ETHICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

1. Successes and Challenges for an INGO ETHICAL RISK ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION BY: Suzie Stephens – Prospect Research Manager Liz McKenna – Corporate New Business Manager

2. SAVE THE CHILDREN – ETHICAL RISK ASSESSMENT Why do we need a process? What does our UK process look like? Key Challenges Key Successes

3. Why do we need a process? STARTING POINT: Joint Corporate Engagement Guidelines Ensuring we maximise our opportunities for fundraising Creating change for children Safeguard our reputation Mitigate any security issues Maintain mission alignment

5. What does our uk process look like?

6. Would you accept or reject? Scenario 1 • Newly established oil & gas company • £100k a year for three years (£300k total) • Chairman previously deemed unsuitable to act as director and/or major shareholder of a listed company due to a historic heroin conviction Scenario 2 • Consumer goods company with ethical brand • Strategic partnership worth £2 million+ a year • Largest shareholder heavily criticised by charity campaigners including ourselves Scenario 3 • Current major donor through family foundation • £300,000 • Long-standing Chief Executive of tobacco company

7. Key challenges Assessing on an opportunity basis – when to initiate the process Consistency in decision making Working across 120 countries and gaining buy-in from country programmes Assessing increasingly international donors Where do you draw the line? Declining an opportunity Getting our donors to understand the process and decisions made

8. Key successes • Having a robust process and policy, that has enabled us to accept or reject donations on a consistent criteria • Increased visibility for the Prospect Research Team • Cultural shift to fundraisers proactively identifying risks • Led to the development of high risk industry specific measures to enable prioritisation e.g. extractives

9. Case study: extractives Challenges How we have responded Who we have involved Outcomes

10. Questions?