Partnerships

Partnerships Against Poverty

Entrepreneurs Are Changing The World

The CEMEX-Tec Award, in alliance with other organisations, annually recognises entrepreneurs and students who develop high-impact initiatives to foster sustainable development, innovation and entrepreneurship. This year its global call will receive projects until May 31st 2018.
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How can joint advocacy between civil society and business help to drive the policies needed to achieve the SDGs?

Click here to join this discussion on 22 May (3 – 4pm UK time) with a panel of panel of business and civil society organisations in the vanguard of joint advocacy.
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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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Formal Finance and Informal Groups: Inside the Black Box

A successful business case for linkages must offer something useful to all involved parties. This means looking ‘inside the black box’ of different mindsets: the bank or microfinance institution, the fintech or platform provider; and the informal savings groups. As well as figuring out how to build long-term relationships between the complexities of these diverse mindsets.
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Helping Refugees Move From Crisis To Resilience and Self-Reliance

Introducing our new Challenge on Business and Refugees with support from Pearson and in partnership with UNHCR, Mercy Corps, Business Call to Action, Innovest Advisory and Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Challenge aims to strengthen the foundation for effective partnerships to improve refugees’ wellbeing and educational and livelihood opportunities so refugees can thrive, not just survive.
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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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4 Tips for Effective and Dynamic Groups

By allowing practitioners to share intelligence, learn from peers and work together, working groups improve the sector’s effectiveness and foster innovative ideas. But how do we ensure they are fit for purpose and generate greater impact? Here are some tips to create a vibrant and dynamic community.
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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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NGO Partnerships Give Businesses the Teeth to Be Social Activists

Ben & Jerry’s discuss mixing activism and a social mission and how by working with NGOs they can drive real change. They share insights on their partnerships with the International Rescue Committee on the refugee crisis.
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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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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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