Tag Archives: United Nations

Video: D. Talks – Amir Dossal, Chairman of the Global Partnerships Forum

By Cecilia Chen and Sanchali Pal Recently, Amir Dossal, Chairman of the Global Partnerships Forum and Co-Initiator of the Pearl Initiative, visited Dalberg New York to deliver a D. Talk on corporate philanthropy’s shift from charity to smart investment. Mr. … Continue reading

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D. Talks: The Changing Corporate Dynamic: Shifting From Charity to Smart Investment

By Angela Rastegar In a world of increasingly linked global markets, corporations are beginning to realize opportunities exist in finding synergies between sustaining business competitiveness and promoting social outcomes. Accordingly, corporations are shifting their “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) efforts from … Continue reading

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Perpetually Improving Performance: A Q&A with Global Operating Partner Paul Callan

Paul Callan has been with Dalberg for over 10 years. During that time, he has been heavily involved in Dalberg’s internal development – he designed the firm’s first knowledge management database, and for the past three years, has chaired the People & … Continue reading

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Supporting the fight against human trafficking

According to the International Labor Organization, approximately 2.4 million people are trafficked at any given point in time, representing a $32 billion industry that affects 137 countries across the world. In 2007, the United Nations launched UN.GIFT, the United Nations … Continue reading

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Transformational partnerships between the UN and business

How can partnerships between the United Nations and the private sector be more effective? Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asked Unilever CEO Paul Polman to help him think through this question late last year. As a result, Unilever and the UN … Continue reading

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Addressing the burden of non-communicable diseases

This week, the United Nations General Assembly is convening on a health issue for the first time since 2001, when world leaders came together to seek solutions to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, which was responsible for 22 million deaths in … Continue reading

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