Sustainable Employment

Sustainable Employment for Poverty Reduction

The Case for Living Wages

A report on how paying living wages throughout core operations and the value chain strengthens business performance, resilience and stability, while delivering measurable social impact and enabling businesses to more effectively deliver on human and labour rights obligations. Published with Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Shift, with support from Unilever.
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Training Migrant Workers with Sandra Granath and Aleksandra Lasota

Aleksandra and Sandra share their leading thinking on how to best support migrant workers; what business need to do to adhere to the new EU directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence; and why training doesn’t need to stop when workers have differing languages or low literacy.
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How to social impact partner with Clive Allison and Nivedha RM

How to find your perfect social impact partner, and why partnering with social entrepreneurs is vital explain Clive Allison, Unilever and social entrepreneur Nivedha RM
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The Kenyan woman changing young farmers’ futures

Victorine Owino transformed the savings and credit cooperative she manages into a thriving business hub in southwest Kenya, connecting local poultry farmers to training, financing and high quality supplies. Her journey from volunteer to manager is a testament to the transformative potential of women in leadership roles. And she’s now opening doors for others’ success.
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Empowering underserved women around the globe

Inclusive Businesses are uniquely equipped to improve gender equality. As commercially profitable, yet impact-driven companies, they follow the market and their social vision. Both paths lead towards women empowerment.
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Boda Boda, Economic Development and the Future of Work

The BodaBoda Safety Association of Kenya (B.A.K) currently has 1.4 million registered members. 1.2 million of these are between the ages of 18-35. As an association, our entire membership base is made up of small business owners. We are developing a framework to effectively upskill and reskill for the future of work.
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Five reasons why digital work may help promote inclusion of youth with disabilities

Digital jobs are opening up important new work opportunities for youth with disabilities in developing countries. The COVID‒19 pandemic has accelerated the expansion of jobs which offer flexibility, accommodations for disability and functional access for remote communities.
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Sea freight strengthens Kenya-to-Europe flower supply chain

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, global supply chains were hit hard, affecting millions of workers across the globe. In the Kenyan floriculture sector, the subsequent 25-40% air freight reduction has meant lower export rates, a supply slowdown, and loss of jobs for thousands.
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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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Vic Van Vuuren

This podcast interview hears from Vic Van Vuuren, the Director, of the Enterprises Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.
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How can we mainstream “win-win” business models that work for lead firms and workers post Covid-19?

Join us and a panel of experts for a live written discussion, as part of the Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Conference, to explore how we can mainstream “win-win” business models that work for lead firms and workers post Covid-19. Live Panel Tuesday 14th July 2020, 2pm -3pm BST
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How can we build the skills needed for the future?

COVID-19 and the required lockdowns have put at risk the jobs of hundreds of millions of people. This is on top of disruptive trends
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Scalability, Sustainability and Participation in Value Chain

This is the second in a three part series, published in the lead up to Standard Chartered’s Futuremakers Forum online events 2020.  Join the conversation exploring innovative ideas and tangible solutions for financing young entrepreneurs.
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COVID-19 ACTION TOOLKIT: Vulnerable Workers in Corporate Value Chains

A toolkit on how businesses can support the most vulnerable workers in their value chains during the pandemic. With Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School and UK Aid.
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FUTUREMAKERS FORUM DISCUSSION SERIES: DRIVING ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE

A discussion paper on driving enterprise and employment for young people, developed as part of Futuremakers Forum by Standard Chartered. With Standard Chartered.
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Action ToolKit: Building Back Better With Jobs

A toolkit that aims to stimulate thinking and exchange within companies and external partners about what business models for more decent jobs should look like and how to mainstream these into business practice. With The Lab Project at the International Labour Organization.
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Developing Skills and Quality Jobs for Young People

Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Day 3: Skills This session is part of a series of webinars with Futuremakers by Standard Chartered. Speakers: Suzanne
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Businesses Share Employment Practices to Eradicate Poverty

On International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, global businesses collaborate to launch a new toolkit, Reducing Poverty through Employment. Members of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition (GISC) share best practices for how to employ, empower, and improve the advancement prospects of those living in poverty, as a part of their direct and indirect workforces.​
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A Conversation on The Future of Work at the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit

To mark the launch of a new Challenge supported by Walmart on the Future of Work, Enrique Ostalé, Regional CEO of UK, Latin America and Africa at Walmart International, and Zahid Torres-Rahman, Founder and CEO of Business Fights Poverty joined Brad Staples, CEO of APCO at Concordia’s 2019 Annual Summit, to speak about International Future of Work Trends.
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We Need a Reskilling Revolution. Here’s How to Make it Happen

As the world faces the transformative economic, social and environmental challenges of Globalization 4.0, it has never been more important to invest in people.
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What do we mean by "Sustainable Employment"?

Investigate how providing sustainable employment solutions can lead to significant poverty reduction. Stable jobs are key to improving livelihoods globally.

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