Responsible and Accountable Garments Sector (RAGS) Challenge Fund – First Call for Project Concepts
The Responsible and Accountable Garments Sector (RAGS) Challenge Fund is now operational and is formally calling for Project Concepts. Visit the website for more information. The deadline for applications 26 April 2010. Funded by UKaid for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), RAGS has been set up to drive better working conditions for women […]
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.
Inclusive Business: Moving from the why to the how – today's launch of the Business Innovation Facility
It is striking how far we have come. Only a few years ago, it seemed that many of us, represented in this network, were spending large amounts of our professional energy convincing donor agencies of business’ role in meeting international development challenges. Looking back now, three major trends stand out. First, there is a widespread, […]
Inclusive Business: Moving from the why to the how – today’s launch of the Business Innovation Facility
It is striking how far we have come. Only a few years ago, it seemed that many of us, represented in this network, were spending large amounts of our professional energy convincing donor agencies of business’ role in meeting international development challenges. Looking back now, three major trends stand out. First, there is a widespread, […]
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 […]
REPORT: How Partnerships Contribute to Global Development
U.S. Chamber’s BCLC Reports on How Global Partnerships are Changing and Improving Press Release The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) released a new report: Making the Connection: How Partnerships Contribute to Global Development. The report features best practices in business and lessons learned in global public-private partnerships (PPP). “Public-private partnerships are […]
The Journey of the Volunteer: Tourist, Traveler & Guide:
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Tourist – Traveler – Guide. This is the journey of the volunteer. The great failure of volunteer coordinators lies in expecting tourists to act like guides, treating guides like tourists, and ignoring the traveler all-together. Its time we meet people where they’re […]
The Journey of the Volunteer: Tourist, Traveler & Guide:
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Tourist – Traveler – Guide. This is the journey of the volunteer. The great failure of volunteer coordinators lies in expecting tourists to act like guides, treating guides like tourists, and ignoring the traveler all-together. Its time we meet people where they’re […]
The 3 Stages In The Journey Of A Volunteer
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Did the financial collapse have an effect on volunteering rates? You bet. Volunteer rates mushroomed during the winter of 2009. So where are all those volunteers now? Good question. In the early days of the Obama craze (which, incidentally, seems to have […]
How Volunteering Changed My Life: An Interview With Chris Jarvis
Everyone has a story. Call it a journey, an explanation, the reason we are who we are, but one thing is sure: there’s always more to a person than can be seen from the outside. There is value in learning each other’s stories. Together, in the messiness of our lives, we can encourage each other […]
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
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (3 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” answer for everyone? (Part 3 of 7) If men are from Mars, […]
Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (2 of 7)
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. “We want an activity that can be done together as a team” Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and scheduling an activity. But how should non-profits respond? Is there a “best” […]
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.
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”
'The Business of Jobs' – IBLF's Forum on Employability and Enterprise
‘The Business of Jobs’ – IBLF’s Forum on Employability and Enterprise from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. On 3rd November 2009, IBLF hosted its first global forum on the theme of Jobs, Employability and Enterprise Development in London. The event saw 40 CEOs, managers and directors from top-level businesses and NGOs discuss and debate on […]