Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion to Fight Poverty

How Can Businesses Best Support Youth Employability in Light of the Trends We Are Seeing Around the Future of Work?

Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how businesses can best support youth employability in light of the trends we are seeing around the future of work. The live panel is taking place on Thursday 8th June 2023, 10am to 11am EDT / 3pm to 4 pm GMT
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Delivering Healthier Futures for Women, Children and Adolescents: What is the role of business?

Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore the role of business in improving maternal, child and adolescent health.
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How Can Business Most Effectively Address Gender-Based Violence?

This live written discussion with a panel of experts will explore how business can most effectively address gender-based violence in the workplace, their value chains and communities.
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What Does It Really Take for Companies to Lead on Gender Equity?

Women control over £14tn in annual consumer spending, expected to rise to nearly £21tn within five years. Designing for and with women is crucial to capture the value of the female economy. Leading companies create business models that serve women across all operations, uncovering biases and discovering new opportunities.
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Women Smallholders Will Drive Africa’s Transition to Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture improves the soil, traps carbon emissions and lifts farmers out of poverty. 80% of Kenya’s smallholder farmers are women, which is why Hand in Hand’s regenerative agriculture curriculum places women at its core. The organisation aims to reach one in 20 Kenyan farmers in the next five years.
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How can businesses best support youth employability in light of the trends we are seeing around the future of work?

This live written discussion with a panel of experts to explored how businesses can best support youth employability in light of the trends we
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Time to Act on Mental Health: UNICEF’s Global Coalition for Youth Mental Well-being

The Global Coalition for Youth Mental Well-being, hosted by UNICEF, was born out of the belief that the mental well-being of youth cannot be addressed by one entity alone but needs collective action. It is time for joint action on mental health
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How Gender-Responsive Media Can Help Women’s Economic Empowerment–and Business

Entrepreneurs face a number of challenges to starting and running profitable businesses, and societal attitudes often present an additional obstacle for women. What role can media play in changing these attitudes, and how can we make such programming financially sustainable?
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How can we collaborate better across climate and health to drive equity and resilience?

Hosted with GSK Climate change threatens people’s lives, health and wellbeing. These impacts are not being felt equally, and reflect deep-seated inequities, such as
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What more can we do to place gender equity at the heart of climate action?

Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change, and face greater barriers in accessing the opportunities that come with the green transition. What more can
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How can innovations in workforce development programmes address racial equity and inclusion issues?

Hosted with Barclays This session explored how we can build an equitable and human-centred economy that supports and fosters a new generation of workers.
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Gender-based violence is a work issue, with Jane and Craig

Social Impact Pioneers: Jane Pillinger and Craig Wilkinson are two of the most important thinkers and activators the world has in addressing harassment and gender-based abuse in and out of the workplace. Together they share their practical wisdom, for women and men, for individuals and organisations to help make it safe for everyone, everywhere.
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How can business help drive a more equitable society?

Hosted with Barclays Interviewees: Stella Tran, Senior Associate, Acumen America April Dominguez, CEO, Handsome App
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What difference does tackling restrictive gender norms make to micro-enterprise and other social impact programmes?

Hosted with Hand in Hand International Gender norms restrict the lives of women and girls across the world. Drawing on new research and key
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How can business best support the livelihoods of refugees?

This session, hosted with Visa, explored how businesses can best support the livelihoods of refugees. What models of engagement of the business community to
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Business Fights Poverty Gender Summit 2023

Hybrid Summit (Kenya, London, Online). To coincide with International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023,  focused on the IWD theme #EmbraceEquity and on how we as
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How can we think globally and act locally in order to build effective diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies?

Hosted with the IFC This session explored how to identify strategies to advance diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces in a global context. Operating in
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To Build Thriving Cocoa Communities, Educate the Children

In cocoa-growing communities, advancing education pays dividends far beyond the classroom. Because the forces affecting the industry are so deeply intertwined, when children go to school and adults get training, the surrounding communities benefit in myriad ways. That’s why Cargill has been investing in schooling for children in cocoa growing communities – and the adults around them.
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New Research Reveals the Benefits and Costs of Gender-Smart Technical Assistance to SMEs and Investors

From 2019-2022, impact investors, AlphaMundi Foundation, Acumen, AHL Venture Partners, Root Capital, SEAF and Shell Foundation launched the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) consortium to conduct new research in the gender lens investing community. Read more on their findings of the missed opportunities for impact investors and companies.
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Why Investing in Informal Women Workers is Critical to Maintaining Resilient Supply Chains

Over 60% of the world’s employed population make their living through informal work, with no access to formal contracts or protection. During shock events, these workers face immense hardship, receiving little or no support. Businesses, in partnership with NGOs like ActionAid, can address human rights risks and improve business continuity by investing in informal workers.
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What do we mean by "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion"?

Learn about strategies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering an environment where all individuals can thrive regardless of gender or economic status.

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