The challenge
A leading international business network wanted to move beyond high-level pledges and design practical ways for companies, governments and financial institutions to work together on sustainable development.
With stakeholders spread across continents and sectors, there was no shared map of the conditions, incentives and structures that help markets become more resilient and sustainable.
Our approach
BRAE partnered with the network to run a global listening and design process, bringing together insights from practitioners already testing new models of collaboration.
Global insight gathering
We spoke with more than 50 experts across six continents, including policy makers, investors and civil society coalitions.
Mapping enabling conditions
Together we mapped legal, financial, social and governance conditions that allow new forms of partnership to emerge and scale.
Co-designing institutional options
Using these insights, we developed institutional architecture options tailored for different regional contexts.
Clear guidance & tools
Principles and decision tools helped leaders move from ideas to action and alignment.
The impact
The work resulted in a blueprint for institutional innovation now used to shape new partnerships and investment platforms globally.
- Shared understanding of what enables resilient, sustainable markets across regions.
- Institutional models tailored to different policy and market environments.
- Decision principles that help leaders align strategies and accelerate joint action.
"This work gave us language and structure for the institutional changes we’d been aiming for. It turned scattered examples into a coherent system we can now act on together."
Director, International Business Network