Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion to Fight Poverty

Inside IKEA: A Furniture Store on a Social Mission

The big blue and yellow storefront is unmistakable in more than 50 countries. While distinctly Swedish, IKEA has a long and rich history in Switzerland. Now it is trying to rally other companies in the country around gender equality. Will they listen?
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Moving Towards Gender Equality: A New Index Looks at Legal Reforms to Help Women’s Economic Inclusion

Do you think the world is becoming more equal for women at work? The recently published Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform gives us some insight. While achieving gender equality requires a broad range of efforts over time, the study focuses on the law as an important first step to providing an objective measure of how specific regulations affect women’s incentives to participate in economic activity.
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How Can We Optimise Business Impact to Solve Complex Challenges? 5 Insights from the Ice Academy

Ben & Jerry’s, and The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network have plans to scale-up their Ice Academy programme in 2019. Having learned plenty along the way, how did these partners come together so effectively? Cat Baron, European Social Mission Programme Officer, Ben & Jerry’s and Charlie Fraser, Head of Partnerships and Co-Founder, TERN tell us more.
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The Tide is Coming in for Indonesia’s Seaweed

Do you know much about seaweed farming? No? Well, neither did we until our interest was piqued by a story in The Jakarta Post about a development project in Indonesia.
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Get Involved: New Challenges on Gender-Based Violence, SME Ecosystems, Transformational Partnerships and Purpose

Business Fights Poverty’s Challenge approach brings together people from across our community and beyond who are passionate about tackling specific societal issues. We’re launching four new Challenges focused on Gender-Based Violence, SME Ecosystems, Transformational Partnerships and Purpose. Learn more and get involved!
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Welcome to the Business Fights Poverty Magazine Issue One

The ways in which business can and should be addressing social issues are many and complex. This magazine helps you to navigate the challenges and find out about some of the leading edge thinking and topics across the space.​
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What Role Can Business Play in Addressing Issues Around Gender-Based Violence?

Join us for a live written online discussion with a panel of experts to explore the role business can play in addressing issues around
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Re-Imagining the Gender Balance for Female Cotton Farmers

Through our purpose to ‘Re-imagine Global Agriculture’, Olam aims to address the many challenges involved in meeting the needs of a growing global population, while achieving positive impact for farming communities, our planet and shareholders.
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Businesses Gain by Taking Steps in the Workplace to Tackle Domestic Violence

The impact of domestic violence extends beyond the homes of those affected. IFC’s Rana Karadsheh-Haddad, Regional Industry Director, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, Asia and Pacific, explores the toll of domestic violence in the Pacific and how some pioneering companies took measures to address domestic violence in the workplace, benefitting both their employees and their business.
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Top Stories of 2018

With the New Year imminent, we thought we’d take a look at the most popular articles of the year. So here, based on the number of unique visits each article received and in reverse order, are the ten most popular stories published in 2018.
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Predicting Displacement: Using Predictive Analytics to Build a Better Future for Displaced Children

What more can be done to tackle the global migration crisis? Save the Children are stepping up using predictive analytics. “With better data on how a displacement will impact children and families over time, aid workers and policymakers can make more informed decisions about whether to focus on short-term humanitarian aid or plan for long-term investments”
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CARE and Diageo: Tackling Violence and Harassment at Work

When CARE approached Diageo about assessing the extent to which they were tackling violence and harassment across their whole business, they agreed. How, they wanted to know, can business move from risk mitigation to creating a safe and dignified environment where employees are proud to come to work?
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Making Supply Chains Work for Women

BSR has launched a new video that sets out why and how companies should work to drive gender equality in global supply chains, with a focus on how companies can act, enable and influence change.
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For Women in India Small Loans Have a Big Impact

Microloans help millions of families start and expand businesses, purchase essentials, and support their children’s education. Over the past decade, IFC has helped create a market for microfinance in India by investing $564 million in equity and debt.
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NEW REPORTS: Intrapreneurship, Partnerships, Refugees and Education

Business Fights Poverty has just released a series of reports that mark the culmination of co-creation processes with a range of partners and network members. Topics include Social Intrapreneurship, Transformational Partnerships, Supporting Refugees and Education for Sustainable Development. Download them for free.
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How Businesses Can Do Better for Girls

Due to their adaptability and responsiveness to changing market conditions, businesses can play an important role in empowering girls. But to do that, they need to engage girls directly in the design of their products and services.
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17 Business Models to Build Refugee Resilience

Our new report,“Resilience through Refugee-Inclusive Business”, aims to help mobilise more business to support this commitment. This includes a taxonomy of 17 practical business models and a series of in-depth briefs on what it will take to mobilise more business and scale solutions that help refugees thrive, not just survive.
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Businesses and Sustainability Standards Empowering Women in Supply Chains

Eleanor Radford of ISEAL, reflects on the women’s equity and inclusive business session at the recent Business Fights Poverty Oxford Conference. How do we can create change throughout the value chain? From getting a better representation of women on executive boards, to empowering women in the workplace.
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Tamsin Jones

This week Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership meets Tamsin Jones. In this interview Tamsin examines why gender equality throughout the workplace is important, presenting her new joint venture, ‘The Boardroom Africa’ as one solution to the low female representation on boards, as well as sharing her advice on how we can create equality.
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Sizakele Marutlulle

This week Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Sizakele Marutlulle, Founder and CEO of communications strategy company: Marutlulle +CO. Sizakele talks to us in anticipation of her keynote speaker role during the Business Fights Poverty flagship 2018 Oxford conference.
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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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