IBLF Event: ‘Leading Growth’
IBLF – Expert Insight: Cherie Blair, Barrister & Founder, Cheri… from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. In this edition of the Expert Insight series, Shivvy Jervis interviews Cherie Blair, leading barrister and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. The exciting dialogue spans the topics of business leadership, women entrepreneurs and sustainable development. This […]
The Governance of Corporate Responsibility: A Doughty Centre ‘How to’ Guide
At the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility we seek to work with companies to understand the challenges they face in embedding a commitment to Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. Over the next few years, we will be producing accessible and rigorous action-research on corporate responsibility (CR) to assist companies in improving their environmental, social and financial […]
Business and Migration: From Risk to Opportunity
Mar 10 – IBLF’s latest research highlights the huge opportunities in managing the global migration of labour and the essential role that business can play in raising labours standards for migrant workers.
Jeff Raikes, CEO, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: A Message to Members of Business Fights Poverty
We spend a lot of our time trying to convince skeptics that they should care about development. Bill Gates made the case very convincingly in his report to the G20 delivered last November. He argues from the supply side: successfully developing countries can keep the price of key commodities low by boosting production – important […]
IBLF Soundbyte: Mark Foster, Chairman, IBLF
IBLF Soundbyte: Mark Foster, Chairman, IBLF from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Mark Foster, Chairman of IBLF (former Group Chief Executive of Global Markets and Management Consulting at Accenture) talks about how businesses can and are coping with shifts in economic activity as a result of the downturn. This content was produced by the International […]
Framework: Practical action in inclusive business
2010 – The collection of useful tools produced in this framework builds on IBLF’s previous report “Business of Jobs” which focused on how companies can develop employability and enterprise through partnership. They have proven to be valuable resources for businesses exploring inclusive business opportunities.
Inclusive Business Guide
2010 – The Inclusive Business Guide looks at how companies can improve the livelihoods and wellbeing of poor people by including them on the supply side – as producers, employees and distributors; and on the demand side as clients and customers.
Trends in Business-NGO Partnerships
Business Linkages: Enabling Access to Markets at the Base of the Pyramid
Dec 09 – This is a summary of the key findings from the fourth event in the Business Linkages Series, a joint initiative between IBLF, IFC and the CSR Initiative at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
The Business of Jobs: Developing Enterprise and Employability Through Collaboration
Dec 09 – IBLF’s working paper draws from 22 case studies across the world that highlight the opportunity for business to take a lead role in creating jobs and increasing the wealth of communities.
Harnessing Development 2.0: Creating opportunities with the poor
As new ways of bringing people together web and mobile technology, from SMS to social networking, continue to change development initiatives, this paper examines how technology is transforming access to new markets, money and skills, and how it offers the prospect of driving more inclusive business models.
The power of business advocacy and ICT reforms
Increasingly, business participation in shaping reforms in an open and transparent manner is impacting the development of emerging markets. The private sector can become a valuable partner for policy makers through a process of business advocacy that enables companies to come together, identify issues of common concern and propose joint solutions that will support industry […]
Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty
Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Panel discussion on 2 December 2009, London. The event was sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme’s Growing Inclusive Markets initiative, and co-hosted by Business Fights Poverty, the Overseas Development Institute, the International Business Leaders Forum and the World Business Council […]
John Marsh, Founder and Executive Director, Prosperity Initiative
John Marsh, Founder and Executive Director, Prosperity Initiative from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”.
Anand Narayan, Manager, Incubation Labs, Selco Solar Private
Anand Narayan, Manager, Incubation Labs, Selco Solar Private from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”.
Ernest Kwasi Kyei, Co-Founder / Director of Toyola Energy
Ernest Kwasi Kyei, Co-Founder / Director of Toyola Energy from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”
Jeroen Blum, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation
Jeroen Blum, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”
The power to fight poverty
The power to fight poverty from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. businessfightspoverty.org
Michael Anthony, Senior Microinsurance Manager, Allianz SE
Michael Anthony, Senior Microinsurance Manager, Allianz SE from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”
Peter Guest, Editor, This is Africa, FT Business
Peter Guest, Editor, This is Africa, FT Business from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”