Practitioners’ Perspectives on Stakeholder Engagement

This September 2005 report examines the trends, processes, key success factors and challenges of stakeholder engagement based on the firsthand experiences of the practitioners on the front lines. More than 80 practitioners from corporations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international labor unions and industry sector associations and representing more than one dozen sectors and six continents contributed their perspectives to the publication.

The report is the first ing a two-volume series titled From Words to Action: The Stakeholder Engagement Manual, released in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program and Stakeholder Research Associates.