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UN Sustainable Development Goals

GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Organizations relating to Business Enterprises

World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises / San Marino, San Marino / Est. 2010
European Business History Association / Frankfurt-Main, Germany / Est. 1994
International Society of Business Astrologers / Est. 1997
European International Business Academy / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1974
Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises / Kingston, Jamaica / Est. 2005
Federation of Arab Contractors / Cairo, Egypt
European Landscape Contractors Association / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1963
Drilling Contractors Association / Aachen, Germany
Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations / Cairo, Egypt / Est. 2004
Nordiska Ekonomie Studerandes Union / Est. 1947
Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools / Seoul, Korea Rep / Est. 2004
European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1992
Business European Capital Cities / Paris, France / Est. 1989
Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises / Tunis, Tunisia / Est. 2002
World Trade Point Federation / Est. 2000
Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business / Teheran, Iran Islamic Rep / Est. 1999
European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development / Est. 1989
European Academy of Management and Business Economics / Vigo, Spain
African Association for a Unified System of Business Laws / Paris, France
Latin American Business Council / Panama, Panama / Est. 1990
Latin America-Caribbean and Asia-Pacific Economics and Business Association / Washington DC, USA / Est. 2001
International Association of Trade Unions of Workers in Scientific Research and Production Cooperatives and Enterprises / Moscow, Russia
African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association / London, UK
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance / Vilnius, Lithuania / Est. 2009
Union of Black Sea and Caspian Business / Istanbul, Türkiye / Est. 2006
European Family Businesses / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1997
European Confederation of Business Centre Associations / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2007
International Academy of Business and Economics / Stockton CA, USA / Est. 2001
European Association of Small and Medium sized Enterprises / Brussels, Belgium
International Society for Business Innovation and Technology Management / Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Federation of Regional Growth Actors in Europe / Brussels, Belgium
Smart City Business America Institute / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Est. 2013
European Business Club Association / Oedheim, Germany
China-Europe International Business School / Shanghai, China / Est. 1994
General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1959
Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability / Est. 1996
European Enterprise Institute / Est. 2003
Business Advisory Council / Stockholm, Sweden / Est. 1996
European Technical Contractors Committee for the Construction Industry / Zoetermeer, Netherlands / Est. 1976
Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs / Est. 2003
European Spirits Companies Liaison Group / Brussels, Belgium
International Society on Business and Industrial Statistics / Hamilton ON, Canada
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States/Competitive Business Unit / Roseau, Dominica / Est. 1997
ICC Institute of World Business Law / Paris, France / Est. 1979
Global Jesuit Business Student Association / Detroit MI, USA
JA-YE Alumni Europe / Est. 2004
Canada-Europe Roundtable for Business / Toronto ON, Canada / Est. 1999
APEC SME Innovation Center / Gyeongsan, Korea Rep / Est. 2004
EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock / Basel, Switzerland / Est. 1956
Gulf Investment Corporation / Safat, Kuwait / Est. 1983

View all profiles (1425 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

World Problems relating to Business Enterprises

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Undemocratic policy-making
Conservative business financing
Bogus firms
Disappearance of common land
Restrictive business practices in relation to patents and trademarks
Trade barriers against developing countries
Deficient business leadership
Unethical commercial practices
Corporate control of genetic material
Oligopolies
Unbridled economic competition
Single-use urban areas
Alcoholic intoxication at work
Evasion of social costs by companies
Lack of private sector involvement in biodiversity conservation
Restrictive business practices in technology transactions
Excessive salaries of corporate executives
Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry
Failure to to observe contractual terms of payments
Increase in abandoned buildings
Restrictions on private economic expansion
Unethical construction practices
Decline in employer-provided pensions
Absentee ownership
Arrears in financial payments between government agencies

Action Strategies relating to Business Enterprises

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Researching public sector reform
Monitoring chemical industry
Reviewing food processing industry
Researching corporate environmental accounting
Re-engineering corporations
Facilitating NGO participation in international affairs
Funding small scale farming
Restricting business practices
Assessing organizational performance
Hiring contract staff
Developing codes of conduct for international business
Developing value codes for business
Developing backyard enterprises
Working from home
Researching corporate social responsibility
Operating temporary work business
Networking fair trade import companies
Expanding partnerships for managing land resources
Undertaking investment for forest based processing enterprises
Forming technology development partnerships
Creating worker-owned businesses
Linking corporate strategies to employment effects
Privatizing state insurance enterprises
Supporting very small scale economic activities
Increasing eco-efficiency in business

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