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    The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to improve business standards internationally through corporate social responsibility. It works with businesses to promote sustainable development, tackle climate change, and prevent conflict. Its top priorities include reducing human rights abuses and corruption, lowering emissions, and sustainably managing key industries like extractives, finance, and tourism. The FCO adds value through its global diplomatic network and support for UK companies operating abroad. It promotes multi-stakeholder initiatives and engages governments and organizations to achieve its CSR goals in high-impact sectors and priority countries.

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    The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to improve business standards internationally through corporate social responsibility. It works with businesses to promote sustainable development, tackle climate change, and prevent conflict. Its top priorities include reducing human rights abuses and corruption, lowering emissions, and sustainably managing key industries like extractives, finance, and tourism. The FCO adds value through its global diplomatic network and support for UK companies operating abroad. It promotes multi-stakeholder initiatives and engages governments and organizations to achieve its CSR goals in high-impact sectors and priority countries.

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    The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to improve business standards internationally through corporate social responsibility. It works with businesses to promote sustainable development, tackle climate change, and prevent conflict. Its top priorities include reducing human rights abuses and corruption, lowering emissions, and sustainably managing key industries like extractives, finance, and tourism. The FCO adds value through its global diplomatic network and support for UK companies operating abroad. It promotes multi-stakeholder initiatives and engages governments and organizations to achieve its CSR goals in high-impact sectors and priority countries.

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    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Foreign and Commonwealth


    Office
    Nick Baker
    nick.baker@fco.gov.uk

    What are we trying to achieve?


    Improve business standards internationally on key
    issues in high impact sectors
    Why?
    Business is an essential partner in driving sustainable
    development, tackling climate change and in some
    cases preventing/resolving conflict, 3 of the
    governments international strategic priorities.
    Ensure that UK companies are competing on a level
    playing field with other companies

    Our top ten aims


    Strong international voluntary principles and codes of
    conduct
    Consensus behind the business case for CSR
    Reduced business complicity in human rights abuses
    The eradication of international bribery, corruption and
    extortion
    Reduced emissions
    Sustainable production and consumption
    Implementation of the ILOs core labour standards
    Sustainably managed forests
    Revenues that do not fuel conflict
    Sustainable international tourism

    Where does the FCO add value?


    World-wide network of diplomatic posts
    We work closely with business, civil society and trade
    unions internationally
    Both directly and through UKTI we provide extensive
    support to UK companies abroad.
    We can use our relationship with other governments to
    help improve the business environment abroad

    Multi-stakeholder initiatives
    and certification schemes
    The UN Global Compact
    The OECD Guidelines for multi-national enterprises
    The Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights
    Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
    Kimberley Process

    How else can we achieve this?

    Promoting the business case for CSR


    Diversifying our business and union contacts
    Political Messages
    Engaging other government departments, business
    organisations and trade unions, emerging economy
    governments and companies
    Media and Promotional Activities
    Project Funding
    Chevening Fellowships
    Lead by example
    Export Credit Guarantees
    Business Awards and "badge" schemes

    What are the high impact sectors?


    Extractives (oil,
    gas and mining)
    Finance
    Utilities

    Pharmaceuticals

    Construction
    Defence

    Retail

    Travel/tourism

    Our Priority Countries


    The largest emerging economies: Brazil, Russia,
    India and China
    Other large emerging economies: Nigeria, Indonesia
    Thailand, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa,
    Philippines, Turkey
    Countries where sustainable development issues are
    critical: Vietnam, Malaysia, Burma, Cameroon,
    Angola, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador.
    Countries where large multi-nationals have their
    headquarters: G8

    Nick Baker
    Business Team
    Sustainable Development and Business Group
    Global and Economic Issues Directorate

    Corporate Social Responsibility: nick.baker@fco.gov.uk

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