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

The Future of Asian Cities (UN-ESCAP)

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Radical proposals to truly transform cities in the Asia Pacific under the following pillars: 1) Future of Urban Planning, 2) The Future of Urban Resilience, 3)Smart and inclusive cities , 4) The future of urban finance Investing in healthy cities

FIFA launches major new global education programme to strengthen and build safeguarding capacity across football

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FIFA has announced the launch of the FIFA Guardians Safeguarding in Sport Diploma – a major new global education programme designed to strengthen and professionalise safeguarding standards across football.

UK TREASURY REVIEW: Nature is a blind spot in economics that we ignore at our peril, says Dasgupta Revie

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Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s review presents the first comprehensive economic framework of its kind for biodiversity. It calls for urgent and transformative change in how we think, act and measure economic success to protect and enhance our prosperity and the natural world.

Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs

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A global forum on the most relevant topics for humanity Join Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs for monthly interviews with renowned authors about their groundbreaking work in history, social justice, sustainable development, and more.

Top 10 Insights from Climate Science in 2020

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Produced by Future Earth, The Earth League, and the World Climate Research Programme, the report highlights the latest insights and findings in matter of sustainability.

UN Security Council’s agenda for February under UK to focus on climate change and conflict and Covid

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The Council President Barbara Woodward (United Kingdom) said her delegation will focus on three “Cs” — climate, COVID-19 and conflict — and bring in the perspectives of youth as many global challenges are intergenerational. Her delegation also aims to make the organ’s work as transparent as possible.

RSF’s 2020 Round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries “at peace”

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A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). While the number of journalists killed in countries at war continues to fall, more are being murdered in countries not at war.

What is stakeholder capitalism? ( FROM WEF)

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This piece, written by Klaus Schwab and Peter Vanham, highlights how "stakeholder capitalism is a form of capitalism in which companies seek long-term value creation by taking into account the needs of all their stakeholders, and society at large"

Systemic Racism in sports in AFL team ( Australia)

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Héritier Lumumba has been one of the biggest players of Australian Football Rules or footsie or simply AF, one of the most important sports in Australia, a mix of football, rugby. Lumumba denounced racism within his former club, Collingwood, one of the most important club. Now the club has issues a scantly report confirming the existence of structured racism in the club.

Social Value: a live conversation with Tony Blair, Sir Ronald Cohen and Sir Michael Barber (Thursday 11th February, 11:00 - 11:45 GMT, VIRTUAL)

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Organized by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, two of the most renown thinkers in how to re-boot capitalism and make governments more effective, will discuss with former prime minister Tony Blair about how to increase the " social value" being produced by the government and private sector to strengthen our societies and economies.

"WHO's Covid warnings were not heeded. Now the world has a new chance to beat the virus" from the Guardian

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"We must prioritise equity. All at-risk people in all countries, especially health workers, older people and those with underlying conditions, need access to vaccines – not all people in some countries".

Trade and investment ‘indispensable’ to post-COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific, UN meeting says

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International trade and investment, and resilient supply chains are indispensable for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-level delegates stressed this week at the Seventh Session of the Committee on Trade and Investment convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

A more sustainable travel industry, Prince Harry at TRAVALYST

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“Right before us, there is an opportunity to do things differently, to do things better. Travel and tourism are no exception. As the industry re-emerges from crisis, there is an urgent need to reset and reimagine.” says Prince Harry, who is promoted Travalyst, an initiative bringing together the major tourism actors.

From the Guardian: Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study

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"Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation". The article is based on a research published by the journal Nature.

From the Guardian: Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study

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"Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation". The article is based on a research published by the journal Nature.

2020 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL)

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The 2020 CPI report highlights the impact of corruption on government responses to COVID-19, comparing countries’ performance in the index to their investment in health care and the extent to which democratic norms and institutions have been weakened during the pandemic.Since 2012, the earliest point of comparison in the current CPI methodology, 26 countries significantly improved their CPI scores

WEF: Consultation: Nature and Net Zero (PUBLIC CONSULTATION)

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The Nature and Net Zero consultation document, developed by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, identifies six actions for scaling natural climate solutions (NCS). WEF is conducting a public consultation to collect feedback from experts across business, government and civil society.

Communities Driving Change: COVID-19 Response to Recovery ( from Young Foundation, UK)

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This new report outlines our learning approach from Covid response to recovery and shares a series of insights and recommendations for partners across the programme. By sharing this report, we hope to showcase the ways in which systems can work together collaboratively to support local communities to improve health, wellbeing and resilience across the country.

WEF: Accelerating Grassroots Innovation ( Speakers: John Dutton, Alexei Levene, Alban Bressand, Kenneth Kwok, Wajiha Khalid)

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From a Myanmar-based initiative promoting recycling to an online marketplace to use empty shipping containers in Oman, entrepreneurs will play a crucial role in speeding up global delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Action Coalition Leaders on Technology and Innovation unite and call for bold, collective solutions to spark a gender-diverse digital reset

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n the context of the World Economic Forum Davos Agenda, leaders from the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality have released a compelling call for collective action to spark a more equal and diverse digital transformation. Their statement sets the stage for bold new commitments towards a gender-diverse digital reset at 2021’s Generation Equalit

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