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Sustainable enterprises are key to ensuring job and wealth creation, a just transition to environmental sustainability and inclusive economies and societies. Around the world, companies and consumers are increasingly looking for products and services that have a positive impact on the community, the environment and society.

The ILO works to support and promote enterprises development because Decent Work happens, or doesn’t happen, at the workplace, in enterprises. Without productive and sustainable enterprises there is no Decent Work. Without Decent Work through enterprises there is no social justice, peace or prosperity.

The ILO collaborates with its tripartite constituency of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to advance enterprise development in a manner that aligns enterprise growth with sustainable development objectives and the creation of productive employment and decent work.

News and articles

When disaster strikes: How fire insurance protects lives and property in informal settlements

When disaster strikes: How fire insurance protects lives and property in informal settlements

Social and solidarity economy entities drive resilience in crisis settings
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International Year of Cooperatives

Social and solidarity economy entities drive resilience in crisis settings

Most recent publications

Pathways to Market Inclusion for Urban Refugees and Host Communities

Pathways to Market Inclusion for Urban Refugees and Host Communities

Many jobs claimed, few actually created

A systems approach for more and better jobs

Many jobs claimed, few actually created

Measuring the greenness of jobs in emerging economies: A big data text analysis approach

Research Brief

Measuring the greenness of jobs in emerging economies: A big data text analysis approach

Strategic priorities

MSME policies for enabling environment and decent work
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MSME policies for enabling environment and decent work

Productivity and decent work

Productivity and decent work

Sustainable investment
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Sustainable investment

Responsible business conduct
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Responsible business conduct

Key areas of work

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Multinational enterprises
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Multinational enterprises

Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy
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Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy

Social finance
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Social finance

Projects

E-waste for youth employment in Limpopo Province Project

E-waste for youth employment in Limpopo Province Project

Labour Inspectorate Efficiency, Empowering SMEs for Growth in Kosovo: Enhancing working conditions, occupational safety and health, and...

Labour Inspectorate Efficiency, Empowering SMEs for Growth in Kosovo: Enhancing working conditions, occupational safety and health, and...

Fostering an Enabling Environment for MSMEs to Promote Responsible Value Chains (FEE-RVC)

Project

Fostering an Enabling Environment for MSMEs to Promote Responsible Value Chains (FEE-RVC)

Training resources

View our training courses on enterprises and sustainable development offered by the International Training Centre of the ILO
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View our training courses on enterprises and sustainable development offered by the International Training Centre of the ILO

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