Since 2015, businesses have been identified as key actors in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Analyzing the impact of B-certification in terms of gender equality among Latin American and Caribbean companies, Businesses Contributions to Sustainable Development Goal 5 champions the potential B-certification has for the advancement of gender equality in the private sector.
Including a historical account of the B Corps movement, the authors assess the capacity of different tools to measure businesses contributions to gender equality and analyze gender equality performance across Latin American and Caribbean companies. Featuring a review of related literature, chapters also consider how womens movements and gender struggles have attracted new activists which have increased their visibility in the regions public arenas.
Highlighting the connection between business, sustainability and gender and providing inspiration for the wider business world, this book identifies best practices for the achievement of gender equality from B Corps across South America.
Analyzing the impact of B-certification in terms of gender equality among Latin American and Caribbean companies, this book champions the potential B-certification has for the advancement of gender equality in the private sector.
Introduction
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1. Exploring Development, Gender Inequality and the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities
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2. Measuring and Reporting Development Goals and Gender Equality in Business
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3. The B Corps Movement and its Landing in Latin America
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4. SDG5 Performance in B-Certified Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean
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5. Interviewing B Corps Female Entrepreneurs and Leaders on Current Gender Equality Issues
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Mariana Inés Paludi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Commercial Engineering at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Marķa, Santiago, Chile.
Marķa Eugenia Funes is Lecturer at Universidad Torcuato di Tella and Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as an independent consultant specialized in social research.
