Poverty

5 Insights on Generative AI, Social Impact and the Role of Business

How Can the Private Sector Tackle Inequality and Generate Shared Prosperity for All? 

Tackling Digital and Financial Exclusion: Women Vendors Raising Themselves Out of Poverty with Social Media Marketing

How can business support vulnerable people and communities in the face of the poverty tsunami?

Malnutrition is a Business Issue, Explain Maniza and Alok

What is Climate Justice, with Tara, Chris and Javier

Social inequality has become an investor priority

Eric Meade, Reframing Poverty

Poverty Tsunami Briefing Paper

Business Fights Poverty Magazine

What do we mean by "Poverty"?

5 Insights on Generative AI, Social Impact and the Role of Business

Our latest report explores the rapid evolution of generative AI, its potential for positive social impact, the risks it poses, and the crucial role of businesses in harnessing its benefits and mitigating its risks. Share your perspectives and help shape our collective thinking on building an equitable, resilient future.
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How Can the Private Sector Tackle Inequality and Generate Shared Prosperity for All? 

Systemic inequality poses an existential threat to our society and economy. The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI)’s flagship report is an urgent call to business leaders to prioritize ten impactful actions that champion equity and inclusion and drive truly transformative change.
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Tackling Digital and Financial Exclusion: Women Vendors Raising Themselves Out of Poverty with Social Media Marketing

Women micro-entrepreneurs in Nairobi’s informal settlements struggle to get online and access the credit they need. Hand in Hand and Visa Inc.’s groundbreaking ‘acceleration’ programme tackled digital and financial exclusion, boosting participants’ profits by an average of 95%. Lucy Kerei, Programme Manager at Hand in Hand, Eastern Africa, shares how.

How can business support vulnerable people and communities in the face of the poverty tsunami?

COVID, conflict and climate change are among a confluence of challenges driving a tsunami of poverty that is already crashing into the lives of

Malnutrition is a Business Issue, Explain Maniza and Alok

What is Climate Justice, with Tara, Chris and Javier

Social inequality has become an investor priority

When the European Union embraced the concept of double materiality in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, mandating that investors consider risks corporations externalize onto people, the business and human rights movement notched a significant win. Now the notion of double materiality is also taking shape in a different guise beyond Europe: in rising investor concerns around systemic risks, including inequality.

Eric Meade, Reframing Poverty

Poverty Tsunami Briefing Paper

COVID, conflict and climate change are among a confluence of challenges driving a tsunami of poverty that is already crashing into the lives of vulnerable people and communities around the world. This briefing explores these trends and the role businesses can and should play.

Business Fights Poverty Magazine

Across the world, a confluence of challenges— notably, COVID, conflict, and climate change—is driving a poverty tsunami that is already crashing into people’s lives. Inside this latest magazine, you will find articles about businesses are building breakwaters to protect the growing number of vulnerable people against the oncoming wave. Our magazines help you navigate the challenges of scaling your social impact and share some of the leading edge thinking on topics across the space.​ Download the latest issue and past issues by clicking on the Magazine cover.
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