1. Fighting hunger with investments International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Poverty and Hunger Christian Friis Bach International Director DanChurchAid

2. Increasing investment flows Source: World Investment Report, UNCTAD, 1995, 2005

3. Investment regimes Kilde: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2003.

4. Investment agreements Source: UNCTAD (1999): Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1959-1999. Geneva and UNCTAD (2004, 2005): World Investment Report.

5. Inequality and investments Source: World Bank (2006): World Development Report 1% economic growth: Equal societies: Poverty drops by around 4 percentage points Unequal societies: Almost no effect

6. CSR, poverty and hunger Share in world exports of manufactures Share in world manufacturing value added 1980199719801997 Developed countries82,370,964,573,3 Developing countries10,626,516,623,8 Source: UNCTAD (2002): World Investment Report. Fewer rulesFiercer competitionLower taxes Corporate Social Responsibility increasingly important

7. CSR policies amongst Danish companies Have a CSR policy Lack a CSR policy Coverage of poverty and/or hunger 3) Coverage of environment Coverage of working conditions Discrimi- nation Community support Corporations answering the questionnaire (12) 1024 75 Corporations not answering the questionnaire (22) 15 1) 7 2) 014844 Total25942418119 1)If CSR, ethical guidelines or text regarding social behaviour was presented on the webpage; this was registered as having a CSR policy. 2)There was no evidence of CSR or ethical guidelines presented on the webpage. 3)Coverage of poverty/hunger is based on the questionnaire question about considerations of these issues. For those firms analysed through their webpage, the result is based on text referring to poverty or hunger.

8. CSR, poverty and hunger Corporations indicating ‘yes’ to the following questions Have a CSR policy10 Impact on poverty and hunger11 Coverage of environment10 Coverage of working conditions10 Coverage of community support4 Monitoring of CSR implementation9 Consideration of poverty and hunger4 Consideration of access to water3 Consideration of access to land2 Consideration of discrimination7 Consideration of production policy9

9. Fighting hunger with investments l The effects of investments on access to water l The effects of investment on access to land for people living in the area l The use of local workers, non-discrimination policies and the use of affirmative action towards socially excluded groups in the community l The use of local materials and input. l The flow of corporate capital and taxation l The options for transfers of technology and knowledge To maximise the impact off investments on fighting hunger and poverty CSR policies need to take into account: The total effect of investments on poverty and hunger