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CHANGING TRENDS IN BUSINESS-NGO RELATIONSHIPS IN INDIA
Evolving patterns and emerging opportunities to maximize the benefits of innovative collaboration
Business-NGO collaboration in India
About this report:
In early 2011, SOS Children’s Villages commissioned The Partnering Initiative of the International Business Leaders Forum to compile a paper that highlights insights and trends emerging between Business NGO partnerships in India. Initial findings were presented at a symposium in New Delhi, held in November 2011. This report acknowledges references to and draws data from a number of excellent recent publications and presentations on the state of CSR in India (such as KPMG’s CSR Survey August 2011, FSG’s ‘Creating Shared Value in India, October 2011, KPMG’s CSR Whitepaper 2008, presentations from Assocham’s National Conference on Corporate Community Investment ), Changing Trends in Business-NGO Partnerships: A Netherlands perspective, published by The Partnering Initiative and SOS Netherlands (2010), A recent consumer survey on expectations of business placing India within a global context (CONE Consulting), a commissioned survey of 20+ Indian businesses on their existing CSR practices & relationships with their NGO partners, a handful of interviews with industry insiders having an overview of a multitude of business/ NGO interactions (SOS Childrens’s villages, TPI, IBLF, Business Community Foundation). Using insights from these rich sources of data, as well as drawing from knowledge acquired over time by The Partnering Initiative (TPI), this paper intends to provide stimulus for discussion and action by exploring: 1. Socio-economic and historic context influencing business NGO relationships in India 2. Emerging trends in Business NGO partnerships in India today 3. Obstacles to greater Business NGO collaboration 4. Opportunities for business/NGO partnerships to achieve a step-change in scale and impact Written by Joanna Pyres, Associate, The Partnering
Evolving patterns and emerging opportunities to maximize the benefits of innovative collaboration
Business-NGO collaboration in India
About this report:
In early 2011, SOS Children’s Villages commissioned The Partnering Initiative of the International Business Leaders Forum to compile a paper that highlights insights and trends emerging between Business NGO partnerships in India. Initial findings were presented at a symposium in New Delhi, held in November 2011. This report acknowledges references to and draws data from a number of excellent recent publications and presentations on the state of CSR in India (such as KPMG’s CSR Survey August 2011, FSG’s ‘Creating Shared Value in India, October 2011, KPMG’s CSR Whitepaper 2008, presentations from Assocham’s National Conference on Corporate Community Investment ), Changing Trends in Business-NGO Partnerships: A Netherlands perspective, published by The Partnering Initiative and SOS Netherlands (2010), A recent consumer survey on expectations of business placing India within a global context (CONE Consulting), a commissioned survey of 20+ Indian businesses on their existing CSR practices & relationships with their NGO partners, a handful of interviews with industry insiders having an overview of a multitude of business/ NGO interactions (SOS Childrens’s villages, TPI, IBLF, Business Community Foundation). Using insights from these rich sources of data, as well as drawing from knowledge acquired over time by The Partnering Initiative (TPI), this paper intends to provide stimulus for discussion and action by exploring: 1. Socio-economic and historic context influencing business NGO relationships in India 2. Emerging trends in Business NGO partnerships in India today 3. Obstacles to greater Business NGO collaboration 4. Opportunities for business/NGO partnerships to achieve a step-change in scale and impact Written by Joanna Pyres, Associate, The Partnering