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 […]
Open Source, Open Learning: Unlocking Innovation for Social Impact
Innovation is often associated with the resources of large corporations—dedicated research teams, big budgets, and formal labs. But real progress has never been confined to institutions. Across history, innovation has come from people sharing what they know, testing ideas together, and building on each other’s insights. Today, digital technology makes knowledge more accessible than ever […]
Impact Credits Can Revolutionize Poverty Alleviation
From Good Intentions to Proven Impact As the world contends with rising poverty, climate change, and declining trust in institutions, businesses are searching for new ways to deliver measurable social impact. Yet, most corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts still rely on vague metrics or one-time donations. A promising alternative is emerging: impact credits—a model that transforms […]
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 […]
In the Face of Headwinds, Look to Partnerships
Exploring Different Types of Partnerships There are many ways to partner, but I will outline three strategies that I’ve seen used most commonly: Strategic Resource and Information Sharing For organizations looking to build up partnerships through a relatively low-effort approach, resource and information sharing is a great place to start. This could include participating in […]
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 […]
Reducing Child Labour in Palm Oil: A Model for Business-NGO Collaboration
How a unique collaboration between a palm oil Business and two NGOs, one in the UK, the other in Sierra Leone, has seen child labour plummet. Over the past three years, APT Action on Poverty (APT), a UK‐based NGO with extensive experience in addressing rural poverty, has worked in partnership with Planting Naturals, a Dutch […]
Why We Must Bring “Development” Back into Sustainability Conversation More Than Ever
Right now, we’re seeing companies pull back from ESG. Some of this reflects today’s evolving political landscape, but there’s a deeper issue at play: for many, sustainability efforts still feel distant from their everyday realities. Above all, people care about their everyday lives getting better. Prioritising “sustainability” over “development” fuels inequality and risks overall progress […]
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 […]
Our Path to Sustainability Must Include Women: Lessons from Cotton Farming and Climate Resilience
Kaumudiben Satishbhai Tadvi hails from the Vyadhar Village nestled in the district of Gujarat, on the western coast of India. Here, she works diligently alongside her family to sow and harvest cotton, while also cultivating pigeon peas and practicing animal husbandry. In recent years, she has witnessed a rise in unpredictable rainfall, strong winds and […]
Creating a Culture of Impact: How Thinking Like A Pro Athlete Can Help Businesses Drive Meaningful Change
In today’s dynamic landscape of corporate social responsibility, businesses face an unprecedented opportunity: to transform their workplace cultures from profit-driven environments into ecosystems that deliver meaningful positive impact—while sustaining profitable growth. In the modern business world, true brand power transcends sales revenue. It lies in the change you create. Companies that make tangible, positive differences […]
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 […]
When Opportunity Knocks: Three Keys for Creating Inclusive Growth through Sales-Agent Models
Valentine Abayisenga, a young community animal health worker (CAHW) in Rwanda’s Nyamasheke District, struggled to find stable employment after graduating from high school. Meanwhile, in the same community, farmer Didace Kabayiza faced risks in smallholder agriculture. Without any financial protection for his livestock, he recalled feeling “…anxious whenever it rained, as thunder and lightning often […]