Zahid Torres-Rahman, Author at Business Fights Poverty

Data and Tech Acceleration in COVID-19: The Human Rights Impact on Vulnerable Garment Workers

COVID-19 has accelerated the pace at which factories across the world are digitizing. Whilst this can sometimes bring benefits for workers, for example in introducing digital wages, digitization poses a risk to the human rights of vulnerable workers who may lack information, power and skills they need at a time of disruption.

Gender

February 22, 2021

Two Unusual Low-Cost Chicken Feed Options for Some of the World’s Poorest Entrepreneurs

Heifer International and Cargill have partnered to improve nutrition and livelihoods for 100 million people worldwide by 2030 through Hatching Hope, a program supporting sustainable smallholder poultry farming that is currently operating in India, Mexico, Kenya, Colombia and Cambodia.

Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

February 21, 2021

In finance we trust

The recently released 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer startlingly reveals that business is the only trusted institution. And yet, the financial sector remains the lowest trusted sector for the tenth year in a row. Pratik Desai provides an insight into WBA’s recent report, which lays the groundwork for a new benchmark to assess financial institutions on their performance towards the SDGs.

Finance and Investment, Global Goals

February 17, 2021

Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round-Up

In the run-up to our Rebuild Better Virtual Summit on Gender, Business Fights Poverty’s online content has explored what business can do to support women’s leadership; the transition to a green economy; and how we can create resilient food systems that enable small-scale farmers to flourish.

Uncategorized

February 10, 2021

A Love Story Turned Passion Project

A love story turned passion project, this is an article about relationships. We see how a young couple have strived to build an ethical business founded on love. Chocolate and Love is a growing family business that supports equitable trade relationships for the purpose of driving social change from crop to consumer in the world of chocolate.

Agriculture, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

February 10, 2021

A just transition is undermined by a disconnect between human rights and climate issues

In this crossover between WBA’s Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) and the Automotive Benchmark’s Performance Update for 2020, the research raised a startling outcome: almost no correlation could be found between a company’s relative performance on either benchmark, suggesting an alarming disconnect between actions on climate and human rights issues.

Climate & Environment, Climate Justice

February 10, 2021

Faced with the COVID-19 Pandemic, Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System

There was no way for small-scale farmers in Ecuador to anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago when they started diversifying the products they grew and mapping efficient paths to get them to hungry urban markets. But when the coronavirus hit the South American nation hard, these farmers found themselves well-prepared to keep homebound customers fed.

Agriculture, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

February 10, 2021

Business Fights Poverty Rebuild Better Summit: Gender 2021

Access the resources from the Business Fights Poverty Virtual Summit on Gender, in partnership with UN Women and CARE International UK, 9-11 March. How

Gender

February 9, 2021

Shaping System-Level Partnerships

Watch the highlights and access the resources from Day 5 of our Global Goals Rebuild Better Summit – Building an Equitable and Resilient Future.

February 9, 2021

Building Resilient Livelihoods

Watch the highlights and access the resources from Day 4 of our Global Goals Rebuild Better Summit – Building an Equitable and Resilient Future.

February 9, 2021

Helping People Survive And Thrive

Watch the highlights and access the resources from Day 3 of our Global Goals Rebuild Better Summit – Building an Equitable and Resilient Future.

February 9, 2021

Creating An Equitable World

Watch the highlights and access the resources from Day 2 of our Global Goals Rebuild Better Summit – Building an Equitable and Resilient Future.

February 9, 2021

Why we need to radically reimagine leadership to achieve gender equality.

Fostering Leadership, Gender, Intrapreneurship

February 8, 2021

Developing your social impact strategy with Lisa Manley

How to develop a social impact strategy for business? Lisa Manley, Global Vice President of Sustainability from Mars shares all.

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Climate Justice

February 7, 2021

What are Green Skills?

Simply put, green skills are the knowledge, abilities, values and attitudes needed to live in, develop and support a sustainable and resource-efficient society.

Climate & Environment, Climate Justice

February 7, 2021

Uncovering Vulnerability Inspires Authentic Leadership

Executive coaching is typically a privilege offered only to the most valued business professionals. After 20 years of working her way into the C-suite, Jane Finette’s employer offered her that opportunity. The experience fundamentally changed the way Finette saw the world and the role she would play as a leader.