Sharing Lessons on Inclusive Business – The Practitioner Hub
“Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes.” Peter Senge, Center for Organizational Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management Collaborating, […]
My Journey as a Woman Entrepreneur in India
As a woman who was married at a young age into a conservative family by arranged marriage, starting my own business felt like a miraculous life-time achievement. In my community, it is frowned upon in unwritten, bold lettering for a woman to do anything other than look after the home. After coming so far as […]
Announcing the winners of the G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation
The 15 winners of the G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation were announced on June 18, 2012 at the G20 Leaders Summit in Los Cabos Mexico. Ambassador Mr. Rogelio Granguillhome, Executive Secretary of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation and Chair of the G20 Development Working Group presented the awards. Business Fights Poverty first […]
10 Employee Engagement Ideas for Skills Based Volunteering
Charities rely on charity, and most nonprofits will take whatever volunteer help they can get. But what if you’re a busy professional with more useful skills than dumping this week’s lasagna on plastic plates? Time to start looking at your job as the best way to give back. These days, many companies offer corporate volunteer […]
Satisfied Employees Vs. Engaged Employees
The news about the employee mood in this country appears, at first glance, to be positive. According to the 2011 Job Satisfaction and Engagement Research Report released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 83 percent of U.S. employees are satisfied employees, reporting overall satisfaction with their current jobs. “In general, people find ways […]
Employee Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility for Generation Twitter
At a time when attention spans are shrinking against the exponential growth of new technology applications and digital tools, maintaining employee engagement is a hard-won commodity, and the notion of uniting employees for a collective activity or cause can seem daunting. With so much information available at any given moment, reaching employees might be easier […]
Corporate Volunteerism for Incurable Cynics
There’s one in every crowd and at least one at every workplace; the cynic. She might be highly motivated and intensely career minded, but your garden variety cynic tends to be skeptical of corporate volunteer programs. And yet with a bit of attention, cynics can be transformed into your most passionate volunteers. Don’t try winning […]
4 Ways To Use Pinterest To Encourage Corporate Volunteerism
This blog originally apeared in Mashable. Lets face it; it’s hard to look away from Pinterest. The hottest new social media site has become a go-to source for the latest shopping tips, design advice and funny dog pictures. Who wouldn’t want to sit there all day and stare? As Pinterest fans are discovering through the […]
Call for Support: Participate in a UNDP Survey on Support for Inclusive Businesses in Africa!
Photo: Kim Eun Yeul / World Bank Call for Support: Participate in a UNDP survey on support for Inclusive Businesses in Africa! Inclusive Business Models, which integrate the poor on the supply side as well as the demand side, have the best chance for success when they are implemented within a strong ecosystem of actors […]
Corporate Volunteerism Bubbles Up for P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water
Across the globe, businesses are recognizing the expanding importance of corporate volunteer programs as an effective way to support their communities while increasing employee retention and engagement. The workforce of tomorrow demands corporate social responsibility. Millennials number 60 million in the U.S. and an estimated 86% want their work to make a positive impact on […]
Igniting a Culture of Entrepreneurship – SAB Foundation
In 2010, the South African Breweries (SAB) implemented a black economic empowerment programme for the benefit of its employees, retailers and communities. SAB Zenzele was designed to be truly broad-based, distinctive and innovative, delivering real value to the three categories of beneficiaries, who play a significant part in the success of the organisation. In total […]
RIO+20 – Business and Management Education Providers Must Work Closer together
By Clare Melford, CEO, IBLF At Rio+20 I attended the 3rd Global Forum for Responsible Management Education which is the official platform for management-related Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) at Rio. I was there amongst almost 300 representatives of management-related academic institutions as one of the voices of business. We were there to consider the business […]
How to Boost Corporate Volunteering with Facebook
With all the news swirling around Facebook’s messy IPO, it’s important to remember one thing: nothing has changed about the site…yet. Despite shareholder lawsuits, NASDEQ fumbles and a stock price faceplant, Facebook is still a powerful tool that can be used to effect positive social change. And when it comes to corporate volunteering, Facebook is […]
Rio+20: Enabling Green and Inclusive Markets – A Case for Public-private Collaboration
Twenty years after the first Earth Summit, the international community will gather again in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 June for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The conference will attempt to develop a road map that will provide a framework in which we can enjoy growth today, but not at the expense of […]
Rio+20: Business Opportunities at the BoP
The private sector has a critical role to play in engendering sustainable economic development. Business investments can stimulate job creation, promote entrepreneurship, and improve living conditions for those living in poverty. At the same time, there is growing recognition among private sector companies of the untapped market potential among the several billion people living on […]
Is it Immoral to Earn Attractive Profits from Poor Customers?
There are at least 7 billion different perspectives on morality, but the viewpoint I like best defines sin as the failure to reach your potential. By this definition we have at least 2.6 billion deep sinners – the 37% of people in the world who live on less than $2 a day. They are the […]
The Volunteer Dating Game
In the world of those who volunteer to make a better world, some dream of settling down. But not you. Nosiree. You enjoy the variety of volunteering with many different organizations and causes. Last month it was a cancer nonprofit, today it’s a dog rescue. You heard that a literacy organization is having an awesome […]
IBLF – Expert Insight: Jon Samuel of Anglo American
IBLF – Expert Insight: Jon Samuel of Anglo American from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. IBLF spoke to Jon Samuel, Head of Social Performance at Anglo American for the Expert Insight series in a special edition in association with Business Fights Poverty. We spoke to Jon about the social and environmental challenges shaping business and […]
The business of sanitation – taking toilets to scale
Water & Sanitation Programme, iDE UK In a context where almost 40% of the population of the developing world – 2.5 billion people – lack access to improved sanitation facilities (WHO/UNICEF), there is in need of a practical and scalable solution that can stop one of the world’s biggest killers of children. Diaorrheal disease claims […]
Making international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers
Making international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers is a potential ‘win-win’ for thousands of farmers and businesses. A new reportby the Fairtrade Foundation analyses six case studies from farmer groups producing tea, cocoa and nuts in Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire and Malawi asking them from their experience, what really makes trade fair? This report, […]