Partnerships

Partnerships Against Poverty

How Can Partnerships Create Rapid Innovation During COVID-19 Crisis?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to deepen understanding of the role of partnering in delivering rapid innovation during the COVID-19 global crisis. Taking place on Wednesday, 22 April, 9.00 am EDT / 2.00 pm BST
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Practical Steps Large Companies Can Take to Support their MSME Partners through the COVID-19 Crisis

While COVID-19 is hurting all businesses, MSMEs are particularly vulnerable, especially those cash-based informal businesses in developing countries, which have no social protection and are unable to access most forms of government emergency finance, or transition to remote working. A new Action Toolkit has been published to help companies support their MSMEs partners.
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UN SG Launches Road Map to Address COVID-19

On 31 March 2020, the United Nations published its plan for the global response to the COVID-19 crisis and its socio-economic consequences. The report, “Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19”, calls for a coordinated, multilateral response unprecedented in scale, and which demonstrates solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable communities and nations.
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How can businesses support their NGO partners through the impact of COVID-19?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to deepen understanding of the role of business in supporting its NGO partners through the impact of COVID-19. The live panel takes place on Thursday, 9 April, 9.00 am EDT / 2.00 pm BST
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How Can Businesses Support their NGO Partners Through the Impact of COVID-19?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to deepen understanding of the role of business in supporting its NGO
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Cometh the hour, Cometh the Call for Collaborative Action Against COVID-19

Facing unprecedented times globally, this COVID-19 challenge calls for focus, creative thinking, cooperation and collaborative action. COVID-19 is impacting us all, in all walks of life, to the core and dramatically demonstrates our inter-connectivity and interdependence. It is profoundly challenging human health and the human spirit. From a business point of view, this is a defining moment for leadership and action.
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Cohabiting with a Virus: We Must Learn to Live Life on Land More Sustainably

The current pandemic crisis offers a chance to reimagine our approaches to managing natural resources, argues Martin Noponen of the Rainforest Alliance.
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Is your company working to advance the Sustainable Development Goals?

Is your company working to advance the Sustainable Development Goals? Does your organization transform lives and markets with sustainable solutions to development challenges? If so, we want to hear from you.
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Five Golden Rules of Successful Partnerships

I was invited recently by the Oxford Hub of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS) to share my thoughts on what it takes to build a successful partnership. All of us who are involved in partnerships know that there are no simple answers and that partnerships take hard work and perseverance.
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A New Way to Measure Impact, Both Good and Bad

The world is facing a series of difficult problems right now, from climate change to societal and economic challenges. It’s imperative that we solve these issues as a matter of urgency. Rising to meet these challenges means adopting a practical approach. It requires shifting our perspective, and redefining what success looks like.​
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Time for a Decade of Collaboration

With 10 years to go, we need bold, collaborative action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the internationally-agreed 2030 targets for people and planet. In his call to action, the UN Secretary-General argues for the mobilisation of partnerships “like never before”, with an appeal to “innovators and disruptors in the private sector to embrace new business models that match the demands of the 2030 Agenda”.
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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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Entering a Decade of Action: Making the SDGs a Matter of Priority

To mark the beginning of the “Decade of Delivery and Action”, James Gomme focuses on a list of “Top 10” tips that business can apply toward more robust action and substantial long-term progress.
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Reflections from the UK-Africa Investment Summit

Last week’s UK-Africa Investment Summit brought together a wealth of businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and promote the breadth and quality of investment opportunities across Africa.​ Read reflections from CDC Group CEO, Nick O’Donohoe
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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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The Triangle That Will Fix Capitalism

It is remarkable how the agenda in this 50th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting has shifted towards calling for a move to stakeholder capitalism, as issued by Klaus Schwab in the new Davos Manifesto. The theme of the 2020 forum itself is: “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”.
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The Company of the Future Must Do Well by Doing Good

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What Will Last Mile Distribution Look Like in 2025? Six Predictions for an Emerging Sector

Beneficial household products such as solar lights, improved cookstoves, water purifiers, nutritional supplements and agricultural inputs can play a significant role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. But these products can’t make an impact if they don’t reach the last mile customers who could benefit from them.
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What do we mean by "Partnerships"?

Learn about the power of partnerships in eradicating poverty, where collaborative efforts amplify impact and foster global development.

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