South Africa

National Business Initiative

Global Compact Network South Africa

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National Business Initiative

Mission

Reduce corruption levels in South Africa

Goals

The goal of this initiative is to reduce corruption levels in South Africa through a business-led demonstration of practical collective action initiatives. The initiative engaged extensively with business and government, held several training sessions targeting businesses amd also including local government. It has generated interest from all sectors and seeks to build on this going forward, to move toward implementation of collective initiatives and models of good practice.

Stakeholders

Beneficiaries of the initiative include: UN Global Compact signatory companies in South Africa; government, as a major client for procurement; small, large and medium sized companies; construction sector companies both large, small and medium; anti-corruption civil society organisations; and academia.

Activities

The activities are focused on creating and disseminating best practices on anti-corruption, and introducing and implementing Integrity Pacts as a model for creating transparency in large procurement projects.

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Start year

Status

  • active
    The initiative or project is currently being worked on.

Countries Operations

Countries Host

Scope

  • national
    Initiative that operates in and focuses mainly on one country, whether on a national or sub-national level.

Industries

Stakeholders

  • Private sector
    Privately owned commercial (for-profit) entities of all sizes, including SMEs
  • Public sector
    National and sub-national, local government entities, agencies from all branches (policy-making, executive, adjudication)
  • Civil society
    non-governmental organisations (national or international), foundations funded by private entities, faith-based organisations, Professional associations, Industry associations, Chambers of Commerce, Local Global Compact Networks
  • Academia
    research and education institutions (privately or state owned)

Type

  • Engagement-focused initiative
    Joint declarations of intent, Joint capacity and learning initiatives, Industry-specific working groups, Joint events/awareness raising, Joint activities and integrity tools

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