we asking the right questions? UK aid uses public-private partnerships (PPPs) as one way of delivering its poverty reduction aims in developing and transition countries. These partnerships allow the private sector actor to make a profit, and in some cases the donor government also intends to make a profit from this method of delivering aid.
This paper looks at some of the arguments for and against the use of PPPs in international development. -
Channeling climate finance via private sector actors (279 kB)
This paper assesses what the evidence to date shows on the risks and benefits of using private sector instruments to channel climate finance, in the context of the current debate around the role of the private sector in the Green Climate Fund and wider discussions among donors.
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CSO recommendations in reaction to new G20 ACAP (55 kB)
Civil society recommendations in reaction to new G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan 2013 - 2014
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Let's be honest: Corruption, Business and Aid (1 MB)
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Everybody's business: discussion paper (1 MB)
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CAFOD Submission to International Accounting Standards Board (65 kB)
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CEREAL REPORT 2009 (1 MB)
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