Putting People First in Climate Action: How Fair Finance is Building Resilience Across East Africa
As the effects of climate change intensify, farmers across East Africa continue to face unpredictable weather, falling yields, and growing uncertainty. For smallholder producers, the challenge is not abstract – it is daily and deeply personal. At Shared Interest, we believe that climate action must begin with people. By providing fair finance and supporting practical, […]
Investing in Women-Led Organisations to Fight Climate Impacts in Global Supply Chain Communities
The human toll of climate impacts is not the same for men and women. It impacts women in unique ways, amplifying existing inequalities and threatening their health, well-being, and economic resilience. As world leaders, researchers, activists, and advocates prepare to gather for COP30, it’s time to recognize and respond to the impacts of climate risks which present specific challenges for women workers and their communities, especially in climate-vulnerable countries. In Bangladesh, migration to Dhaka due to […]
Agroecology: The Pathway to Sustainable Food Systems
Extreme weather and climate events such as droughts, cold waves, and heavy precipitation, along pest and disease and land degradation, are negatively impacting farmer livelihoods throughout the world. This is not only an environmental crisis – it is an economic and social one. Soil health degradation, water pollution and biodiversity collapse are undermining the foundations […]
Investing in Resilience Corridors: Putting People at the Center of Climate and Stability
The global economy is being redefined by climate change, demographic upheaval, dramatic shifts in development financing, and prolonged conflicts. The world faces a generational challenge as these waves of instability threaten to erase decades of development progress. At the core of this challenge is the lack of climate and development finance reaching the most vulnerable […]
Building Prosperity from the Ground Up: Helping Farmers Thrive
For millions of smallholder cotton farmers across the globe, prosperity is not just about higher incomes today, but about securing sustainable livelihoods for generations to come. Key to achieving this goal is ensuring that farmers become more resilient and adaptable to the changing climate, and ultimately, have the ability to deliver the best raw materials […]
Young Leaders Driving Environmental Change Win The Iris Prize 2025
Winners have been announced for The Iris Prize 2025, a global award supporting young environmental leaders aged 14-24 with funding, expert mentorship, and bespoke skill-building opportunities. This year’s winners include Breathe Mongolia, Viaje al Microcosmos de Nuevo León (Mexico), and Project Lawud (the Philippines), each demonstrating how youth-led innovation is driving real change for people […]
Views from the Global Goals Summit on Business Fights Poverty’s New Report: Making the Five Bridges to 2045 a Reality
The Business Fights Poverty community felt broadly positive about the future despite the challenging headwinds (from geopolitical uncertainty to pushback on ESG funds and everything in between). It is probably fair to say that most felt in agreement with the recent Accenture survey ,which found that 88% of CEOs see the business case for sustainability […]
Collaborative Climate Action Starts with Workers
Fatema, a garment operator in Dhaka, Bangladesh, got no sleep before her shift that day. With floodwater seeping into her family’s home, she spent hours moving her family’s belongings onto their bed. When she arrived at work exhausted and with muddy clothes from walking to the factory, the lack of soap and clean water combined […]
Enabling a Fairer Transition and Climate Response
AXA XL is committed to supporting its clients and playing its own part in the transition to a low carbon economy and resiliency in response to the changing climate. We recognise that there will be multiple transitions taking place around the world, at differing speeds and in different ways. To be successful, those transitions will […]
EU Anti-Greenwashing Law is Developing Fast: Credible Sustainability Systems Can Maximise its Potential
Environmental claims are crucial because they drive consumer choices. Over time, the hope is that sustainable products gain a larger market share, and consumer choices can drive positive impacts. But as the green transition hastened, corporate greenwashing confused consumers, fracturing this positive market process. Now, through the GCD, governments and companies are stepping up to […]
Trust, Transparency and Impact: How Credibility Offers Vital Solutions to the World’s Most Pressing Problems
Credibility is a transformative foundation for solutions tackling the world’s biggest issues, across climate change, biodiversity loss, human rights, living wage and livelihoods. That’s why credibility is at the heart of ISEAL’s work. Credibility is critical for impactful sustainability systems “Credibility is not just a nice to have,” begins Patrick Mallet, ISEAL’s Innovations Director. “It’s […]
Climate Action Through Market Systems: Why Businesses Need a Systems Development Approach
I (…a Business Fights Poverty ‘collaborator’ from the development space) joined the recent community event to discuss ‘actions for 2025’ because I was keen to see how far up the agenda the commitment to climate and environmental issues would sit (in the face of growing skepticism from certain quarters). I was inspired to hear that […]
Co-creation with Community Organisations Vital to Effectively Address Health Inequality
Climate change impacts are increasingly causing extreme weather events which have a detrimental effect on public health. The Planetary Health Check Report 2024 states: “The impacts of warming include, but are not limited to, modified extreme events like torrential rainfall, floods, heatwaves, and droughts.”1 The World Health Organization predicts that between 2030 and 2050, climate […]
Protecting Garment Workers from Climate Extremes
The Case for Climate-Responsive Worker Insurance. Climate extremes—ranging from heat waves to torrential rains and droughts—are increasingly severe occupational hazards for workers in global garment supply chains. Among the many responses fashion brands can explore is the concept of ‘a climate-responsive worker insurance.’ While strengthening government social security schemes remains essential, a private insurance program […]
Growing Prosperity in a Warming World: A Strategy for Resilient Agriculture
As we make our way into 2025, the impacts of climate change are ever more prominent everywhere we look. Rising greenhouse gases are supercharging the atmosphere to trap more of the suns’ heat, hold more moisture, and set the stage for more weather extremes. This has had a disproportionate impact on smallholder farmers who face growing […]
Climate Change and Biodiversity: The Inextricable Link
The world is heating up, habitats are being lost, and species are facing extinction. These are all facets of the same problem, unsustainable development. Fritz Schumacher, our founder, talked about this in his book, Small is Beautiful: “An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth—in short materialism—does not fit into […]
Harnessing the Power of Local Networks for Climate Preparedness
As climate-related emergencies intensify, local networks of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and businesses are emerging as key players in disaster risk management. By catalysing early action and anticipatory measures, these networks play an essential and complementary role to governments in fostering more resilient communities. Examples from El Salvador, Madagascar, Peru, and the Philippines showcase that stronger […]
Agribusiness and Market Systems for Climate Justice
More than 500 million smallholders form the backbone of global food systems, particularly in rural areas of developing countries. Here, agriculture is often the main source of employment and economic activity. With these regions also facing the brunt of climate impacts, investing in climate resilience is not just urgent—it is vital to sustain livelihoods, reduce […]
Empowering Young Green and Social Entrepreneurs: A Call to Collective Action
The challenges of our time—climate change, inequality, and environmental degradation—demand urgent and innovative solutions. Traditional profit-driven business models have often contributed to these crises, but business itself holds the potential for transformation. By redefining success to prioritize environmental stewardship, economic inclusion, and social well-being, businesses can be the driving force for achieving the Sustainable Development […]
Farmers Hold the Key to Climate Action: It’s Time to Listen
For Benjamín Alas, climate change is not a distant threat – it’s a daily reality. While leaders from government, the private sector, and civil society gathered at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss strategies for promoting regenerative agriculture, Benjamín was busy putting these vital practices into action. As we participated in panels […]