Partnerships

Partnerships Against Poverty

Business Fights Poverty NYC 2019

Join us for an inspiring and action-focused half-day event on how business, government and civil society are collaborating to deliver the SDGs. Timed to
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Purpose Goes Hungry Without Culture

Business Fights Poverty is currently asking: “How can we embed Purpose authentically into business.” But what can this look like in practice, and where do we go from here?
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Supporting Business Solutions To Poverty

Over the past few decades, much progress has been made on a range of development challenges – including poverty reduction, preventable disease and access to education. Yet much remains to be done and the urgency of dealing with intractable, global problems that put these gains at risk has increased.
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​Plan for the Future

In our book “All In: The Future of Business Leadership”, we argue that business can no longer be hesitant or half-hearted about embedding sustainability.  They have to go “All In!”
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Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 – Last Chance to Register

Last chance to join GSK, Unilever, Visa plus CARE, Oxfam, WWF and many more at Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 on July 11th
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The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2019: Open for Applications Until 30 June

The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards, delivered by Unilever and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, support and celebrate inspirational young people from all over the world who have initiatives, products or services tackling some of the planet’s biggest sustainability challenges. ​
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Corporate/ Impact Enterprise Partnerships – Part 2 – Now for the Hard Part

In this, the second of two blogs, Jon Shepard draws together existing strands of thought on partnerships between large corporations and ‘impact enterprises’, and throw in their own experience from work with several corporate accelerator programmes.  Until recently, Jon led EY’s work with impact entrepreneurs in the emerging markets.
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The Best Kept Secret: The Role of Corporate Foundations in Building Sustainable Brands

In this blog, we argue why corporate foundations are the ideal partner for companies in building a truly sustainable brand. Find out what makes them a unique partner, what contributions they can have, and how you can leverage this partnership most strategically.
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Building Back Better in the Caribbean:  The Clinton Foundation and Partnerships for Change

At the Clinton Foundation, we believe that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. It’s this belief that led President Clinton to launch the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which convenes leaders through its Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery to support recovery and resiliency efforts in the Caribbean.
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Why Large and Small Businesses Need to Collaborate to Compete in Complex Markets

Increasingly, large companies are realising that they need to collaborate closely with their SME supply chains to compete in global markets. But developing collaborative relationships with supply chains is not only compatible with success, it can also be a driver of it.
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To Boldly Go Where We’ve Not Been Before Doesn’t Need to be a Leap of Faith

Star Trek’s Chief of Logic (COL), Spock nailed it when he said that “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” If we are bold and if we act now to change our organisations and our systems we will help ensure that future generations do that other thing the pointy-eared one said and “Live long and prosper.” ​
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Business as Usual – Or Business with Purpose?

As we launch our new strategy, Laura Kelly, Director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, considers how the private sector can respond to development and environmental challenges – and how IIED can support business to deliver positive change.
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VIDEO: Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event – Cross-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Supply Chains

On 9 April, we co-hosted a Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event with Acumen, focused on Cross-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Supply Chains. The event brought together over 100 participants representing leading global corporations, innovative social enterprises, experts and intermediaries. Watch the videos of the plenary sessions.
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Corporate / Impact Enterprise Partnerships: Still Hard, Still Worth It.

In this, the first of two blogs, Jon Shepard draws together existing strands of thought on partnerships between large corporations and ‘impact enterprises’, and throws in recent experience from work with several corporate accelerator programmes.  Until recently, Jon led EY’s work with impact entrepreneurs in the emerging markets.
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People Power Fighting Malaria in Tanzania 

Jacob is on the front line of the fight against malaria in Tanzania. He has been leading a project, supported by Comic Relief and GSK, to train hundreds of volunteers to help equip communities with life-saving knowledge to help beat the disease. The progress they have made in just two years is incredible.
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How is Cross-Sector Collaboration Driving Transformative Social Impact in the Luxury Industry?

Partnership overview: For Burberry, modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible. Key to this agenda is supporting diverse communities around the world that sustain the company’s supply chain, which means partnering for the long-term with NGOs like Oxfam to ensure quality livelihoods for those communities. But how does this work in practice?
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Neil Gaught

This podcast with management consultant and author Neil Gaught provides insight into what it takes to deliver business purpose authentically and embed it meaningfully and consistently across business.
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Why Addressing Gender-Based Violence is an Imperative for Business Today

Why is addressing gender-based violence (GBV) a key issue, which should be on the business agenda? Business Fights Poverty’s Challenge Author, Chiara Condi, talks about why eliminating GBV is essential to reaching all other UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Celebrating IWD 2019: M&S Joins Better Than Cash Alliance

M&S has made a bold commitment to helping its supply chain convert from cash to digital wage payments, but they recognise they can’t do this alone. In this article, M&S celebrates what can be achieved through collaboration with partnerships, other businesses and NGOs.
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How Can We Address the Global Sanitation Challenge? Insights from “Make a Splash! Toilets for All”

Japan’s maker of water and housing products, LIXIL, has invested in a sustainable social business – SATO – to help bring affordable toilets to those that need them. In 2018, their work on SATO led them to a new partnership, “Make a Splash! Toilets for All” with UNICEF to tackle the global sanitation challenge. How did this partnership evolve and what has been learnt along the way?
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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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