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The Poverty Footprint – A People-centred Approach to Assessing Business Impacts on Sustainable Development

Authors
OXFAM, United Nations Global Compact

An assessment tool that enables companies and civil society partners to understand corporate impacts on multi-dimensional poverty. As a tool to help implement the SDGs, the Poverty Footprint provides a comprehensive overview of factors that influence poverty, and it emphasizes stakeholder engagement and partnership between companies and civil society as a means for establishing pro-poor business strategies.