Economic Development

Economic Development Strategies to Combat Global Poverty

Why, and How, Business Needs to Change its Approach to the SDGs

Shift, in collaboration with WBCSD, has launched a first-of-its-kind compendium of 15 real-life case studies that illustrate what various individual companies and collaborative initiatives are doing to put business respect for human rights into practice and how those efforts go beyond “doing no harm” to show great promise in making powerful and positive contributions to the SDGs.
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Want More Intrapreneurs in Your Organisation?  Create the Right Culture

An update on the findings so far, of the Intrapreneur Systems Challenge, launched earlier this year with the objective deepening our understanding of the features that need to be in place at a systemic level within an organisation to catalyse and support more innovative and impact-driven initiatives getting off the ground and reaching scale.
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Sizakele Marutlulle

This week Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Sizakele Marutlulle, Founder and CEO of communications strategy company: Marutlulle +CO. Sizakele talks to us in anticipation of her keynote speaker role during the Business Fights Poverty flagship 2018 Oxford conference.
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Henriette Kolb

An Interview with Henriette Kolb, Head of the Gender Secretariat at the International Finance Corporation. Henriette takes listeners on a journey through the challenges of addressing gender inequality, before explaining why the IFC is focusing on balancing the roles of carers, creating access to finance for female entrepreneurs and understanding how women can get ahead in the sharing economy.
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Emeritus Professor David Grayson, CBE

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Emeritus Professor David Grayson, CBE
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Daniella Foster

The tourism industry already accounts for 10.4% GDP and employs 313 million people; find out why Hilton is on a social and environmental mission to ensure its future. Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Daniella Foster, Senior Director of Global Corporate Responsibility at Hilton Hotels and Resorts
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Two Weeks to Go and Acumen Explore Investing in Impact

Business Fights Poverty’s flagship Oxford conference takes place on 18th July, with just two weeks to go we are pleased to introduce Acumen as our partners leading the Impact Investing zone.
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Dominic White

Marking the launch of Measuring Up, the UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development’s (UKSSD) first stock take of progress across the UK against all the 169 targets identified in the SDGs, Business Fights Poverty’s Katie Hyson caught up with Dominic White, co-founder and co-chair of UK-SSD, as well as Head of International Development Policy at WWF-UK.
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Low-Income Families and Private Education

A guide for investors to direct their resources and influence towards proven solutions that strengthen quality in education and address the particular challenges of inclusivity that arise from a fee-based model. With Endeva, BRAC, CDC Group and DFID.
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Advocating Together for the SDGs

A report on how business and civil society can collaborate on advocacy for government policies in support of the SDGs. With Anglo American GSK, Mars Inc, International Alert, Oxfam, Save the Children and the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.
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Building Transformational Partnerships

A briefing paper on lessons for building effective business-NGO partnerships, based on the experience of the Cargill-CARE partnership. With Cargill and CARE USA.
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The Intrapreneurship Ecosystem

A toolkit that sets out the key components of the intrapreneurship ecosystem and suggests practical steps that companies can take to strengthen the supporting environment for social innovation inside their organisations. With The League of Intrapreneurs, DFID, CEMEX and the BMW Foundation.
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Corporate Social Innovation: Prototyping, Piloting and Iterating

Know-how videos and tip sheets to inspire and jump start any new products, services, or business models to create social or environmental value, as well as revenue. Produced with Barclays, Pearson and Cemex, and in partnership with The Intrapreneur Lab and Be Inspired Films.
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The Role of Business in Education and Training for Sustainable Development

A report on the role of business in supporting education and the SDGs. With Pearson, Arizona State University, and PRME, United Nations Global Compact.
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CARE Examine the Importance of Gender Equity in Business

Gender equality is high on the corporate agenda, but behind the hashtags, the empowering t-shirts and glossy photographs, are we really creating change and tackling the barriers to gender equity and inclusive business? CARE, who will host the Women’s Equity and Inclusivity Zone at Business Fights Poverty Oxford, examine the importance of gender equity in business.
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The Road of Change: Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry

Kaiho Sangyo, a Japanese automobile recycling company, joined Business Call to Action in December 2017 with a pledge to establish an eco-friendly auto recycling value chain in Brazil. As part of this commitment, it will develop the skills of 15,000 recycling engineers and expand 20 existing recycling businesses, including local garages and repair shops.
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What is a Refugee-Inclusive Business?

As part of the Business and Refugees Challenge, we have been exploring some of the barriers to mobilizing more business action to support refugees’ resilience in low to middle income countries. In the process, we have uncovered numerous examples of innovative business ideas, ambitious commitments, and genuine efforts to support the needs of refugees.
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Exploring Last-Mile Distribution and BoP Marketing

In the second article, introducing you to the experts and topics we’ll be exploring during our Business Fights Poverty, flagship conference in Oxford on 18th July, we introduce you to inclusive distribution, brought to you by BoPInc (& Every1Mobile), Hystra, and Practical Action.
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Why Cash Is a Problem For Businesses Around The Globe

The Better Than Cash Alliance share their new report “The Future of Supply Chains: Why Companies are Digitizing Payments”. Drawing on data and interviews with around 40 companies and organizations, the report shows how digitizing supply chain payments is having a profound impact on global businesses, economies and individuals.
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Partnerships with Innovation and Impact

On 18th July our flagship Business Fights Poverty Oxford conference takes place. This interactive day will explore how to enhance business with positive social impact, through collaboration and building trusted relationships. Our friends at Ethicore and The Partnering Initiative are leading the Partnership Zone and will be challenging attendees to think differently about impact partnerships.
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