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Sustainable enterprises
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
International Year of Cooperatives
Social and solidarity economy entities drive resilience in crisis settings
International Labour Conference, 2007
Resolutions and conclusions concerning the promotion of sustainable enterprises
Most recent publications
Pathways to Market Inclusion for Urban Refugees and Host Communities
A systems approach for more and better jobs
Many jobs claimed, few actually created
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
Productivity and decent work
Sustainable investment
Responsible business conduct
Key areas of work
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Multinational enterprises
Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy
Social finance
Development cooperation
Projects
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...
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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