Human Rights and Governance

Advancing Human Rights and Governance

Nestlé’s System to Tackle Child Labor Works – Now We’re Scaling It Up

I’ve headed up the Nestlé Cocoa Plan for almost 12 years, so I’ve seen at firsthand how our Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System, (CLMRS), works and how it has benefitted kids and families in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. As demonstrated in our 2019 report ‘Tackling Child Labor’, it is making a real difference to the lives of thousands of kids and families.
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Reaching the Elusive Last Mile – Challenges of Digitizing Indirect FMCG Distribution Channels in Emerging Markets

Part I: Lack of data on indirect distribution networks Reaching the ‘last mile’ is imperative for consumer facing companies in emerging markets, however several constraints remain. In this three part series I will deal with some of these constraints and share some of the learnings and insights I have gained through my work at N-Frnds, a technology platform company focused on last-mile distribution in emerging markets.
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Opportunities in Africa: Innovation and Digital Infrastructure

The world of technology is changing rapidly and the African continent is changing with it. For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population is using the Internet – of all regions, the strongest growth has been reported in Africa.
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Tackling Recruitment-Fee Debt Bondage Through Technology

Modern slavery is often invisible, hidden in factories, small farms, plantations, or single-operator boats supplying seafood. A consumer goods company may be many tiers away from workers in these settings. This makes modern slavery very challenging to detect – and even harder to eradicate – in these and other parts of global supply chains.
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Daring to Dream? The Realities and Risks for Adolescent Girls Living in Fragile and Conflict Affected Areas

Across the globe girls and young women living in humanitarian crises are dreaming of a better life for themselves and their families. Girls tell us that they want to be pilots, doctors and teachers. For many of them, these aspirations will never become a reality. Instead, they are faced with impossible choices to secure their mere survival. 
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Natalia Pshenichnaya

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It’s Time for Business Leaders to Raise their Voices for Human Rights

Something strange has been happening in the world of business and human rights. Leaders of multinational corporations around the globe are speaking out about the negative human rights challenges faced in their operations and supply chains. Where most companies seek to avoid any public association with human rights issues, these business leaders are breaking the mold – and they want others to do the same.
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How Can Corporates Use Technology to Make a Deeper and More Responsible Contribution to Inclusive Business?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to discuss how corporates can use technology to make a deeper and more responsible contribution to inclusive business. Live panel taking place on Tuesday 19 November, 10-11am New York (3pm-4pm London)
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Seizing the Moment: Company Strategies to Address Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment and gender based discrimination have long been rife in the production of consumer goods. Barrientos’ new book, using the Kenyan flower industry as an example, highlights how campaigns can lead to positive change in business practice; subsequently benefitting both women workers and business performance.
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How Should Businesses Be Using Tech to Tackle Complex Issues Like Social Isolation?

When we think of social isolation it’s very easy to picture older, lonely people. But in reality, isolation affects people of all ages and backgrounds. More than one in five people in the UK feel lonely at least some of the time, making social isolation a major public health issue.
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Self Devouring Growth

“We live in a world where it is easier to imagine the end of humanity than it is to imagine the end of capitalism,” said Fredric Jameson about 40 years ago when Climate Change wasn’t even on the agenda (Capitalist realism, 2010). What is worrying is that this claim holds true to this day. When did we move from politics of collective well-being to politics of consumption?
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Working Towards a Digitally Inclusive and Connected South Africa

What are the pathways to prosperity in the digital age and how can we help developing countries navigate these pathways? Every1Mobile shares unique insights to help formulate a strategy that is truly inclusive and considerate of the digitally and economically disenfranchised.
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Five Questions on Partnership with the Pollinate Group

SDG 17 calls for a revitalisation of global partnerships. In India and Nepal, a social enterprise, Pollinate Group, is working in partnership to empower women to distribute solar energy products in informal settlements. Pollinate Group is partnering with Greenlight Planet and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Business Partnerships Platform.
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How Tech Investments Can Help Smallholders in India

Inequality in income and availability of work between rural and urban areas are large contributors to a country’s overall economic inequality. In India, agriculture still employs more than half of the workforce, but wages are low and with rising education levels many young people no longer aspire to take over the family smallholder farm
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Buy Leadership, Sell Poverty – How Finance Can Boost Value in Agricultural Supply Chains 

Financial access and inclusion continue to be sold to farming communities in the world’s leading supply chains at the very price of poverty. How do we reduce this toxic trade-off, why is it taking so long and how does it impact the planet’s future? Tasneem Mayet, BFP Ambassador, shares insights from conversations had at #BFPOXFORD, closing with some examples of what has worked well in the industry and yet why it is not enough.​
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How Can Business Accelerate Career Opportunity for Entry-Level Workers to Ensure the Future of Work is Strong and Inclusive?​

Business Fights Poverty is partnering with Walmart on a recently-launched Challenge which asks how business can accelerate the upward mobility of entry-level workers in the future of work. ​
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How Can Companies and Investors Collaborate to Embed Purpose Authentically into Business?

As part of our Challenge on Purpose supported by GSK, VISA and Unilever, Business Fights Poverty convened a meeting of around 30 representatives from companies, financial institutions, NGOs and development institutions to discuss this pertinent topic.
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Naureen Hyat

During this week’s Spotlight interview podcast, we speak with Naureen Hyat. Naureen is a serial entrepreneur ranked on the Women in FinTech Powerlist 2017.
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How Can Technology be Utilised by Businesses to Tackle Modern Slavery in their Global Supply Chains?​

Business Fights Poverty is running a Challenge on the use of technology to tackle modern slavery in global supply chains, in partnership with Nestle and WBCSD. Technology has huge potential to challenge systemic opacity, and can disrupt systems where there is misinformation.
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How Can Business Address Gender Equality Challenges Through Business Aware Practices?

The Business Fights Poverty lunch in NYC provided an opportunity to explore how companies can address gender equality challenges through their business aware practices. The discussion was focussed on the question ‘Why is SDG 5* for gender equality reportedly off-track and what can companies do differently to accelerate progress’?
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