Mainstreaming the Human Security Business Partnership for the Private Sector, Governments and the UN System

Recognizing the essential role of the private sector as an employer, supplier and investor in all societies, including those facing complex development and conflict challenges, the international community is encouraging the meaningful engagement of the private sector in realizing sustainable development. To this end, LSE IDEAS in partnership with the Human Security Unit elaborated the Human Security Business Partnership framework (HSBP) as an innovative instrument that applies the human security approach to support the engagement of the private sector in multi-stakeholder collaborations at the local level to achieve sustainable peace and development outcomes.

Building on the first phase, this programme aims to demonstrate the added value of the HSBP for communities, business, and other actors to achieve the SDGs and ‘build back better’ in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, key objectives of the programme are to: (i) enhance the evidence base of support towards mainstreaming the human security approach in policy and practice of private sector companies, including in environmental, social and governance (ESG) tools; (ii) showcase the value of the HSBP through outreach and engagement in relevant global and national fora; and (iii) provide capacity building for companies, governments, the UN and other stakeholders to adopt the HSBP and expand its application moving forward.

KEY MATERIALS
Programme Summary
Human Security Business Partnership Framework – A Risk-Informed Approach to Achieve the SDGs
Maximising Business Contributions to Sustainable Development and Positive Peace – A Human Security Approach
Online Global Event
Article “Human security must underpin sustainability” 
Article “The UN Business and Human Security Initiative announces John W.H. Denton as the new chair of its Advisory Board”
Article “The UN Business and Human Security Initiative” 
ESG article  titled “Mapping of ESG frameworks and standards and their connection to the HS approach”
Briefing Note Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) titled” Europe’s drive to improve corporate responsibility: Be careful what you wish for”
Article titled “Food for thought: Ingredients for a novel method for ESG and social impact measurement using the Human Security approach”
Article titled “Shared Value Creation and the Human Security approach”