BT Group plc – International Disaster Relief
BT uses its products, services and people to help restore communications in disaster-hit areas, and via their MyDonate platform supports fundraising for the Disaster Emergency Community (DEC) and other charities. Social impacts £21.5m was raised through MyDonate to support the DEC appeal following Typhoon Haiyan. Supported fundraising by processing cash donations to the DEC and […]
UPS Humanitarian Relief Programme
UPS’ Humanitarian Relief Programme uses pre-approved funds, Logistics Emergency Teams and their own expertise and supply chains to assist disaster relief efforts around the world. Social impacts UPS made $7.5 million in humanitarian relief funding, technical support and in-kind services in 2013. 250 humanitarian shipments across 46 countries were made in 2013 and 16 weeks […]
Tata Consultancy Services – InsighT
Tata Consultancy Services has implemented InsighT, an IT camp which mentors students in India to improve their IT proficiency and employment prospects and help plug the IT skills gap. Social impacts Since inception, 6,600 students have benefited from InsighT, improving the employability chances of students as a way out of poverty and creating an IT […]
Marks & Spencer Global Community Programme – Emerging Leaders
Marks and Spencer’s partnership with NGO Emerging Leaders in Kenya rolls out leadership development training to grass roots workers, enabling a longer-term, more secure supply chain. Social impacts In 2013 alone, the Emerging Leaders programme has trained over 2000 people, equalling over 48,000 training hours, with a direct positive impact on 10,000 people (based on […]
Marks & Spencer Global Community Programme – Emerging Leaders
Marks and Spencer’s partnership with NGO Emerging Leaders in Kenya rolls out leadership development training to grass roots workers, enabling a longer-term, more secure supply chain. Social impacts In 2013 alone, the Emerging Leaders programme has trained over 2000 people, equalling over 48,000 training hours, with a direct positive impact on 10,000 people (based on […]
GSK – 20% Reinvestment
Unilever International Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty 2014 – Big Tick, Shortlisted GSK has committed to reinvest 20 per cent of profits made in least developed countries (LDCs) back into those countries to develop health infrastructure through training frontline health workers. Social impacts 41 programmes in 34 LDCs across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Haiti. […]
Grameen Caledonian College Of Nursing
Glasgow Caledonian University set up the Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing to support the poorest women in Bangladesh to become nurses, reducing mortality rates. Social impacts Boosted Bangladesh’s capacity to improve maternal health and reduce the child mortality rate by graduating 138 nurse-midwives, and recruiting 150 students in 2014 alone. Improved the financial position and […]
Ferrovial – Social Infrastructure Program
Ferrovial uses its expertise in infrastructure to improve the water and sanitation systems in disadvantaged communities in Africa and Latin America. Social impacts €3,145,591 invested, nine projects developed or in progress, with 153,743 beneficiaries. More than 300 infrastructure systems – mainly clean water and sanitation – constructed in six countries in Africa and Latin America. […]
Credit Suisse – Microfinance Capacity Building Initiative
Credit Suisse, through the Microfinance Capacity Building Initiative (MCBI), enable microfinance institutions to develop the people, products and processes which are needed to serve the financially excluded. Social impacts MCBI projects have trained over 13,000 microfinance industry staff and improved financial services for over 2.3 million individuals, resulting in improved livelihoods, access to health, nutrition […]
Mondelēz International – Cocoa Life
Mondelēz International’s Cocoa Life programme aims to boost livelihoods and living conditions for 200,000 farmers and one million people in cocoa farming communities. Social impacts Cocoa Life has brought communities together to initiate change, including a focus on empowering women and tackling the presence of child labour through a unique approach that is proactive, transparent, […]
Shared Interest Society – Investing in a Fairer World
Shared Interest Society asks its members to invest in a fairer world and helps people in some of the poorest countries trade their way out of poverty. Social impacts Increased incomes and employment: last year, the 97 producer groups Shared Interest Society financed collectively earned revenues of £236,056,545. Greater equality and opportunity: last year, the […]
Hogan Lovells – Hunger and Acute Malnutrition
Hogan Lovells worked with Action Against Hunger to implement the Hunger and Acute Malnutrition project in Liberia, helping to keep child malnutrition below 5%. Social impacts 8,549 children (4% of the under five population) with severe acute malnutrition received treatment with a 90.3% recovery rate. 10 lawyers provided over 1,400 hours of pro bono advice […]
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, […]
Danone – Ecosystem Fund
Danone created the Ecosystem Fund to create social and economic value for the partners who make up Danone’s ecosystem: farmers, suppliers and subcontractors, transport and logistics operators, distributors, territories and local authorities . Social impacts Danone’s Milk collection communities project in Egypt allow a real ownership of centers by the local farming community, taking in […]
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 […]
A Guide To Working With Informal Financial Institutions
Amid the growing interest in building effective and scalable solutions to meet the financing needs of the world’s 450 million smallholder farmers, organizations rarely pay much attention to the thousands of informal financial institutions that can be found in rural communities throughout the world. Instead, discussions on ways to close the estimated $400 billion gap […]
Seeking Innovative Ideas to Improve Eye Health Globally
Do you have an innovative idea that could improve eye health worldwide? The deadline for applications for the eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA) 2014 (www.xovaprogram.org) is 30 June 2014. The XOVA is a scheme, sponsored by Alcon and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, that provides funding to support initiatives aiming to address unmet needs in eye care. […]
What Support Do Energy Access Enterprises Need To Thrive?
Many enterprises are working to solve the huge problem of energy poverty in the developing world by delivering electricity to the 1.3 billion who live off the main grid, or by selling improved cook stoves to people cooking over smoky stoves or open fires that damage their health. Lots of donors, NGOs, investors and others […]
Amplifying Innovation Through Collaboration
DFID’s Innovation Hub team were faced with a challenge. How could they bring in new partners to gain fresh perspectives and improved outcomes on tackling poverty whilst enabling true collaboration, end-user involvement and iteration in the innovation process? To answer this, the team worked with their partners IDEO.org to develop a flagship programme called Amplify. […]
Taking The “Product” Out Of Product Design
Social entrepreneurs are driven by passion. We are people who have bold ideas to solve huge challenges, and have almost singular vision to the execution of our idea. Our products are our babies- we know every dimension, every line of code, or every component because we have spent many long evenings debugging, tinkering, sketching, and […]