Global Goals

Achieving Global Goals for Poverty Eradication

Business Fights Poverty NYC 2018

Join us for our annual UNGA week event, co-hosted with Barclays and GSK.  This half-day event, from 10.30am to 2.30pm, will include an inspiring
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Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2018

Join us for our annual flagship event at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, with the theme Rethinking Collaboration for Social Impact.  The one-day
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Meet the Longlist: Unilever Global Development Award, Supported by Business Fights Poverty

Business in the Community announce the longlist of companies selected for the The Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty. The award recognises businesses that demonstrate positive impact against one or more of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Missed our Skoll World Forum 2018 Ecosystem Event on Corporate Social Innovation?

Register to receive our Skoll World Forum 2018 Ecosystem event video. The event was held on 10 April in Oxford, UK. Learn about how social innovation can drive business and societal value. Explore real-life examples from leading companies of what social innovation looks like and how it is being enabled.
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Building Effective Partnerships for Sustainable Development

TPI’s 2.5 Day Intensive Training Course on Building Effective Partnerships for Sustainable Development, focuses on skills, understanding and knowledge for effective cross-sector partnering, optionally
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Corporate Social Innovation: Unlocking the opportunity in your organisation

Join our Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event to learn how to unlock the potential of social innovation in your organisation. This interactive and practical event
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Why Retailers are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) explains how some of the UK’s leading retailers are coming together to strengthen the industry’s response to environmental challenges. Recognising that scale is essential to drive change, the BRC and has come together under the new initiative Better Retail, Better World, to build a better, more prosperous and sustainable world.
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Collaboration: How Business Must Lead to Achieve Sustainable Development

Drawing on BSR’s 25 years of experience in designing, implementing, and scaling collaborative initiatives, this new report identifies the characteristics of successful collaborations and helps companies better understand how to prepare for and contribute to their success.
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Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

Reflections on the turning point of Larry Fink’s ‘BlackRock Letter’ to business leaders and the urgent need to embrace large-scale collaboration to meet each of the 17 SDGs.
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Supporting the SDGs through the Power of Data

GSMA, the UN Foundation and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data met with UN agencies and country missions to discuss the actual and potential contribution of partnerships and data to a better world. GSMA shares concrete examples of how an industry sector is using partnerships and data to deliver real impact on people’s lives
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Apply Now for the 2018 Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty!

Do you work for, or in partnership with, a business having a positive impact on one of more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Are you particularly proud of one your initiatives? If so, be sure to apply for the Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty!
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SDGs: What Part Do Forests Play?

Not only do forests provide a wide array of ecosystem services, such as absorbing greenhouse gases and regulating water quality, there are also over a billion people who depend on forests for their livelihoods. It is clear our forest ecosystems offer irreplaceable resources we can’t live without.
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Access to Energy Through Mobile Is Changing Lives

The mobile industry is playing a crucial role in achieving SDG 7: Universal energy access by 2030. New models to deliver energy to underserved consumers are emerging out of a convergence between mobile payments, the internet and mobile services. GSMA discuss how access to energy through mobile is changing lives
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Delivering on the Promise of Inclusive Business

Inclusive business as an idea has pushed the boundaries of what is possible and it offers the potential for scale in a way that philanthropy never could. So why are there so few examples that have truly scaled? What needs to happen to deliver on the promise of inclusive business?
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Inviting Start-ups (and Up-starts) to Solve Global Problems

HelloScience, a network all about encouraging bright people to connect and collaborate in solving the SDGs, invites creative ideas from start-ups and small companies to help solve global water and sanitation challenges.
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2 Billion People Can’t See Clearly. This Business Sees the Answer.

What if I told you we had a breakthrough solution that could access untapped potential in 2.5 billion people? That it could keep people safer and help children learn better? You might envision a fancy new technology, but this magic bullet is surprisingly simple: a pair of eyeglasses. Just…
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Want to Change the World? Allow the Private Sector to Do What it Does Best

For the past week, the world has watched as heads of state and global business leaders convened in New York City for the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. The agenda was far from light. Topics ranged from food security to climate change to the refugee crisis to healthcare. The task…
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A Business Response to the SDGs

This webinar hosted by Business in the Community and supported by Business Fights Poverty, looked at the businesses response to the UN SDGs, the
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Business Fights Poverty NYC 2017: Watch the Event Videos

On September 18, 150 people came together in New York for Business Fights Poverty NYC 2017, timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly. Watch the event videos.
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From Digital Divide to Inclusion: How to Make Digital Finance Work for India’s Women

Often heralded as a panacea for financial inclusion, digital financial services could exacerbate the gender divide, unless there is a concerted effort to develop women-friendly products and channels. Despite recent successes in India’s financial inclusion journey, Indian women still cannot access bank accounts, loans, and other financial services as easily…
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What do we mean by "Global Goals"?

Explore how achieving Global Goals can drive systemic changes and end poverty by fostering sustainable development and equality worldwide.

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