Business Fights Poverty Briefing, with McKinsey & Co and UNDP: How can business support the most vulnerable in value chains and communities in the face of COVID-19?
On 11th March 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. This is first and foremost a human tragedy. At time of writing, there are more than 332,930 cases and 14,510 people have lost their lives. COVID-19 is also having a growing and very significant impact on the […]
Business, Disease and Global Health: Taking collective action on workplace health to create a healthier future
In crises, swift action is critical. Yet, business leaders should also use this time to rethink the “old normal” for workplace health, particularly for poorer workers in their global supply chains. The “old normal” views workplace health through narrow lens of occupational safety. Most manufacturing suppliers in lower-income countries consider their health and safety staff […]
Responsible Businesses Step Forward – Governments Can’t Fight this Virus Alone
As the limits on our go-to crisis-management tools become clear, it is increasingly apparent that we need the private sector to join the coronavirus front line. There’s a reason the White House has asked Walmart and others to help with drive-thru testing and Downing Street wants manufacturers to shift production lines to building ventilators. Governments, […]
3BL Media Opens CSRwire for Free Social Impact Communications Around COVID-19
Meanwhile, the guidelines that public health officials have urged all of us to follow have been a disruption to all organizations, including the world’s largest corporations and NGOs taking on some of the most daunting challenges as each of us does our part to flatten the curve. To that end, 3BL Media, realizes that many organizations have […]
Three Priorities for Business on the Coronavirus
On 11th March 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. At time of writing, there are more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives. It is likely that many more countries will be affected, with particularly devastating impacts for countries with […]
Paul Polman Calls for Ambitious Collaboration to Tackle COVID-19
‘Made in Monde’: Time to Rethink the System
The magnitude of the impact is immense and growing, and signaling to a contraction of world GDP. And we do not know the magnitude of the knock-on effect of COVID-19 or when it will come to an end. As it stands, the Olympic Games in July and August may even be affected. What we do […]
Fight, Not Flight, Must be the Strategy for Flattening the COVID-19 Curve
The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has jumped to three after the government confirmed two more cases. President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a raft of proactive measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Barely three months into the COVID-19 outbreak, stock markets have plummeted, and global supply and production systems have wobbled. Across […]
How Can Inclusive Finance Help in a Pandemic?
The government has been proactive in learning from the experiences of other countries in preventing the transmission of the virus and mitigating the impacts on households and businesses. Examples include: The Ministry of Health’s initial communication confirming the first case and subsequent information on identifying, quarantining, and testing those in contact. The Competition Authority of […]
The Role of Businesses in Preventing Further Spread of COVID-19
The internet has been flooded with videos of handwashing dances; every world leader urging us to wash our hands; and lines for the sink in bars and restaurants as customers jostle to scrub their fingers and palms before returning to their table – all in aid to reduce the spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. […]
4 Ways Business in Italy is Taking a Stand Against the Consequences of Coronavirus
Of all the things that I expected to do in Rome this weekend, waving to my best friends from a cold distance and stocking food supplies were never part of the plan. Scanning through the abundance of Italy-is-Doomed news and social media posts, my attention was captured by how many companies were reacting. In this short article, […]
COVID 19 – Accelerating Our Virtual Productivity
Turning social distance in to social productivity COVID19 may be leading to travel bans and cancelled events, meetings and workshops, but it doesn’t have to reduce our productivity, social connection and interactions. Virtual sessions can be even more productive, not just saving travel time and carbon, but getting deeper and more focused interaction with our teams and peers. […]
Understanding the Pitfalls and Shooting for Alignment: How ViiV Healthcare is Tackling HIV Globally
What you should know about GSK, ViiV Healthcare and DTG GSK is a science-led global healthcare company with a purpose: to help people do more, feel better, and live longer. This includes a commitment to improve global health impact through research and development (R&D) for infectious diseases affecting children and adolescents in the developing world, […]
The Most Important Job in the World
Teaching is the most important job in the world. The quality of any nation’s education cannot exceed the quality of its educators. Each teacher has the opportunity to shape and impact tens of thousands of young lives over the course of their career. It is not unusual to hear someone reflect on a favourite teacher […]
How Can the Healthcare Sector Leverage its Economic Power to Address Climate Change?
Towards a roadmap for Climate-smart Healthcare in Europe Healthcare contributes with ~5% to global greenhouse gas emissions through energy consumption, transport, and product manufacture, use and disposal. The lion’s share of emissions come from the healthcare supply chain – the production, transport, and disposal of goods and services, such as pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, food […]
New Fund to Address Social Isolation Through Technology Closing Soon
Social isolation is a major public health concern, affecting people of many backgrounds, ages, locations and socio-economic circumstances. Research has shown that this issue can be linked to poor physical and mental health as well as potentially negative effects on communities. And those effects are felt most by those communities affected by additional challenges such […]
People Power Fighting Malaria in Tanzania
Comic Relief and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) joined forces in 2015 for a five-year partnership to fight malaria and strengthen health systems in countries worst affected by the disease. The two organisations teamed up in support of global efforts to help improve health systems’ capabilities to fight malaria – a disease which still claims almost half a million […]
Are You Driving Social Impact within the Health Innovation Space?
In Germany, time constraints often mean that breast cancer screening examinations are done quickly. Frank Hoffman CEO and Founder of Discovering Hands has worked as a gynaecologist since 1993. During this time, Frank always focused his practice on early detection. But he also believed that the examination could be optimised; “The idea occurred to me […]
How Can We Produce Enough Protein to Feed 10 Billion People?
Accessible, affordable, healthy and sustainable protein is critical to human nutrition and economic development. Yet academic analysis shows it will be impossible for a global population of 10 billion – a figure expected around 2050 – to consume the amount and type of protein typical of current diets in North America and Europe if we want to […]
Multinationals Must Step up Game to Attract Top Business Students
Millennials at leading Swiss business schools say it will take more than a good salary to recruit and retain them. They want jobs with purpose, flexibility, and above all, the opportunity for impact. There has been a lot of talk about how millennials (people born between 1983 and 1994) and Gen Zs (born between 1995 […]