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<p>The private sector has a critical role to play in delivering the Global Goals.
DFID is taking a number of steps to facilitate this, including:</p><p>- Harnessing
the expertise, knowledge and resource of the UK private sector to deliver the Global
Goals through the Great Partnership initiative.</p><p>- Supporting businesses to measure
progress on delivering the Global Goals through our support for the World Benchmarking
Alliance, launched in 2018, which will rank companies on their contributions to the
Global Goals. We have also supported the Global Reporting Initiative, which helps
businesses understand and communicate their impact on issues such as climate change
and human rights.</p><p>- Supporting the UN Global Compact to encourage businesses
to operate responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations in line with Ten
Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.</p><p>- Investing
up to £3.5bn of additional capital in CDC, the UK’s Development Finance Institution,
which invests in businesses across Africa and South Asia to create jobs.</p><p>- Holding
a National Conversation to find out more about the public’s views on how their savings
and pensions can be invested in the Global Goals, while providing a financial return.</p><p>-
Deepening our partnership with the City of London, through the Sustainable Development
Capital Initiative, which is aiming to develop new investment products to mobilise
private investment in developing countries to deliver the Global Goals.</p>
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