LGBTQI+ Archives

Enhancing Women’s Empowerment Strategies: The Investor’s View

Enhancing women’s empowerment strategies faces resistance from power dynamics and short-term profit concerns. However, long-term and well-diversified investors recognize the sustainable benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion, influencing firms to prioritize gender equality and reaping positive financial outcomes. This article explores the critical role investors play in promoting women’s empowerment in business.

Business, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Financial Inclusion, Gender, Governance and Transparency, Human Rights and Governance, Impact Investing, LGBTQI+, Measuring Social Impact

June 19, 2024

Business Fights Poverty Global Equity Summit 2024

An inspiring two-day summit to explore women’s empowerment, diversity, and economic inclusion. Connect, share ideas, and drive action to place equity at the core

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender, LGBTQI+, Racial Equity

December 8, 2023

Economic Costs of LGBTI+ exclusion, with Ricardo and Lee

What is the economic cost of LGBTI+ exclusion? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex or Questioning (LGBTI+) people are among the most marginalised and excluded groups but what does this mean for business around the world? This podcast examines the opportunity that fully inclusive organisations can offer. Listen in to hear from Social Impact Pioneers and leading voices on LGBTI+ inclusion: Lee Badgett and Ricardo Garcia Tafur.

Corporate Impact, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Innovative Business Models, LGBTQI+

May 2, 2023

Global Summit 2022 – Day 2_WEBINAR

Our webinar explored “How can business support the economic inclusion of LGBTI people and persons with disabilities in emerging markets?” discussing recent examples, good

LGBTQI+

June 14, 2022

Companies Can’t Ignore the ‘She-cession’ Created by the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 has fueled a recession for women. BSR recommends six actions for companies to incorporate a gender lens on recovery efforts.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender, LGBTQI+

March 16, 2021

Business Mentorship for LGBTQ Refugees

LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers around the world are fleeing their home countries due to life-threatening persecution and violence. To help LGBTQ refugees integrate into their new communities and prepare for the job market, global businesses collectively committed to provide mentorship opportunities to approximately 1,250 LGBTQ refugees in North America over the next three years.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, LGBTQI+, Refugees and Migration

January 11, 2021

10 Trends That Should Be on Your Board’s Radar

I have vivid memories, from the years I spent working on social impact in-house for big business, of scrambling for Board or Exec report around this time. ‘Please summarise the key social impact trends and the effects on business’, was the exam question. This year, I thought I would do the same for you. Feel free to borrow, comment and add your own.

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Corporate Impact, Fostering Leadership, Gender, Innovative Business Models, LGBTQI+, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

December 19, 2019

How Companies Can Tackle Gender Based Violence

Gender Based Violence (GBV) affects 1 in 3 women globally and has been referred to by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as a political ‘global pandemic’ and ‘a mark of shame on all our societies’. A new Business Fights Poverty toolkit has been published to help companies tackle violence and harassment and domestic violence. These two forms of violence can affect employees full and equal participation in the workforce.

Gender, Gender-Based Violence, LGBTQI+

September 25, 2019

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