By:Cecilia Müller Torbrand，BSR主任；Sara Enright，BSR主任；凯特·科尔斯，BSR合作发展总监；和Martin Benderson, Manager, BSR

When BSR talks about how business-driven collective action is necessary to achieve sustainable development goals, theMaritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN)通常以集体行动的结构以及他们可以实现的目标为例。

Founded in 2011 by a small group of committed maritime companies, MACN was set up as an industry-led initiative to fight corruption in the maritime value chain. When looking for a partner to help develop and grow the network, its founders turned to BSR, which agreed to support the development of MACN. Ten years on, the Network has demonstrated what is needed for a collective action campaign to really work in practice: for a dedicated group of professionals to agree on a pro-competitive approach to addressing a common issue that harms their companies and the communities that support them and then to work together over years to make change happen.

由于集体行动，MACN可以在全球范围内证明有形的结果，表明可以通过在公共部门和私营部门之间建立强大的联盟来解决系统性腐败。

在组织扩张和运营效果方面，MACN的成功使该组织处于可以采取更雄心勃勃的举措的位置。如今，BSR自豪地宣布MACN准备采取下一步：与BSR分开，成为其自己的独立组织。

几年来，我们一直在实现这一目标，确保MACN具有强大的治理结构，使其公司参与者能够分担监督和责任。MACN多年来发展了，现在包括全球150多家公司，占海上行业的50％以上，并被公认为是反腐败斗争中集体行动的杰出例子之一。

例如，MACN在阿根廷的工作是协作如何导致有效变化的一个典型例子。MACN与地方当局，行业参与者和业务协会合作，采取了集体行动，该行动成功地采用了新的干燥散装运输监管框架。MACN成员在MACN项目中包含的端口中经历了90％的腐败需求下降。

By building a strong coalition of both international and national stakeholders, MACN and its partners put in place an inspections system in line with international standards, balancing the government’s responsibility to ensure the cleanliness of vessels exporting agricultural products with the conditions necessary for integrity in the context of foreign trade relations. MACN has played a key role in facilitating collaboration between the stakeholders, in translating new regulatory requirements into practices, and in promoting behavioral change among industry players and inspectors through training and practical guidelines.

Partnering with donor organizations, including Danida and Siemens' Integrity Initiative, has also played a key role in increasing MACN’s impact through grant-funded in-country collective action initiatives focusing on tackling corruption in ports in Nigeria. This support has allowed MACN to deepen the engagement with government agencies in the ports and to launch new innovative solutions that empower the industry to resist and report corruption, such as the MACN Anti-Corruption HelpDesk in Nigeria. Functions like the HelpDesk greatly improve the long-term viability and effectiveness of collective action initiatives. They are a critical step in formalizing local efforts to reduce and eliminate corruption—especially if they are set up with government support.

As in any "leaving home" scenario, we are both sad and immensely proud that MACN has developed and grown to the extent where the transition into a stand-alone entity is possible. The future is exciting in terms of geographic expansion, operational leadership, official recognition, and donor support. BSR is very proud to have helped build something quite special here, and we encourage members of the wider maritime supply chain tojoin MACN.

MACN在丹麦注册为非营利性成员组织，将由首席执行官CeciliaMüllerTorbrand领导，并由由MACN成员组成的董事会管理。也与MACN合作的Vivek Menon和Martin Benderson将加入该实体。

Originally appeared onBSR.