Advancing the SDGs Through Collaboration

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  Laura Hansson

  Manager, Consumer Sectors, BSR

  

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  Laura Hansson

  Manager, Consumer Sectors, BSR

  

  Copenhagen

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  Laura supports BSR’s sustainability management work across industries. She has also worked on several of BSR’s multistakeholder collaborations, including the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition and Maritime Anti-Corruption Network.

  Prior to joining BSR, Laura was the director of the Copenhagen branch of a global social impact consultancy advising startup companies and social enterprises on fundraising and communications strategies as well as social impact creation and measurement. She also held an internship position at a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the rights of women journalists. Laura speaks German, English, and Spanish.

  Laura holds an M.Sc. in Business and Development Studies with a Minor in Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship and a B.Sc. in Business, Language, and Culture, both from Copenhagen Business School.

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  Nicolas Ronderos

  Associate Director, Collaboration, BSR

  

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  Nicolas Ronderos

  Associate Director, Collaboration, BSR

  

  Paris

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  Nicolas leads BSR's incubation of private-sector collaboration, mobilizing the collective power of business to solve some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges. He supervises the financial performance and pipeline of new initiatives in BSR’s collaborations portfolio.

  He has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 20 years, engaging multi-company and multi-stakeholder collaborations in pursuit of shared business and societal outcomes globally. Previously, he consulted for companies, governments, and civil society organizations on the positive environmental, social, and economic impacts of their activities. Before that, he was a consultant working on social issues.

  Nicolas holds a DBA (ABD) in Business Administration from the École des Ponts Business School, a MS in Economic Evaluation from Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, a MS in Policy Analysis and Management from the New School University, and a BA in Anthropology from Los Andes University. He speaks English, Spanish and French.

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations as a global call to action and a universal roadmap to end global poverty, protect the planet, and deliver a future in which no one would be left behind. Halfway through, progress on the 2030 Agenda is weak, and socioeconomic inequality continues to grow. Business-led multi-stakeholder collaborations play a critical role in bridging these gaps, from addressing growing socioeconomic inequality to tackling the devastating impacts of climate change. 

Drawing on BSR’s expertise in incubating, designing, and facilitating collaborative initiatives, this report explores how business-led multi-stakeholder collaboration can help to advance the SDGs and contribute to five key dimensions of poverty, including poverty reduction, human rights, gender equality, climate and environment, and peace and conflict. The report leverages concrete examples of collaborative initiatives incubated through the CoLab SDGs program, a strategic partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) that aims to increase the private sector’s contribution to achieving the 2030 agenda and illustrate how these impacts play out in practical terms. Finally, the report outlines initial key learnings from the CoLab SDGs program.