DFID’s MDG Conference: Scratching The Surface Of Business Engagement
Speaking at DFID’s MDG Conference this week, Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, highlighted the importance of business in meeting the MDGs. However, she said we were still only “scratching the surface” of what is possible. She highlighted the need to promote inclusive business models […]
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 […]
Ray Anderson on Climbing Mount Sustainability
One of the great champions of proving the business case for sustainability Ray Anderson of Interface gives some of the insights he and his people have gleaned in climbing what Ray calls Mt. Sustainability Be remarkable Ian Founder Differencemakers CommunityPartnering passionate people to change what’s normal for the good of people, our planet, and for […]
Policy Note: Business Innovation to fight Climate Change and Poverty
The Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative of the UNDP have produced a briefing note on “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”, published at last night’s event in London. To download the briefing note, click here.
Anand Narayan, Manager, Incubation Labs, Selco Solar Private
Anand Narayan, Manager, Incubation Labs, Selco Solar Private from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. Recorded at an event in London on 2 December 2009, “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”.
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”
Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty: Resource List
This resource list was prepared for the event “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty” by the Overseas Development Institute. Recent publications Briefing Paper on “Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty”, produced by the Growing Inclusive Markets initiative of the UNDP. Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance?,the […]
Fighting climate change and poverty: business must be the driver of innovation
Today, Blog Action Day (www.blogactionday.org), is focused on the climate change crisis. This is a crisis that is integrally connected with the focus of this practitioner community – fighting poverty through business. As Nick Stern, who led the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, argued recently, “There are two big challenges for this […]
Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
Blog Action Day, this year on 15 October, is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 – focusing on climate change – will be […]
3 Reasons Why You’re Finding It Hard to Find And Keep Volunteers – And What To Do About It
The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. Volunteer rates are down, but more people are talking about the importance of volunteering. There’s a disconnect. Here’s why, and what you can do about it. Outside there’s an audible hum, and it’s increasing in volume by the minute. People are talking […]
Six Essential Strengths Of An Employee Volunteer Program: An Interview With Shannon Schuyler of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Looking for some insight on how to create an outstanding Employee Volunteer Program? Shannon Schuyler of PricewaterhouseCoopers offers six essential strengths to ensure success. Its the “world’s largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors” and it’s happening at a pivotal point in history. The 2009 National Conference on […]
2009 Series: Assessing impacts of business on development: what do alternative frameworks offer?
On 12 May 2009, Business Action for Africa convened an event with the Overseas Development Institute and the UK Department for International entitled. “Assessing impacts of business on development: what do alternative frameworks offer?” The event was moderated by Simon Maxwell, Senior Research, Overseas Development Institute. The event was hosted by Anglo American. Below is […]
Canada: Conflicted On Volunteering?
Having won the Oval Office, the Obama volunteer revolution is just picking up speed. Due to financial constraints, Corporate America intends to grow their volunteer efforts by a whopping 45%. From Washington DC to Mumbai; London to Dubai, volunteer activity is on the rise. Communities endorse it. Companies infuse it. Governments champion it….Except Canada. With […]
Start a Corporate Volunteering Program Where You Work (part 2)
Corporate Volunteer programs, also known as Employee Volunteer Programs are a key component to Corporate Social Responsibility strategies. In this second part of our discussion, we’ll tell you how to pull your Corporate Volunteering program together including the components needed to properly execute and measure for success. First, Let’s Think Things Through What’s your first […]
Driving poor people’s access to markets through new technology
Today marks a big step in tapping the true power of business and new technology to lift people out of poverty. WorldofGood.com by eBay is a brand new marketplace that enables small-scale entrepreneurs from across the developing world to sell their products online. This is an important step into the world of “Development 2.0” – […]
Managing Environmental Risks (Russian)
2010 – Sponsored by the closed Joint-Stock Company «Energy Forecasting Agency» (the EFA), this publication is the result of a series of roundtables on the subject of ‘Business and the Environment’ that IBLF organised in 2008-09. It is directed at business leaders and operations and environmental executives in Russian companies and showcases examples of best […]
Community-based Solutions to Water and Sanitation Challenges: Rainwater harvesting
Apr 05 – This is a summary of contributions to a special IBLF workshop in association with the Global Rainwater Harvesting Collective and Rajasthan water charities.