Zahid Torres-Rahman

Why living wages will help flower workers to ‘bloom back better’ after Covid-19

The flower and plant industry must move towards achieving living wages for underpaid horticultural workers in low-income countries and must support efforts to improve the rights of workers, so they can begin to build resilience to crises such as Covid-19, says the Fairtrade Foundation.
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How can we empower women in agricultural value chains?

Join this live written discussion in our private LinkedIn Group, as part of our Rebuild Better Gender Summit. This discussion will take place on 11 March 3.30 – 4.30 PM GMT / 10.30 – 11.30 AM EST
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How can we tackle GBV in the workplace and supply chain?

Join this live written discussion in our private LinkedIn Group, as part of our Rebuild Better Gender Summit. This discussion will take place on 10 March 3.30 – 4.30 PM GMT / 10.30 – 11.30 AM EST
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How can we challenge ourselves to unleash the power of women’s enterprises?

Join this live written discussion in our private LinkedIn Group, as part of our Rebuild Better Gender Summit. This discussion will take place on 9 March 3.30 – 4.30 PM GMT / 10.30 – 11.30 AM EST
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Over 300 practical tools to make your youth employment initiative a success

Youth unemployment in developing countries is a pressing problem – youth face multiple constraints that affect both their decision to enter the labor force and their access to employment. And the Covid-19 has further exacerbated these issues. Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE), a global partnership led by the World Bank, recently launched a new digital resource, the S4YE Knowledge Repository, to to provide easy access to practical tools and resources on youth employment.
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Building the next generation of responsible businesses and leaders 

There are limited materials and resources designed specifically for individual entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), especially in emerging markets, which address the barriers faced in implementing decent work principles into their businesses. YBI’s new brief shares learning and sets out their recommendations to help young entrepreneurs embed decent work principles into their businesses .
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It’s time to scale up regenerative agriculture: a win-win for farmers, food companies, and our environment

Regenerative agriculture is an opportunity to create positive environmental outcomes through agriculture while supporting farmers’ livelihoods and achieving truly sustainable financial returns. A shift to regenerative agriculture is the way forward, and it requires a fundamental transformation of our agriculture system, from one focused exclusively on maximizing yield and efficiency to one that pursues economic, environmental and social outcomes.
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How Can Businesses Support Economic Inclusion for People in Extreme Poverty?

Before COVID-19, over 700 million people worldwide were living in extreme poverty. The pandemic could push an additional 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021. People experiencing extreme poverty already have limited access to health care, food, clean water, and public services. They face obstacles in accessing markets, employment opportunities, and financial services, and this inequality has only increased due to pandemic lockdowns.
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Women entrepreneurs make changing norms the new norm

Female social entrepreneurs are more likely to change social and cultural norms through their work than their male counterparts, according to Ashoka’s 2018 Global Impact Study. Yet the mainstream idea of what makes a social initiative “successful” excludes the model used by many female entrepreneurs.
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Unleash the Accountant Warriors

The journey towards net-zero emissions will be hard and filled with complications. Business leaders need to be rewarded for achieving decarbonization in the same way they are used to for financial targets. But one more thing is needed: These leaders also need to be recognized for trade-offs they make when seeking to manage through these KPIs.
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Rupa Dash

During our conversation, Rupa shares why she and her World Woman Foundation are on a mission to unlock the power of women and why investing in women-led enterprises will unlock huge potential.
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Business Partnerships as a Force for Good

Business Partnerships for Global Goals (BP4GG) is a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office programme which invests in partnerships with businesses to test and scale shared value initiatives that support achieving the SDGs.
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Fighting COVID in Kenya: A New Blueprint for Rapid Collaboration?

Within days of the WHO declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, the National Business Compact on Coronavirus (NBCC) was launched. A year on, this report looks at the main lessons learned from collective action that occurred during the pandemic, and what makes some collaborative initiatives more successful than others.
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Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round-up

This round-up article looks back on the Rebuild Better Gender Summit 2021, and the wealth of resources available through our website to inspire and guide business action for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. It also highlights a new Insights Report that distills valuable lessons from Kenya’s National Business Compact on Coronavirus.
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A day in CottonConnect’s Women in Cotton programme: Practical training, tangible changes

This International Women’s Day, CottonConnect give an insight into a day in their Women in Cotton programme, and the tangible changes that can occur when businesses intentionally choose to put women at the centre of their Rebuild Better strategies.
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Companies Can’t Ignore the ‘She-cession’ Created by the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 has fueled a recession for women. BSR recommends six actions for companies to incorporate a gender lens on recovery efforts.
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Business Fights Poverty Rebuild Better Summit: Climate Justice 2021

Access resources on how business can ensure people are at the centre of climate action, from the Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit, which
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Business Fights Poverty Global Summit 2021

Business Fights Poverty Global Summit taking place from 21 – 25 June 2021
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A fair trade: putting farmers first in the fight for climate justice

The 22 February marked the start of Fairtrade Fortnight, the annual celebration of all things Fairtrade. It’s a time when individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people behind our food and products, and explore how trade justice can be part of the solution to the many challenges they face.
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Climate Justice

Learn more about our Climate Justice programme via our homepage.
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