Global Child Forum is currently collecting children’s rights data on 250 of the largest companies in Southeast Asia, as part of our 2020 regional benchmark study. The Southeast Asia regional study covers 6 countries and 7 industries, and assesses companies against 27 indicators.
Global Child Forum has been benchmarking companies since 2014 when the first Global Benchmark report was launched. Since then, we have produced 10 regional reports covering Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, the Nordic region and South America, as well as an additional Global Benchmark report in 2019.
Measuring and presenting data is key to driving societal and economic change. Through concrete evidence and data, benchmarking can lead to industry-wide innovation that leads to positive impact. Companies will be assigned four performance categories based on their score: Beginner, Improver, Achiever, Leader.
The Southeast Asia benchmark report, which is based on publicly available information assessed by Global Child Forum, will be accompanied by insights and key take-aways and present wide-ranging recommendations for actions to raise individual company and sector scores.
The approximately 250 publicly-traded companies benchmarked will receive their individual scorecard in Q3 2020 with an opportunity to comment on their scores. The complete 2020 Southeast Asia Benchmark Report will be launched in Q4 2020 and will then be available for download from our website.
The benchmark report series is done is collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group. For more information on the report methodology, please click here.
Click here to view all the companies included in the Southeast Asia Benchmark 2020
For any research-related inquiries, please contact:
Rebecca Forsman
Researcher
Mobile: +46 70 187 14 44
E-mail: rebecca.forsman@globalchildforum.org
For any media-related inquiries, please contact:
Linda Ravin Lodding
Head of Communications
Mobile: +46 72 387 0248
E-mail: linda.lodding@globalchildforum.org
On Monday May 4, Global Child Forum held a free Zoom webinar on how to address children´s participation in business decision making. Business impacts children and young people in many ways but seldom do businesses directly engage with them on the issues that impact them the most. Children and young people have a right to participate in decisions that affect them. Yet, they are often relegated to the side-lines and excluded from having a say in decisions that will affect them. Imagine how listening and learning from children could inform better business decision-making. Ethical product development. Safer and smarter services. Healthier communities. Children’s views can inform how businesses work with their suppliers, how they structure their operations and how they develop their products and services. They are critical thinkers, change makers, communicators, innovators and future leaders. Shouldn’t we be listening? The webinar offered real-life examples from companies that have involved children in decision-making and their lessons learned. It also provided a particular focus on safeguarding; how to ensure children’s well-being when engaging in these activities? This webinar was the second in a series of webinars on children’s participation, where we continue to explore the topic together with companies. The webinar covered:
To mark our 10-year anniversary, and to acknowledge the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we asked young people and adult stakeholders what they see as the most critical issues for business to consider in the coming decade. To answer this question, we commissioned a global survey – scanning opinions from Stockholm to Sao Paolo – to listen and learn so that we can better guide companies along their journey to create a better world for children. So what are the top 10 children’s rights and business issues? Read on to find out!
Knowledge ignites action. That’s why we base our work in research. We conduct studies, develop tools and write and present best practices that illustrates what business can do when challenged with safeguarding children’s rights.
The webinar offers real-life examples from companies that have involved children in decision-making and their lessons learned. It also provides a particular focus on safeguarding; how to ensure children’s well-being when engaging in these activities? This webinar is the second in a series of webinars on children’s participation, where we continue to explore the topic together with companies.
Global Child Forum is currently collecting children’s rights data on 250 of the largest companies in Southeast Asia, as part of our 2020 regional benchmark study. The Southeast Asia regional study covers 6 countries and 7 industries, and assesses companies against 27 indicators.
Global Child Forum has been benchmarking companies since 2014 when the first Global Benchmark report was launched. Since then, we have produced 10 regional reports covering Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, the Nordic region and South America, as well as an additional Global Benchmark report in 2019.
Measuring and presenting data is key to driving societal and economic change. Through concrete evidence and data, benchmarking can lead to industry-wide innovation that leads to positive impact. Companies will be assigned four performance categories based on their score: Beginner, Improver, Achiever, Leader.
The Southeast Asia benchmark report, which is based on publicly available information assessed by Global Child Forum, will be accompanied by insights and key take-aways and present wide-ranging recommendations for actions to raise individual company and sector scores.
The approximately 250 publicly-traded companies benchmarked will receive their individual scorecard in Q3 2020 with an opportunity to comment on their scores. The complete 2020 Southeast Asia Benchmark Report will be launched in Q4 2020 and will then be available for download from our website.
The benchmark report series is done is collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group. For more information on the report methodology, please click here.
Click here to view all the companies included in the Southeast Asia Benchmark 2020
For any research-related inquiries, please contact:
Rebecca Forsman
Researcher
Mobile: +46 70 187 14 44
E-mail: rebecca.forsman@globalchildforum.org
For any media-related inquiries, please contact:
Linda Ravin Lodding
Head of Communications
Mobile: +46 72 387 0248
E-mail: linda.lodding@globalchildforum.org
The gathering of the Global Child Forum on Southern Africa was the start of a critical chain reaction that is necessary to see us step up our protection of children’s rights in Africa. . With 53 speakers from 28 countries and 250 delegates from the public and private sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations and academia, the Global Child Forum in Southern Africa presented us with a unique occasion to come together to plan action around children’s rights and address imbalances which can no longer be ignored.
To mark our 10-year anniversary, and to acknowledge the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we asked young people and adult stakeholders what they see as the most critical issues for business to consider in the coming decade. To answer this question, we commissioned a global survey – scanning opinions from Stockholm to Sao Paolo – to listen and learn so that we can better guide companies along their journey to create a better world for children. So what are the top 10 children’s rights and business issues? Read on to find out!
Johan Öberg, a core member of The Boston Consulting Group’s Principal Investors & Private Equity practice and a board member of Global Child Forum, comments on the results of the global benchmark study The State of Children’s Rights and Business: From Promise to Practice.
This webinar offers an introduction for companies to the benefits of child participation in business decision-making and how to develop meaningful impact for children with their input and involvement. Kay Tisdall (University of Edinburgh) and Tara Collins (Ryerson University) give an introduction to child participation from a theoretical and practical point of view covering the rationale for child participation in business as well as key concepts and principles for businesses to consider. They are followed by Julia Olofsson (Ingka Group) and Magnus Thuvesson (IKEA) who give us a corporate perspective and cover practical implementation of child inclusive activities at IKEA.
The State of Children’s Rights and Business 2019, is a bold undertaking and showcases the results of nearly year-long review and analysis of just under 700 of the world’s leading companies, in nine sectors and along 20 children’s rights indicators. While the resulting data can be statistically complex, the underlying ambition was relatively straightforward. We wanted to learn more about how the corporate sector is doing with regard to integrating children’s rights into both their operations and their relationships with the communities in which they operate.
Global Child Forum is issuing an urgent call for business to create tangible initiatives and forge partnerships which advance children’s rights in your operations, supply chains and in the communities in which you operate. We want to create a movement – to deliver actionable initiatives that contribute to advancing children’s rights. Join us by signing the pledge.
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