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Top 10 Discussions of 2014

Our discussion forum has been lively again this year, with 21 discussions held over 2014. Thank you to all the panellists who made the time to join our panels, and to all of you who participated! As we approach the New Year, we have taken a look back across the discussions posted in 2014 to […]

Children’s Rights and Business Principles

You could be forgiven for thinking that the masses descending on the ExCel Centre in East London last Wednesday were there to remember the ill-fated Gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes’ subsequent demise. The 5th of November, however, also marks World Responsible Tourism Day, with industry leaders meeting to celebrate progress on key sustainability challenges facing […]

Rising Inequality: Bad for Business & Reducing Poverty

Today Oxfam launches a major new report Even it Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality. It is the opening salvo in a new campaign to highlight the harm caused by runaway inequality and the barriers this is putting in the way of Oxfam’s mission to overcome poverty and suffering. For the third year running, the […]

Rising Inequality: Bad for Business & Reducing Poverty

Today Oxfam launches a major new report Even it Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality. It is the opening salvo in a new campaign to highlight the harm caused by runaway inequality and the barriers this is putting in the way of Oxfam’s mission to overcome poverty and suffering. For the third year running, the […]

Allen & Overy LLP – Mitigating The Impact Of Disasters

Allen & Overy has developed a suite of legal tools which countries can use to deal with issues that arise in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Social impacts Allen and Overy’s resources have been used by policymakers in Afghanistan, Argentina, Botswana, Cook Islands, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Pakistan, […]

Allen & Overy LLP – Mitigating The Impact Of Disasters

Allen & Overy has developed a suite of legal tools which countries can use to deal with issues that arise in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Social impacts Allen and Overy’s resources have been used by policymakers in Afghanistan, Argentina, Botswana, Cook Islands, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Pakistan, […]

BASF SE – Food Fortification Initiative

BASF works in more than 40 developing countries implementing the Food Fortification Initiative to reduce vitamin and mineral deficiencies in at-risk people. Social impacts Every year, BASF and its partners improve the lives of more than 600 million people at risk of deficiency in vitamin A and other micronutrients with fortified staple foods. On average, […]

Agroamerica – Nutritious School Meal Programme

By Vicky Dodman, International Programme Manager, Business in the Community Agroamerica supplemented children’s diets with bananas in the Nutritious School Meal programme to combat malnutrition, and reinforced the health and hygiene education of families. Social impacts Improved the daily nutrition of 906 students which has led to a 10 % increase in number of children […]

Design for People, Plan for Good Business

There have been lots of declarations of goodwill on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh. But if we really hope to do justice to the memory of the 1,138 men and women who were crushed to death, we must look at ourselves and evaluate what we are doing. Fashion has a highly […]

Business and Social Good Contest

You’ve probably noticed business isn’t just about profits anymore. Instead, we demand an impact framework from the businesses we love and support. This has created a global movement where business & social good are intertwined – hand-in-hand, walking together. The greatest achievements in the social good space are achieved when business ideas are utilized and […]