How can business collaborate with music and other cultural forces to build the foundations for peace?
It is true that governments sign treaties with one another or with groups within their jurisdiction to stop violence. At the same time, bonds that exist among peoples – within a country and across borders – can lessen the likelihood of conflict. Shared languages, economic trade/business investment, history, religion, legal and political systems, for example, […]
VIDEO: How can we scale the number and impact of intrapreneurs?
As part of Business Fights Poverty’s continued focus on what it takes to scale corporate social innovation, we recently brought together over 150 intrapreneurs, social entrepreneurs, business experts and policy makers to explore what the future of business could look like if corporate employees were fully enabled to align profits with purpose. The event took […]
VIDEO: What are intrapreneurs and why should we care?
As part of Business Fights Poverty’s continued focus on what it takes to scale corporate social innovation, we recently brought together over 150 intrapreneurs, social entrepreneurs, business experts and policy makers to explore what the future of business could look like if corporate employees were fully enabled to align profits with purpose. The event took […]
A New Era of Corporate Statesmanship?
It’s been 20 years since my colleague Jane Nelson, Director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, introduced her famous “three circles” diagram – suggesting that business could play a positive role in society through core business, social investment, and public advocacy and policy dialogue. In that time, her last circle has […]
How a Tech Start-up is Empowering Local Entrepreneurs
Partnerships, local content, empowerment, creating eco-systems – all buzz words that I am sure are very familiar to Business Fights Poverty (BFP) readers, yet despite all the talk the quest for developing such partnerships and putting these ideas into practice often remains elusive. Last week was Global Partnership Week and having read multiple articles on […]
Policies to Scale the Impacts of Eco-entrepreneurship
A few weeks ago I was in Nairobi where we (SEED) held our annual Africa Symposium. The event was the biggest one yet, with over 500 representatives from government agencies, the private sector, civil society organisations and academic institutions from 34 countries; all gathering to build bridges for impact. It was humbling to witness the […]
Thrive Solar Lanterns
Maria Caluag, Cosas Autosuficientes Most of us Americans know that the small choices we make in what we buy can make big difference in the world outside of the USA. The aware, and educated American knows that our collective buying power could create new economic opportunities for workers in the developing world, plus influence businesses […]
Partnering for Impact
With less than one year to go until the adoption of a new global development agenda, an event was held in London in December focusing on the practicalities of how best to deliver the new framework and SDG priorities. Although responsibility for implementation will ultimately fall to national governments, it is now recognised that the […]
Clearing the Language Barriers
The field of partnership development is significantly constrained by the lack of a shared vocabulary. Creating stronger understanding of the key terms of the debate – and strengthening the ability of people to act as interlocutors – will enhance opportunities, reduce misunderstandings and lead to more effective outcomes. Development practitioners see the world through the […]
What Does a Collaborative Society Look Like?
As part of the roadmap for systematically engaging business as a partner in development, we would like to set out a vision for a collaborative society that is so compelling that it acts as an inexorable draw for organisations to aspire to. There is value in taking a step back from the nuts and bolts […]
