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LOCATION:Online\, South Africa
SUMMARY:National Action Plan implementation kick-off meeting in South Afric
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:On April 29\, UNCTAD\, together with the Department of Trade In
 dustry and Competition of South Africa met with the main stakeholders at t
 he Action Plan Implementation Kick-off meeting to define the composition o
 f the operational working groups and discuss the next steps for its implem
 entation.\n\nThe ESG component in the 2020 assessment of the national repo
 rting infrastructure highlights the gaps in sustainability reporting at th
 e institutional level\, the lack of awareness of the SDG agenda among the 
 private sector\, as well as poor coordination between government agencies 
 towards advancements in the area of integrated and sustainability reportin
 g. \n\nThe gaps identified have been grouped into 3 categories\n\n\nLack 
 of institutional and regulatory framework on enterprise sustainability rep
 orting\nLimitation of human capacity development and lack of institutional
  cooperation in the area of sustainability reporting\nLack of high-quality
  data for corporate and sustainability reporting and mechanism for evaluat
 ing companies’ contribution towards implementation of the SDGs.\n\n\nThe
  action plan responds to the established problem categories by addressing 
 the country-specific constraints and by comprehensively leveraging existin
 g opportunities.\n\nThe 3 strategic objectives of the action plan have bee
 n developed accordingly:\n\n\nStrengthen institutional and regulatory fram
 eworks for sustainability reporting\nStrengthen human capacity and institu
 tional cooperation in the area of SDG/sustainability reporting.\nStrengthe
 n the ability of companies to provide high-quality data in corporate repor
 ts and establish mechanisms on evaluating companies’ contribution toward
 s implementation of the SDGs.\n \n\n&lt\;p&gt\;On April 29\, UNCTAD\, tog
 ether with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition of South Afric
 a met with the main stakeholders at the Action Plan Implementation Kick-of
 f meeting to define the composition of the operational working groups and 
 discuss the next steps for its implementation.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;T
 he ESG component in the 2020 assessment of the national reporting infrastr
 ucture highlights the gaps in sustainability reporting at the institutiona
 l level\, the lack of awareness of the SDG agenda among the private sector
 \, as well as poor coordination between government agencies towards advanc
 ements in the area of integrated and sustainability reporting.&amp\;nbsp\;
 &lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The gaps identified have been grouped into 3 ca
 tegories&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Lack of institutional an
 d regulatory framework on enterprise sustainability reporting&lt\;/li&gt\;
 \n&lt\;li&gt\;Limitation of human capacity development and lack of institu
 tional cooperation in the area of sustainability reporting&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&
 lt\;li&gt\;Lack of high-quality data for corporate and sustainability repo
 rting and mechanism for evaluating companies’ contribution towards imple
 mentation of the SDGs.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The actio
 n plan responds to the established problem categories by addressing the co
 untry-specific constraints and by comprehensively leveraging existing oppo
 rtunities.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The 3 strategic objectives of the act
 ion plan have been developed accordingly:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt
 \;li&gt\;Strengthen institutional and regulatory frameworks for sustainabi
 lity reporting&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Strengthen human capacity and ins
 titutional cooperation in the area of SDG/sustainability reporting.&lt\;/l
 i&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Strengthen the ability of companies to provide high-qu
 ality data in corporate reports and establish mechanisms on evaluating com
 panies’ contribution towards implementation of the SDGs.&lt\;br /&gt\;\n
 &amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\n
 https://unctad.org/meeting/national-action-plan-implementation-kick-meetin
 g-south-africa
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