Business

Business Innovations & Initiatives

Kenya: Business and COVID-19: Local Action

Business Fights Poverty Briefing with the National Business Compact on Coronavirus, Kenya. This live webinar looked at the action taking place on the ground
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The Urgency of a New Social Contract​

The COVID-19 crisis makes one thing abundantly clear: the social contract between government, business, employees, and people is not working as it should.   
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How businesses respond to Coronavirus has massive ramifications – now and for the future economy that emerges

How business responds to the Corona virus crisis matters hugely. It affects what happens to millions of lives and livelihoods now. And it affects the prospect for building back better. What we do now, will shape the pathway out of this mess. In years to come, suppliers and stakeholders will remember which businesses and brands acted responsibly during the crisis, working through problems together.
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COVID-19 and the Poor: Inclusive Business has solutions, but needs radical collaboration

The COVID-19 virus will soon make waves in low-income contexts in South Asia, Africa and Latin America. While these regions have a much younger population than the EU or China, both the disease itself and any measures to keep it from spreading will have a severe impact. The most vulnerable will be hit hardest.
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Shaping a Sustainable Post COVID World: 5 Lessons for Business

So the day of reckoning has arrived. Having staggered on zombie like since the financial crisis of 2008, adding environmental (climate, pollution and biodiversity), social (inequality) and political (Trump, BREXIT et al) crises to its charge sheet, Globalisation circa 1980-2020 has finally fallen flat on its face. It’s greatest strength (the fluid movement of capital, jobs, people and manufacturing) ultimately it’s Achilles Heel as the virus spread rapidly across a hyper-connected world.
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Business and COVID-19: Webinar

Business Fights Poverty Briefing with McKinsey, UNDP and the Connecting Business Initiative.
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What is the Role of Business in Tackling the Coronavirus?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to deepen understanding of the role of business in tackling the coronavirus. Taking place on Thursday, 19 March, 11am-12pm EDT (3pm-4pm GMT)
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How Business Can and Should Solve Social Problems

Businesses need not face an either-or choice between purpose and profit. Companies that deliver value to society also typically generate higher long-term returns to shareholders. The key is for purpose to be pursued in a disciplined way that recognises that a company shouldn’t be all things to all people, but focus on where it has the greatest impact.
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Social Impact Measurement and Business: What, Why, and How?​’

On February 27th, Business Fights Poverty held a live written discussion to explore how we can measure, manage and get the most from our social impact. Given that this was one of our liveliest online discussions to date, with over two thousand attendees and 174 comments, writing a compact summary of the event may not do it justice.
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The Morning Show: How Business and Television Can Help Us See Possible Contributions to Peace

To date, this column has been devoted to films that provide a lens through which we might see the ways that various cultural artifacts, including business, music, sports and film, can help us see possible contributions to peace.  This month, I’m expanding beyond film to its screen cousin, television, with attention given to AppleTV’s The Morning Show. 
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Why Off-Grid Energy Matters…And How it Can Matter Even More

Roughly 600 million people in Africa lack access to electricity. Off-grid energy solutions, such as solar home systems and mini-grids, are the most efficient way to provide energy to over half of these people. Although the impact of providing energy access on people’s lives – including through off-grid solutions – may seem obvious, it’s important to better understand and quantify exactly what this means. Because it’s through this detailed understanding of impact that we can become better investors.
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How to Profitably Serve the Last Mile

Part III of this series describes how N-Frnds has created a hybrid network of Pre-sellers serving multiple FMCG and corporate partners, enabling them to profitably serve last-mile outlets while also empowering these micro-retailers with access to finance to expand their sales and become more viable businesses, creating a win-win situation for all.
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Paul Skinner

Long live collaboration. This podcast hears from Paul Skinner, award winning marketeer, leadership coach and author of: ‘Collaborative Advantage: How collaboration beats competition as a strategy for success.
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Is it Time for Davos to Decelerate?

As you’re no doubt aware, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting took place last month. And while deep snow was noticeably absent (reinforcing the environmental dangers presented by the sizeable delegation from Extinction Rebellion (XR) this year), the audience of elite senior executives from around the world remained the same.​
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How Can We Measure, Manage and Get the Most From Our Social Impact?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to discuss how businesses can measure, manage and get the most from their social impact. Live Panel taking place on Thursday, 27 February, 10-11am EST (3pm-4pm GMT)
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Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management for Inclusive Business

In the build up towards Business Fights Poverty’s first Online Discussion of 2020, which focuses on Impact Measurement, learn more about the topic in this interview brought to you by Business Fights Poverty Content Partners iBAN and Business Call to Action.
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The Real Meaning of ‘Business with Purpose’

Genuine ‘stakeholder capitalism’ must be fundamentally more than a shiny new logo upon swish marketing strategy with some philanthropy thrown in​
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Why ESG is Core to Long-Term Success in Venture Capital

Venture capital (VC) is a relatively new asset class but is already having a transformative impact on large sections of the global economy.
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Colin Mayer CBE

Professor Colin Mayer CBE has devoted his life, learning and career to the role of business in society – from governance and taxation to responsible and ethical business decision making. 
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Refugee Food Entrepreneurship: How the Business Community Can Support Sustainable Livelihoods

Food entrepreneurship is a growing area of livelihood creation that has gained traction as countries search for ways to address the refugee crisis. We provide recommendations for how the business community can provide support to refugee food entrepreneurs.
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