Upcoming Online Event: Building System-Level Partnerships to Strengthen Food Systems
As part of Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020 , Business Fights Poverty and Nestlé are convening a webinar and online peer discussion on Building System-Level Partnerships to Strengthen Food Systems . The webinar will take place on Friday, 25 September 2020 at 10AM EDT / 3PM BST, followed by 30 minutes Peer Discussion ending […]
Four lessons for businesses wanting to build more equitable supply chains through sustainable sourcing
Approximately 78 percent of the world’s poor, or 800 million people , live in rural areas and rely on agriculture for a living. Most of those smallholder farmers are operating at extremely low levels of productivity and are excluded from formal markets. Meanwhile, there is a growing demand for locally-sourced food, particularly in growing urban hubs […]
VIDEO: How Can Business Enhance Social Justice in Global Supply Chains
Juliane Reinecke is Professor of International Management and Sustainability at King’s Business School, King’s College London. She is also a Research Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, both at the University of Cambridge. WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS The aim of this session is to help business […]
Scaling the Impact of Digital Financial Services: The Opportunity and Imperative during COVID-19
“Being paid into an account is much safer. During Corona, if I were paid in cash, I would have had to go to the factory in person and disinfect the money as my colleagues did when they received their salaries in the envelope.” Ibrahim, Garment Worker, Egypt For Ibrahim, as for many low-income workers in […]
Business calls on governments to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate SDG progress for refugees
On 16 September, the Business Refugee Action Network (BRAN) released its Business Takes a Stand for Refugees Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Statement, endorsed by 19 businesses and organisations, including Virgin Group, Ben & Jerry’s and Citi and supported by Deputy Chair of The Elders and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ahead of the UN General […]
VIDEO: How can companies ensure they have a positive relationship with the world around them?
Cristianne Close is Global Practice Leader, Markets, at WWF, where she works with business to benefit nature and people. Previously, she was Founder and Director at Fundacion Choco Empreende, and held manager roles at Arcos Dorados and Syngenta. WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS The aim of this session is to help business professionals understand what is […]
If it is broke, do fix it Rebuilding better agriculture and food systems – and what business can do to help
In various places and to varying degrees, September has been a month of return – to socialising, to school, to the office and maybe, if we just squint hard enough, to some version of normal. Let’s hope we don’t also return to our old thinking around livelihoods, agriculture and business’ role in both. From Europe […]
Day 4 Summary: Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020
Today at Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020 we discussed how to build resilient livelihoods. A fireside chat between Jane Nelson, Director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, and John Blood, Chief of Legal and Corporate Affairs of AB InBev gave insights into the importance of integrating businesses and local communities if we truly want to rebuild […]
VIDEO: How can companies integrate human rights into their business purposes and strategies
Hannah Temple is Director of Consulting at twentyfifity ltd., the world’s first human rights and business specialist management consultancy. Since 2004, twentyfifty has helped some of the world’s largest businesses to powerfully and practically respect human rights across their operations and value chains. twentyfifty supports its clients to practically implement what is known as human […]
VIDEO: How can I cultivate Intrapreneurship in my buisness?
Maggie De Pree is an entrepreneur, community builder, activist innovator and mother. She loves prototyping new ways of working and organizing. With an amazing team of visionaries, she is building a global community of corporate and institutional change agents called The League of Intrapreneurs, which she co-founded. WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS The aim of […]
Day 3 Summary: Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020
Today at Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020 we discussed how to help people survive and thrive. A fireside chat between Katie Hyson, our Director of Thought Leadership, and Roger Martin, Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto , gave insights into the problems of growing economic inequality, why so many people are being […]
Day 2 SUMMARY: Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020
Today at Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020 we discussed equity. Our panellists talked about the negative effects of COVID-19 on different types of inequality, how we can create a more equitable future, what the role of business should be in addressing these challenges, and how we can make the digital economy more inclusive. A fireside chat between […]
Making the invisible, visible: the roadmap to gender equality and women’s empowerment
Gender-based discrimination remains a persistent issue globally. Women are underrepresented in leadership positions. They are paid less than their male colleagues. They participate less in the labour force and spend more time on unpaid care and domestic work. They face sexual harassment and gender-based violence. They receive limited support for their health needs as women […]
To achieve the SDGs, business needs to grapple with its inequality footprint
COVID-19 is exacerbating the global inequality crisis – here is what business can do. Rising economic inequality, now exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, is a major threat to the world’s economy and to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. SDG 10 (reducing inequality) has been one of the most neglected SDGs by companies to date. […]
VIDEO: How Can Companies Ensure Gender Equality Through Value Chains?
Professor Stephanie Barrientos teaches in the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester. She was previously a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (2000-7). She has undertaken research in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the UK and she has published widely on gender, global production, employment, decent work, trade […]
VIDEO: How do I make my company more inculsive?
Ceri Davies is Managing Director of More Mascots Please CIC, Returning Ambassador of One Young World, and a Golden Diana Award Holder. Previously, she was a Visiting Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Birmingham. WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS The aim of this session is to help business professionals understand what is the role […]
An eye from the sky to view impact: Case of satellite imaging
Social impact measurement has significant practitioner interest from a wide range of actors including government, social entrepreneurs, third-sector enterprises and impact investors. However, the attempts at measuring social impact has been quite tumultuous, owing to proliferation in terminology and definitions, presence of diverse contexts and standards. For instance, a review of literature on social impact[1] identified […]
DAY 1 SUMMARY: Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020
Today at Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020 we discussed the future we want. Our brilliant speakers considered what rebuilding better means, how we can build a future that is more inclusive and greener, what the role of business should be in addressing social and economic divides, and how we can best measure progress. In the midst […]
VIDEO: How Can Companies Develop Qualitative Methods to Measure Social Impact
Dr Haley Beer is Assistant Professor of Performance and Responsibility at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Also, she is the Lead of Social Impact Evaluation of Coventry City of Culture 2021. Previously, Dr Haley was Head of Research and Development at the Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance. WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS The […]
VIDEO: How Can I Stay Motivated and Be Impactful During Stressful Times?
Mandar Apte is Executive Director of the “peace consultancy” Cities4Peace and of the World Summit on Countering Violence and Extremism. He is also a Visiting Scholar in the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, and a former Shell Gamechanger program manager of the social innovation portfolio. WHAT THIS SESSION COVERS […]