BSR | ADVANCING THE SDGs THROUGH COLLABORATION Examples of Collaborations Contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Con昀氀ict The 昀椀nal element of Sida’s perspective focuses Overall on con昀氀ict. Con昀氀ict in the context of a business- led multi-stakeholder collaboration can occur The SDGs highlight the interconnectedness if objectives are misaligned or decision-making of the well-being of business, society, and processes are unclear; it must be prevented the environment and acknowledge that all or addressed to ensure the ef昀椀ciency of the societal sectors—governments, business, and collaboration. The collaborations incubated and civil society alike—are key actors in advancing launched under this program manage con昀氀ict in sustainable development. various ways. Similarly, the various collaborations linked For example, the Resilience Fund for Women in to the CoLab SDGs program seek to Global Value Chains, a collaboration that invests identify and act on opportunities to contribute in community-based, women-led organizations to to the various interlinked dimensions of advance women’s empowerment and resilience, sustainable development in a holistic and seeks to prevent and reduce con昀氀ict via its inclusive manner. 9 inclusive governance model. While impacts of these collaborations need The collaboration’s Advisory Board features a to be carefully tracked over time, it is clear balanced representation of investors and civil that designing business-led multi-stakeholder society/women’s fund leaders, which guides collaborations with the SDGs in mind will lead the initiative through decisions about grants, to positive contributions to the 2030 agenda expansion to new regions, governance processes, in the short and long run. board membership and terms, and other strategic oversight. Strong governance is a key lever in addressing con昀氀ict between business and non- business stakeholders alike. 9 Governance Model—The Resilience Fund 9