Last month, TPI Executive Director, Darian Stibbe, was invited to observe the first meeting of a new industry sustainability initiative. In this first of a series of blogs, he describes his experience. I was honoured to be invited as an Independent Observer to join the inaugural members meeting of the Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030 […]
Second annual P3 Impact Award: applications accepted until May 29
The P3 Impact Award was created by Concordia, the University of Virginia Darden School Institute for Business in Society, and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships to recognize and honor the leading best practices of public-private partnerships (P3) that are improving communities and the world in the most impactful ways. The […]
Partnership Brokers Association established
‘Partnership’ has been a buzzword in sustainable development for many years. Over time, however, it has become increasingly clear that these multi-stakeholder collaborations, while being energetically promoted, have been struggling to achieve their ambitious goals. Indeed, many struggle simply to become partnerships – in any meaningful sense of that word. The role key individuals play […]
UNSCD Workshop on Partnerships Best Practices
TPI was invited to attend a workshop on partnership best practices and their possible contribution to Rio+20 on 14 December 2011 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Secretariat and benefited from the participation of approximately 60 representatives from Governments, CSD registered Partnerships, […]