Tag: Insights

Upcoming Online Event: Business Donor Partnerships for System-Level Impact

As part of Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020, Bayer, Mastercard, The European Commission, The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Unilever, USAID and The Partnering Initiative are sharing their insights during the webinar and online peer discussion to explore the Business Donor Partnerships for System-Level Impact. The webinar will take place on Friday, 25th September 2020 at 8.30AM EDT […]

Don’t simply restart the engine; building back better means re-tooling

Covid-19 vs climate change The parallels between the Coronavirus response and how we should collaboratively tackle the climate crisis should not be overlooked. Tackling either problem will change our lifestyle in a number of ways, and we will all have to make short term adaptations for a much longer-term gain. I believe that the pandemic […]

The Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round Up

This month, the United Nations General Assembly will bring world leaders together to broker agreements on how to respond to common threats and work for a better collective future. In the wake of COVID-19, there is a sense that we are standing at a pivotal moment in history – one in which we must choose […]

Going above and beyond to support women entrepreneurs

At home, women are taking on much greater caring responsibilities for children who have been unable to attend school, while also having to step into an educational role. At work, women are more likely to be in the sort of low-paid or informal work – hospitality, healthcare, cleaning – which either exposes them to the […]

The Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round-Up

Reflecting on the articles that Business Fights Poverty have published over the last fortnight, I have been struck by how they all demonstrate, in their various ways, that the fight against poverty is so often about collaborating to widen access to solutions that already exist. This, in many respects, is very good news. Innovation will […]

Evaluation gaps, challenges and implications: Responsible business initiatives for sustainable supply chains?

Internally, many companies are already innovating on sustainability to a greater or lesser degree. Some make strategic changes with respect to sustainability performance, but the competitive pressures of globalized value chains remain very strong. Hence, becoming more responsible is not a straightforward task for brands and retailers, especially those in mainstream and/or highly competitive markets, […]

The Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round-Up

To round-out July, the Business Fights Poverty team have been reflecting on our experience earlier this month of hosting our week-long online event, Business Fights Poverty Online 2020: Rebuild Better. We’ve been thrilled by the feedback we’ve received via our post-conference survey. 96% of people who completed the survey rated the online conference as good […]

COVID-19: The role of business-led innovation and advocacy in supporting refugees

COVID-19 has reignited debate on the role of purpose as distinguished from profit, in business. From early on in the crisis, attention has been directed at how businesses can support the most vulnerable. The Business Refugee Action Network’s (BRAN) webinar was an opportunity for businesses to consider the impact of COVID-19 on refugees specifically and […]

How has global multi-dimensional poverty changed over the first ten years of measurement?

At least 1.3 billion out of 5.9 billion people are living in multidimensional poverty in developing regions. They are living lives deprived in a number of ways relating to their health, education and their living standards. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United […]

Fairtrade and the COVID-19 response – lessons for business and the food system

The rapid spread of COVID-19 and the resulting global restrictions, challenged everyone involved in the production of food all over the world. Fairtrade is no exception, working as we do with over 1.6 million farmers and workers supplying the UK’s supermarkets. Produce from Africa, Asia, and South America makes up 10 to 15 per cent […]

Youth Perspectives on Our Future Economy

Demand for a new and sustainable economic model is reaching a new peak. As 2020 dawned, even committed advocates of globalised capitalism (like the IMF and World Economic Forum) have called for a rethink, in recognition of the looming threat of climate change and unconscionable levels of global inequality. In recent months, the world has […]

5 Insights From Business Fights Poverty Global Summit 2020

Business Fights Poverty Global Summit 2020 was packed full of insights – with 70+ speakers across nearly 40 sessions and 5 themes – and free learning content from our event partner Pearson.  It was great to be joined live by over 1,000 participants from all around the world. Our community also contributed 5 How-To Videos […]

The four blind spots companies working on purpose uncover

Avoiding difficult conversations, blaming others for our own mistakes, or going it alone too afraid of asking for help. We know what are personal blind spots and why they hold us back — even if we pretend we don’t. Similarly, by business blind spots, I mean those beliefs that companies are not aware of having, […]

The Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round-Up

The team were delighted this week with the number of you – over 1,000 – who joined us for Business Fights Poverty Online 2020: Rebuild Better.  This is the first time Business Fights Poverty has put together a full-week programme online, and our Founders Zahid and Yvette Torres-Rahman said afterwards that “the most special part […]

COVID-19 & Inequality Test Corporate Purpose

Last year, CEOs from 181 publicly traded companies signed on to the Business Roundtable’s (BRT) updated Principles of Corporate Governance to redefine “the purpose of a corporation to promote an economy that serves all Americans.” Today, the planet is under siege from a pandemic that has resulted in the most profound economic calamity since the […]

Innovation, Collaboration and Purpose: Three Lessons from the Pharmaceutical Industry to Strengthen the Global Health System

The last decade has seen substantial changes in how the pharmaceutical industry perceives its role in expanding access and affordability of pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics, and in working with governments and civil society organizations to tackle global and community health challenges. Public opinion as well as changing stakeholder expectations, including among […]