Livelihoods and Jobs

Creating Employment & Jobs to Fight Poverty

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Sun-Powered Farming: Ethiopian Farmers Save Thousands by Switching to Solar Irrigation

Solar irrigation in Ethiopia is helping smallholder farmers cut fuel costs, increase food production and build climate resilience. Through a Farm Africa-led programme supported by Sida, farming communities are replacing diesel and petrol pumps with clean solar-powered irrigation, saving thousands of pounds annually while reducing emissions and strengthening food security and rural livelihoods.
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Why African Agriculture Must Prepare for its Nana Benz Moment

Africa’s food systems face a growing succession crisis as younger generations move away from farming, risking the loss of vital agricultural knowledge. This article explores why strengthening rural livelihoods, creating economic opportunities and treating farming as a viable career are essential to building resilient food systems and long-term food security.
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Building Inclusive Economies with Joe Scantlebury

Meet Social Impact Pioneer Joe Scantlebury, President and CEO of Living Cities. From representing children in the juvenile justice and dependency care systems to helping shape civil rights and equity advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Joe shares his journey. If you’re looking for inspiration and a can-do boost, this podcast is for you.
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Aline Sara

Creating Work Opportunities for Refugees, with Aline Sara

Meet Social Impact Pioneer, Aline Sara, Co-Founder and CEO of NaTakallam, the award-winning social enterprise transforming how businesses and individuals engage with refugees and conflict-affected communities.
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Why Women Farmers Hold the Key to Fixing Our Broken Food Systems

Women farmers are central to fixing broken food systems, yet they remain excluded from the technologies, financing and markets needed to scale solutions. New research from CARE shows that reducing food loss and waste requires gender-responsive design, investment and partnerships. Empowering women farmers can strengthen food security, resilience and climate outcomes globally.
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Digital advisory services for smallholder farmers

Bridging Design and Scale: How AgriPath Connects Innovation in Digital Advisory Services to Sustainable Growth

Scaling digital advisory services (DAS) for smallholder farmers requires more than technology. AgriPath shows that sustainable growth depends on combining user-centred design with enabling ecosystems, viable business models and trusted community-based agents. By bridging innovation and scale, DAS can improve productivity, incomes and climate resilience across agricultural systems.
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Sustainability standards and small-scale producers: from risk management to resilience

Sustainability Standards and Small-Scale Producers: From Risk Management to Resilience

Sustainability systems must move beyond audits to meaningful engagement with small-scale producers. New guidance from ISEAL highlights how collaborative, participatory approaches can uncover root causes, strengthen resilience and improve outcomes. By recognising producers as partners and knowledge holders, businesses can build more effective, credible and regulation-ready supply chains.
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Our Power, Our Planet. Designed with people, Built for Place.

As climate and nature commitments grow, many fail to deliver due to poor integration with social and economic realities. This article introduces “Landscape by Design,” a people-centred, place-based approach that aligns climate, nature and livelihoods. By co-creating strategies with local stakeholders, businesses can drive more resilient, inclusive and measurable sustainability outcomes.
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What Real Sustainability Integration Looks Like in Business, with Fernanda Facchini, Natura

Meet Social Impact Pioneer, Fernanda Facchini. She is part of the team at Natura, the Brazilian multinational cosmetics company, who are pioneering sustainable and ethical beauty products while driving regenerative practices in the Amazon rainforest. This conversation deep dives into what it takes for a commercial business to deliver social and environmental impact from its heart.
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Beatrice Medo

Supply Chain Resilience Starts with Household Resilience: What Other Sectors can Learn from Cocoa

Supply chain resilience begins at the household level. Drawing lessons from the cocoa sector in West Africa, this article explores how strengthening women’s financial inclusion, decision-making power and access to savings groups can stabilise farming families and reduce risks across global supply chains. When households become more resilient, companies gain stronger, more reliable and sustainable supply systems.
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Why Fairtrade Matters More Than Ever with Marike Runneboom de Peña

Listen in to this podcast episode to hear from Social Impact Pioneer Marike Runneboom de Peña, Interim CEO of Fairtrade International, about why this moment is a turning point for fair trade and global supply chains.
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Forced Labour in Supply Chains: A Growing Competitiveness Challenge for the UK

Forced labour in supply chains is no longer just an ethical issue, it is a growing competitiveness challenge for UK businesses. As global regulations tighten, responsible sourcing is becoming essential for market access, resilience and investor confidence. Stronger frameworks can protect workers, level the playing field and position the UK to lead in sustainable, high-integrity global trade.
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How can companies strengthen livelihoods through their value chains?

How can companies strengthen livelihoods through their value chains? As businesses face rising pressure to deliver fairer and more resilient value chains, livelihoods can
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How are current social and environmental challenges disrupting livelihoods?

How are current social and environmental challenges disrupting livelihoods? As climate change, AI, demographic shifts and displacement reshape labour markets, the challenge is not
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How can companies strengthen livelihoods through their value chains?

Watch this Workshop on how companies can strengthen livelihoods through their value chains, including suppliers, distributors and employees. Through an interview-style panel and table
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How are current social and environmental challenges disrupting livelihoods?

Watch this Workshop which explores the biggest disruptive forces reshaping livelihoods, including AI and climate change. Take a deeper look at the impacts on
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AI is Working for Women Entrepreneurs — But Only at the Edges. For Real Benefits, We Need Targeted Action.

AI is helping women entrepreneurs save time, but not yet unlock the full growth potential of their businesses. Drawing on research across 3,000 women entrepreneurs in 66 countries, this article explores why AI adoption remains concentrated in marketing and communications, and what targeted action is needed to turn AI from a helpful tool into a genuine driver of resilience, productivity and growth.
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Good Intentions Don’t Transform Supply Chains. Better Design Could.

Despite growing commitments to gender equality, many supply chain programmes struggle to deliver real outcomes for women. This article argues the problem is not motivation but design. By rethinking how gender initiatives are structured—embedding context, capability, and evidence from the start—companies can move beyond participation metrics and create meaningful, lasting change in global supply chains.
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Tackling Ibiza’s Housing Crisis Through Cross-Sector Collaboration, with Yvette, Sofia and Anna

In this episode, three Social Impact Leaders: Sofia Ribas, Anna Olivia Spenner Hernández, and Yvette Torres-Rahman, share insights from their groundbreaking research into Ibiza’s housing crisis and explore practical solutions to make living on the island viable year-round.
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Banalata DHL Group

Talent Development, Social Impact & the Future of Work with Banalata, DHL Group

How to bring business talent development and social impact to get the best outcomes. Social Impact Pioneer Banalata Sen, Global Head of GoTeach at DHL Group shares her wisdom.
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What do we mean by "Livelihoods and Jobs"?

Discover how job creation is a pivotal strategy in the global fight against poverty. Promoting employment opportunities fosters economic stability and growth.

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