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| ILO GBDN COSP17 side event "Businesses Driving a Sustainable Future: Disability-Inclusive Employment and ESG" |
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| The ILO Global Business and Disability Network’s side event “Businesses driving a sustainable future: disability-inclusive employment and ESG” at the 17th Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – co-sponsored by the United Nations Global Compact and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – highlighted latest good corporate practices as they relate to the employment of persons with disabilities in companies’ sustainability efforts, including as part of wider Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies. |
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| ILO GBDN webinar on disability inclusive procurement |
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| The ILO GBDN webinar “Procurement Power: What about Disability?” focused on six high impact innovations, as procurement professionals are encouraged to: demonstrate that suppliers which share their commitment to disability equality and inclusion gain competitive advantage, require key suppliers to meet explicit disability & accessibility KPIs, ensure the level of accessibility and usability, of technology and the built environment, bring disability-owned businesses into local and global supply chains, join the G3ict (Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs)’s Procurement Impact Alliance, helping suppliers in emerging markets improve their disability performance by using the free ILO GBDN Self-Assessment and mitigate the risks triggered by the procurement of AI-powered HR technologies. |
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