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Building the Pace on Inclusive Business Models

We have reached a tipping point in the way business sees its relationship with the developing world. A growing number of companies, from large multinationals to small-sized start-ups, are moving beyond philanthropic, risk mitigating, CSR-focused activities, to find new ways to do business that benefit both the poor and their core business. We are seeing […]

IBLF – Expert Insight: Nestlé's Chairman Peter Brabeck

IBLF – Expert Insight: Nestlé’s Chairman Peter Brabeck from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “The times that business was acting in isolation of society are long gone. The license to do business is now coming from society.” IBLF speaks to Peter Brabeck, the Chairman of Nestlé about leadership and sustainability and the evolving role of […]

IBLF – Expert Insight: Nestlé’s Chairman Peter Brabeck

IBLF – Expert Insight: Nestlé’s Chairman Peter Brabeck from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “The times that business was acting in isolation of society are long gone. The license to do business is now coming from society.” IBLF speaks to Peter Brabeck, the Chairman of Nestlé about leadership and sustainability and the evolving role of […]

Great Expectations from New Entity UN Women

Earlier this week, I attended the UK launch of UN Women. Its Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet addressed a packed audience in London to make the case for gender equality and women’s empowerment. She spoke evocatively about her hopes for UN Women and the World Bank’s upcoming report that positions gender equality as ‘smart […]

Peter Brew: Business Must Play its Role to Ensure Sustainable Growth in China

China, with the rest of Asia, has become the engine of growth that can fuel recovery in Europe and North America. It is imperative that a new mutually enhancing partnership is forged by governments and business based on sustainable economic, social, ethical and environmental practices. The role of business, however, in making this sustainable growth […]

Stephen Farrant: Responsible Business Goes Mainstream

As responsible tourism goes mainstream, the issues of environmental and social responsibility have been placed firmly on the agendas of global company boards. But the myth remains that it is only small specialist companies that have adopted a responsible tourism strategy. This is however, not the case and major global travel and tourism companies have […]

Désirée Abrahams: Where is the Business and Human Rights Arena Headed?

In December last year, IBLF advertised for a Programme Coordinator to work on business and human rights. Needing to get someone in quickly, we set a one-week deadline and an essay of 250 words, themed ‘In your opinion, what does the future hold for business and human rights over the next five years?’ We were […]

Graham Baxter: Voluntary Coalitions – in Crisis or Just Growing Up?

Voluntary coalitions set up by business, government and civil society groups to address ethical challenges risk losing their potency when they become detached from the leadership agenda. Once leadership of the agenda for tackling specific corporate responsibility challenges moves from the CEO’s office to the operational areas, there is a natural shift to focusing more […]

Expert Insight: KPMG's Barend van Bergen

Expert Insight: KPMG’s Barend van Bergen from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “The financial crisis, and megatrends such as population growth and energy scarcity will transform the way business is done” This edition of IBLF Expert Insight sees Shivvy Jervis speak to Barend van Bergen, Head of KPMG’s Global Centre of Excellence for Climate Change […]

Expert Insight: KPMG’s Barend van Bergen

Expert Insight: KPMG’s Barend van Bergen from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “The financial crisis, and megatrends such as population growth and energy scarcity will transform the way business is done” This edition of IBLF Expert Insight sees Shivvy Jervis speak to Barend van Bergen, Head of KPMG’s Global Centre of Excellence for Climate Change […]

The Business Case for Being a Responsible Business

The way we do business is changing. Customer needs and demands are developing. Emerging technologies are enabling new ways of working. Supply chains are shifting and new markets are opening up. A more deeply connected generation is emerging. Knowing more about the world presents enormous opportunity, especially for business. What is needed is a form […]

IBLF – Expert Insight: Stephen Farrant, International Tourism Partnership

IBLF – Expert Insight: Stephen Farrant, International Tourism Partn… from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “Competition and innovation are helping create an open marketplace for environmentally sensitive products” says Stephen Farrant, Director of IBLF’s The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) programme. Find out more about ITP here: tourismpartnership.org/ This content was produced by the International Business […]

Social Intrapreneurs— An Extra Force For Sustainability

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently,” ran Apple’s 1997 ‘Think Different’ ad campaign. Once heard or read, the words—crafted by TBWA/Chiat/Day, were hard to get out of your head. And they didn’t end there. “They’re not fond […]

Supporting Corporate Responsibility Performance Through Effective Knowledge Management

Companies that are successful at embedding corporate sustainability and responsibility are learning organisations. They work out how to do things better, faster, cheaper. They make that knowledge widely available; and they make sure that everyone who needs that knowledge knows it is there and how to get hold of it–and is trained to make effective […]

Toolbook: Partnering with Governments Navigator

‘The Partnering with Governments Navigator – Building effective collaboration with the public sector in Africa’ is aimed at assisting donors, NGOS and practitioners from the private sector in navigating the challenges and seizing the opportunities of partnership with governments.

IBLF – Expert Insight: Dr Mo Ibrahim

IBLF – Expert Insight: Dr Mo Ibrahim from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. IBLF’s latest Expert Insight webcast features one of Time magazine’s top 100 influential people in the world – Dr Mo Ibrahim. As the founder of CelTel, that spans over 15 African countries with more than $750 million in investments, and the head […]

Toolkit: Business as a Partner in India’s Right to Education

This toolkit, commissioned through the Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG), is aimed at identifying models for businesses to begin their engagement in strengthening the education sector in India. It contains a collection of key features of the Right to Education, outlining the roles that central and state governments need to play to implement the act […]