Webinars on Indicators on business performance related to well-being and sustainability:

26 April, 31 May and 13 September | online |

Target audience and main objectives

The target audience for these webinars are government / official statisticians experienced in either SDG reporting, environmental statistics or business statistics, including labour statistics. Staff responsible for new statistical products may also benefit from the first webinar where the concept is introduced. The main objectives of the webinars are:

1. To introduce the importance of compiling indicators on the businesses’ impact on well-being and sustainability.

2. To share information on data sources and compilation methods.

3. To discuss challenges and opportunities in the compilation of these indicators.

4. To strengthen technical capacity to compile the proposed business indicators on well-being and sustainability.

Concept Note pdf
webinar recording #1 (26 April 2023) View
webinar recording #2 (31 May 2023) View
webinar recording #3 ( 13 September 2023) View
Presentation files
Webinar 1 (26 April): Introduction to the importance of measuring the impact of businesses on wellbeing and sustainability
Description: This webinar will provide an introduction to the importance of measuring the impact of businesses on selected aspects of wellbeing and sustainability, the rationale and purpose of the suggested business statistics indicators, their link to the SDGs indicators and the role of non-financial reporting in producing these indicators. Examples of compiling and dissemination on selected indicators will be presented.

Introduction to indicators on business impact on well-being and sustainability

Soren Andersen, Chair UNCEBTS

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Importance of businesses for wellbeing and sustainability

Bernard Frey, UN Global Compact

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New opportunities for data sources for business statistics - the role core indicators for entity reporting for SDGs

Elena Botvina, UNCTAD

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Importance on standards for sustainability reporting and new developments

Tabitha Bailey, Global Reporting Initiative

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Country examples - Business statistics and SDGs

Ole Olsen, Statistics Denmark

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Webinar 2 (31 May): Compiling business statistics indicators related to selected aspects of environmental sustainability.
Description: This webinar will focus on business indicators related to selected aspects of environmental sustainability (e.g. indicator related to water, energy, emission etc.). It will cover a review of data sources and data compilation. It will also provide as a forum to share country experiences and identifying areas of further work.

Business related environmental indicators

Ole Olsen, Statistics Denmark

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Business statistics indicators related to the environment and the SEEA

Jessica Chan, UNSD

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Presentation of country example

- Business&Environment Related Statistics of TurkStat

- Malaysia in Compiling System of Environmental Economic Accounting for Malaysia (MYSEEA) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and 7


Ebru Unal, TurkStat

Komitha Pindaya, DOSM


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Round table on challenges and opportunities in the compilation of these indicators (chaired by presenters)

Webinar 3 (13 September): Compiling of indicators of business performance related to selected social aspects of well-being and sustainability.
Description: This webinar will focus on business indicators related to selected social aspects e.g gender, employment, productivity etc. It will cover a review of data sources and data compilation. It will also provide as a forum to share country experiences and identifying areas of further work.

Introduction of business statistics indicators related to selected social aspects of wellbeing and sustainability

Soren Andersen
Chair UNCEBTS

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Importance of business for wellbeing and social inclusion

Vincent Siegerink
OECD

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Presentation for country examples

 

Wellbeing and sustainability indicators - Examples from Australian Labour Statistics

Manpreet Singh, ABS

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Measuring Labour Productivity in Malaysia

Yong Joo Chiet, DOSM

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Q&A
Reference materials

Manual on Principal Indicators for Business and Trade Statistics

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