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Agriculture

Supporting Waitrose Workers in Kenya Through the Pandemic

By Anissa Msallem, Head of Partnerships, Farm Africa

12 Jul 2022
Finance

How COVID-19 has accelerated financial inclusion and reinforced the need for digitalisation

By José Morell-Ducós, Comic Relief and Jersey Overseas Aid, Portfolio Manager

17 Nov 2021
youth

Refocus, retool, reset: insights from a COVID-19 rapid response & recovery programme

By Hannah Caswell, Head of Programmes and Development, Youth Business International (YBI)

15 Nov 2021
Inclusive Business

The role of social procurement for inclusive value chains

By Daniel Nowack and Lucie Durand, Yunus Social Business

25 Oct 2021
women

The pandemic, supply chains and gendered impacts

By Rita Mendez, impacts senior coordinator at ISEAL

07 Oct 2021
Insight

4 Pillars for Rebuilding Better

By Zahid Torres-Rahman, Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty

14 Sep 2021
women

World Population and Gender Equality in the Post-Covid Era

By Dr. Ariane de Hoog, Lead Access to Medicine – Community, Bayer Pharmaceuticals

22 Jul 2021
Health

Community-based healthcare for COVID response: option or necessity?

By Dr Morseda Chowdhury and Tanjila Mazumder Drishti and Syeda Nafisa Nawal, BRAC

22 Jul 2021
Partnerships

Collaborating beyond COVID-19: How Business Can Go Beyond the Bottom Line

By Joseph F. Kolapudi, Project Director, ReachAcross

21 Jul 2021
Health

Rudderless COVID recovery: We need a real road map from somebody

By Scott C. Ratzan, Kenneth H. Rabin and Lawrence O. Gostin

01 Jun 2021
Agriculture

A New Report Shows How COVID-19 Has Challenged Farmers and Entrepreneurs. Here’s How the Private Sector Can Help.

Jonathan Barnow, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, TechnoServe

24 May 2021
impact

Examples from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark COVID-19 study: How some companies are responding to the crisis in a meaningful way

By Talya Swissa, Research Project Manager at the World Benchmarking Alliance

04 May 2021
Insight

Business and COVID-19 One Year On

By Zahid and Yvette Torres-Rahman Founders, Business Fights Poverty

31 Mar 2021
women

SEMINAR VIDEO: WHY IS THE PANDEMIC DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS?

Seminar Video with Ute Stephan, Professor of Entrepreneurship, King’s College London

09 Dec 2020
impact

Why some companies leapt to support the COVID-19 response

By Lisa Dreier Managing Director, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University Jane Nelson Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

08 Jul 2020
Health

Protecting the Most Vulnerable: A Business Response Framework

By Zahid Torres-Rahman, CEO, Business Fights Poverty and Jane Nelson, Director, Harvard Kennedy School, Corporate Responsibility Initiative

01 Apr 2020

We are a global community of people, companies and organisations passionate about building an equitable and resilient future.

We believe in the power of business to help improve the lives, livelihoods and learning opportunities of the most vulnerable people and communities.

We know that driving system-level change for a better future requires people to unite across traditional divides and come together in fresh and creative ways.

We curate purposeful collaboration to help companies and their partners access the insights and relationships they need to unlock new opportunities for business and social impact.

Join us. We are Business Fights Poverty.

Access the insights and relationships you need to scale your social impact

Agriculture

Supporting Waitrose Workers in Kenya Through the Pandemic

By Anissa Msallem, Head of Partnerships, Farm Africa

12 Jul 2022

Finance

How COVID-19 has accelerated financial inclusion and reinforced the need for digitalisation

By José Morell-Ducós, Comic Relief and Jersey Overseas Aid, Portfolio Manager

17 Nov 2021

youth

Refocus, retool, reset: insights from a COVID-19 rapid response & recovery programme

By Hannah Caswell, Head of Programmes and Development, Youth Business International (YBI)

15 Nov 2021

Inclusive Business

The role of social procurement for inclusive value chains

By Daniel Nowack and Lucie Durand, Yunus Social Business

25 Oct 2021

women

The pandemic, supply chains and gendered impacts

By Rita Mendez, impacts senior coordinator at ISEAL

07 Oct 2021

Insight

4 Pillars for Rebuilding Better

By Zahid Torres-Rahman, Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty

14 Sep 2021

women

World Population and Gender Equality in the Post-Covid Era

By Dr. Ariane de Hoog, Lead Access to Medicine – Community, Bayer Pharmaceuticals

22 Jul 2021

Health

Community-based healthcare for COVID response: option or necessity?

By Dr Morseda Chowdhury and Tanjila Mazumder Drishti and Syeda Nafisa Nawal, BRAC

22 Jul 2021

Partnerships

Collaborating beyond COVID-19: How Business Can Go Beyond the Bottom Line

By Joseph F. Kolapudi, Project Director, ReachAcross

21 Jul 2021

Health

Rudderless COVID recovery: We need a real road map from somebody

By Scott C. Ratzan, Kenneth H. Rabin and Lawrence O. Gostin

01 Jun 2021

Agriculture

A New Report Shows How COVID-19 Has Challenged Farmers and Entrepreneurs. Here’s How the Private Sector Can Help.

Jonathan Barnow, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, TechnoServe

24 May 2021

impact

Examples from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark COVID-19 study: How some companies are responding to the crisis in a meaningful way

By Talya Swissa, Research Project Manager at the World Benchmarking Alliance

04 May 2021

Insight

Business and COVID-19 One Year On

By Zahid and Yvette Torres-Rahman Founders, Business Fights Poverty

31 Mar 2021

women

SEMINAR VIDEO: WHY IS THE PANDEMIC DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS?

Seminar Video with Ute Stephan, Professor of Entrepreneurship, King’s College London

09 Dec 2020

impact

Why some companies leapt to support the COVID-19 response

By Lisa Dreier Managing Director, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University Jane Nelson Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

08 Jul 2020

Health

Protecting the Most Vulnerable: A Business Response Framework

By Zahid Torres-Rahman, CEO, Business Fights Poverty and Jane Nelson, Director, Harvard Kennedy School, Corporate Responsibility Initiative

01 Apr 2020

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