The COSP Private Sector Platform

Mission

Its mission is to transform businesses from passive stakeholders into active partners in global anti-corruption efforts, enabling governments to better understand on-the- ground challenges while unlocking collective, solution-oriented action.

Goals

The COSP Private Sector Platform addresses a critical gap in international governance: the absence of the private sector voice in the Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption, where global anti-corruption priorities are set. While businesses play a central role in preventing and addressing corruption, their participation in COSP has historically been minimal and informal. The Platform closes this disconnect by introducing, for the first time, a structured mechanism for private sector engagement, enabling companies to directly inform the solutions and commitments reflected in COSP resolutions.

Stakeholders

The Platform is a truly global Collective Action with 23 founding companies: ABSA Bank (Kenya); AtkinsRéalis (Canada); ARGE Consulting (Türkiye); Baby Food Factory (Serbia); Cellfie Mobile (Georgia); CMPC (Chile); Deloitte (USA); Dialog Axiata PLC (Sri Lanka); DTEK Group BV (Ukraine); FCC Construcción (Spain); Hrvatski Telekom (Croatia); Malia Group (Lebanon); Motiva (Brazil); Natura & Co (Brazil); Novartis (Switzerland); Progreso Division Cemento (Guatemala); PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Tbk (Indonesia); RELX (UK); Safaricom (Kenya); Siemens (Germany); SQ Group (Bangladesh); Uria Menendez (Spain) and Vodacom (South Africa).

Anchored within the UN system and directly linked to COSP processes, the Platform is institutionally embedded for continuity and long-term impact.

Activities

Launched in December 2025, the Platform immediately demonstrated its value by convening the COSP11 Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue with representatives from business, academia, youth, international organizations, civil society and governments including Brazil, France, Qatar, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. The Dialogue produced an outcome document outlining concrete, jointly identified actions.

Crucially, these were translated into the Platform 2026-2027 Biennial Workplan, with defined objectives, indicators, and a commitment to report progress at the next COSP, establishing a permanent feedback loop between private sector input and global anti-corruption policymaking. Activities include advancing public-private collaboration, fostering innovation and capacity-building, and advocating for business integrity.

A flagship initiative, the Think Lab on AI for Business Integrity (launching May 2026), will develop an AI-based tool to strengthen corporate compliance while promoting ethical AI use.