BSR | ADVANCING THE SDGs THROUGH COLLABORATION Lessons Learned from the Program 2 Centering the rightsholder others. In addition, the initiative’s governance perspective: model also includes nonbusiness stakeholders such as civil society or subject matter experts The SDGs pursue the vision of a world in which (e.g., in the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement no one is left behind. However, business-led Committee and the Multi-Stakeholder Action 12 collaborations developed to address the SDGs Committees, respectively). RISE is a strong frequently run the risk of designing solutions example of a collaboration that centers the for and catering to those rightsholders most in voices of key rightsholders. The initiative need without actually including their voices in includes the perspectives of women workers the process in a meaningful way. It is therefore through continuous engagement in their native critical for collaborations to map their stakeholders language and via local partner organizations and rightsholders carefully; design engagement or representatives. RISE also guarantees that approaches that are appropriate, culturally women workers are represented at every level, sensitive, and accessible; and consult or engage from governance to project implementation, them systematically throughout the entire ensuring that the work responds to their real collaboration lifecycle, from ideation to launch and needs and priorities. Only by understanding the daily operations. This is critical to ensuring that the realities of the nature of work and challenges collaboration’s interventions and programs actually that women workers face, RISE can bring about bene昀椀t rightsholders in the short and long term. positive change in the global garment, footwear, The Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 integrates and home textiles industries. To conclude, stakeholder engagement and partnerships integrating the voices of multiple and diverse as one of its collaboration principles and has stakeholders—particularly those of bene昀椀ciaries or 11 rightsholders—either directly or via representatives published an extensive stakeholder report, summarizing insights from its engagement of over such as labor unions or grassroots organizations, is more than 80 stakeholders including business, critical to ensuring that collaborations contribute civil society, academia, trade associations, and effectively to sustainable development for all. 12 11 Stakeholder Report 2023 Launch—Watch & Jewelry Initiative 2030pdf 12 Governance—Watch & Jewelry Initiative 2030Centre