What is it?

S4G, the un-mediated, not moderated social platform

Have you ever thought you have something to “express” with a social dimension but never had the opportunity to do it?

Then S4G is what you are looking for:

  • Open, unrestricted and easy to use
  • Three mediums to choose from: TEXT, VIDEO, PHOTO
  • A way to express your ideas, reflections and expertise, on social issues and broader development and society at large
  • You do not need to be an expert but just passionate about what you share

Latest Sharings

Operationalizing Remedy for Financial Institutions with the Equator Principles Association

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October 2022: On 25 October the Equator Principles Association (EPA) released A SUITE OF NEW DUE DILIGENCE TOOLS designed to enhance access to grievance mechanisms and enable effective remedy in project finance transactions.

DEMOCRACYNEXT: Six ways to democratise city planning - Enabling thriving and healthy cities

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DemocracyNext published today a paper on Six Ways to Democratise City Plannng, available now at our website in English, Spanish and French. The paper is the result of nine months of consultations with a task force of experts in deliberative democracy, planners, architects, urbanists, city government officials, investors, developers, and civil society organisations.

Registration: Strategic Litigation Impact Report Webinar, 15th Feb, 2024

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The Freedom Fund (FF) is organizing a webinar on Strategic litigation that is an important tool used by rightsholders, civil society organisations, and human rights defenders around the world to hold corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses.

PRI introduces Progression Pathways, a step-by-step journey to support progress on responsible investment practices

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London — Today, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) launched the co-design process for the Progression Pathways, a step-by-step journey for PRI signatories on responsible investment practices. The PRI is committed to co-designing the pathways with its signatory base to ensure that they respond to investor needs and preferences. It will be optional for signatories to adopt the pathways.

Weekly Update 7 February: Israel/OPT: Itochu ends collaboration with Israeli arms firm over ICJ ruling

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The Business and Human Rights' s rundown of this week's top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses, the latest jobs, and events announcements.

GISD Alliance co-signs Call to Action on Scaling Private Capital Mobilization

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The GISD Alliance has co-signed a joint Call to Action to heads of states, policymakers and multilateral development bank (MDB) officials to scale private capital mobilization.

The Impact Taskforce: State of Play 2023

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This report takes stock of progress made on our original recommendations to the UK G7 Presidency put forward in Time to Deliver: Mobilizing private capital at scale for people and planet. Our work continues to be organized around the two core themes of impact transparency and capital mobilization in support of a Just Transition.

Business Leadership in Times of Crisis: Collected Insights from Chief Executive Officers into Successes, Challenges and Areas for Future Focus

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The UN Global Compact has compiled perspectives from CEOs across the globe, to provide policymakers, companies, and the public with practical insights into business leadership in today’s novel and dynamic operating environment.

EQUATOR PRINCIPLES leadership change

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Amit Puri, Standard Chartered, has informed the EP Steering Committee that he is leaving his role at Standard Chartered and consequently also vacates his position as Chair, with immediate effect.

Dec 2023 | Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications, Target Setting Net-Zero Banking Alliance 2023 Progress Update

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The Net-Zero Banking Alliance provides an in-depth analysis of NZBA members’ progress on target-setting and delivery against their targets every two years in the form of a progress report. The last progress report compiled by the Alliance was published in November 2022; the next such report will be published in Summer 2024 after NZBA’s founding member banks are due to have set targets for all thei

Next Generation: A Global Dialogue on Youth Priorities and Empowerment

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The British Council is pleased to invite you to Next Generation: A Global Dialogue on Youth Priorities and Empowerment, a day-long dialogue and networking event showcasing the latest research and insights from the British Council’s youth research programme, Next Generation.

Global annual finance flows of $7 trillion fueling climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises

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Dubai, 9 December 2023 – Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources - equivalent to roughly 7 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - according to the latest State of Finance for Nature report released today at COP28 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners.

COMPANY RUN BY MALAYSIAN POLITICIAN'S DAUGHTER WINS EUROPEAN BULLY AWARD

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At today's European SLAPP Contest 2024, the Canadian real estate group SAKTO won the "International Bully of the Year" award and the People's Choice Award - SAKTO is run by former Sarawak Governor Taib Mahmud's daughter Jamilah Taib and her husband Sean Murray

Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on Priorities for 2024

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"Peace can achieve wonders that wars never will. Wars destroy. Peace builds. But in today’s troubled world, building peace is a conscious, bold and even radical act. It is humanity’s greatest responsibility. That responsibility belongs to us all – individually and collectively. In this difficult and divided moment, let’s meet that obligation for today and future generations. Starting here".

Saudi Arabia: Deadly Abuses Despite Image Campaign

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Mass Killings at Yemen Border; Death Sentences; Long Prison Terms (Human Rights Watch)

European disability card and a European parking card for persons with disabilities

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The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the EU Member States on the Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.

EU: Recommendations for 2040 targets to reach climate neutrality by 2050

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The European Commission is charting the path to reach the goal of making the European Union climate neutral by 2050. It recommends a 90% net greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels, which is in line with recent scientific advice and the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.

REPORT LAUNCH: Freedom in the World 2024

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Date February 29, 2024 – 10:30AM – 12:00PM EST. Join us for the launch of Freedom in the World 2024: The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections and Armed Conflict, Freedom House's flagship report which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973.

Malaysian Youth Build Capacity on Hate Speech and Atrocity Prevention

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Between August 24 and 27, 2023, the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) conducted a hate speech training workshop aimed at Malaysian youth. This workshop was an expansion of the program initiated in 2021

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FORUM: Exploring the Four Voices of Design to Solve Complex Problems

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In this new podcast discussion, we explore the approach of human-centered design and how it can be used to both discover and uplift perspectives to help find community-focused solutions.

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