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CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
IN A WORLD OF SOCIETAL
CHALLENGES
THE WORLD IS FACING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES
What do unprecedented challenges mean in practice? To get an understanding of the
magnitude and diversity of today’s societal challenges, one ought to know that…
In 2015, 60 MILLION PEOPLE
around the world were displaced and fled their
homes and countries – a number not seen since
World War II (UNHCR, 2015)
Over A BILLION PEOPLE have
no access to electricity (The World Bank, 2016)
More than 100 MILLION CHILDREN
lack basic education – 60 percent of them are girls (UN)
Almost ONE IN FIVE UNDER-25s
in Europe is without a job (Statista, 2016)
Annually, 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE die due to air
pollution (The University of British Columbia, 2016)
Every minute, the equivalent of almost
50 FOOTBALL FIELDS of forest is lost
(WWF, 2017a)
If the current trend continues, the number of wild
animals will be REDUCED BY TWO THIRDS
by 2020 compared to the 1970s (WWF, 2017b)