Why we work on Business Engagement
Today businesses face heightened geopolitical risks, shifting regulations, and rising expectations for corporate responsibility. Missteps can damage reputations, disrupt operations, and fuel instability that undermines development and peace.
Yet within this complexity lies opportunity. By understanding socio-political dynamics, companies can mitigate risks while unlocking new avenues for resilience and growth. When approached with awareness and sensitivity, investments in fragile regions can generate economic opportunity, improve infrastructure, and foster social cohesion—delivering long-term value.
Success depends on meaningful engagement with stakeholders and a deep knowledge of context. By adopting conflict-sensitive strategies and embracing transparent, collaborative dialogue, businesses and investors can reduce risk, strengthen resilience, and create positive impact. Navigating complexity unlocks shared value and sustainable growth.
How we work on Business Engagement At PeaceNexus, we don’t just deliver advice or a product and walk away, we stay to ensure change takes root. Through our distinct accompaniment approach we provide ongoing support that ensures our partners are equipped to deliver business results and social impact in complex contexts.
Our approach to engaging with business is rooted in conflict-sensitive strategies. We help our partners identify and mitigate risks – from reputational damage to operational disruptions – while seizing opportunities to drive positive social impact. We typically begin with an initial diagnostic and jointly define objectives. We accompany and provide support to the process of developing the strategies, systems and tools to deliver these objectives.
In our international programme, we engage with investors and companies that invest in multiple frontier markets to develop systems for navigating complexity and meeting international standards.
In our regional programmes in Central Asia, West Africa and Southeast Asia, we support actors that facilitate constructive dialogue and dispute resolution between businesses, communities, and governments, ensuring that business activity contributes to peace and stability.
Through our individual organisational support, we strengthen our partners’ ability to:
- Conduct tailored risk assessments to address vulnerabilities.
- Develop strategic policy aligned with best practices.
- Implement heightened due diligence for comprehensive oversight.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement to foster collaboration.
- Enhance impact measurement and reporting to demonstrate results.
Together with our non-profit partners, we also support collective initiatives that raise awareness, foster learning on responsible business practices, build networks of influence, promote peace-positive investment, and support stronger regulations for business in conflict-affected and high-risk areas.