Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

At the end of 2015, in cooperation with large Serbian companies, UNICEF in Serbia conducted a survey in order to assess whether the business sector in Serbia was implementing the responsible business principles focused on children and how strong was their impact on children and their families. The survey also showed the commitment and contribution of successful companies to protection and support of children’s rights.  Furthermore, the survey mapped good practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) focused on children.

The results of the survey show that the business sector highly values the activities focused on children, especially as children are the future of society and supporting them best promotes values advocated by individual companies. Room for improvement should be sought in the systematisation of individual activities of the business sector with the purpose of developing a comprehensive and integrated approach to children’s rights, by adopting strategic documents which support or regulate children’s rights.

UNICEF, Save the Children, and UN Global Compact developed the Children’s Rights and Business Principles with the aim to observe the broad influence that the business sector has on children and to focus more attention to the correlation between the business sector and children’s rights. The survey, which included 35 large Serbian companies with developed and recognised CSR practices, represents a part of UNICEF efforts to support the implementation of the Principles in Serbia.

Click here to download the publications:

• UNICEF Report – Good Practice Examples
• UNICEF Report on Status of Corporate Social Responsibility Focused on Children

Source: www.unicef.rs