Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore the connections between health equity and climate change, and how can businesses play a role. The live panel takes places onThursday 16 March 2023, 11 to 12pm EST / 3pm to 4 pm GMT
This live written discussion explored the connections between health equity and climate change, and how can businesses play a role. Thursday 16 March, 11
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
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
Hosted with Bayer Interviewees: Daniella Foster, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability, Consumer Health Division, Bayer Minaud Dacius,
Hosted with Amref and the National Business Compact on Coronavirus Focused on learnings from an ambitious multi-stakeholder platform tackling COVID-19 in East Africa, this
Davos event calls on private and public sector actors to support, empower and reward millers who fortify commonly consumed staple foods with essential micronutrients
This live written panel discussion to explored how we can advance vaccination equity in Europe, and address disparities in coverage amongst people affected by
Traditional health insurance models are not suitable for low-income segments, leaving millions of people globally financially vulnerable to health shocks. New approaches to financing healthcare are more urgently needed than ever. The Swiss Re Foundation 2023 Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award provides USD700k to accelerate entrepreneurial approaches to improving financial access to healthcare for low-income populations.
This live written panel discussion explored how we can advance vaccination equity in Europe, and address disparities in coverage amongst people affected by income poverty, severe material deprivation or social exclusion. This Insights Paper summaries the key points of the discussion.
Hear from Social Impact Pioneer Aled Jones. Aled is an eighth-generation farmer and the President of the National Farmers Union Cymru – the leading agricultural organisation that represents and champions all farmers and growers in Wales.
Malnutrition is a business issue. The link between malnutrition and poverty might be an obvious one. The links between malnutrition and business are perhaps less so. During this conversation we are going to deep dive into both, whilst looking at the intersections between nutrition, climate change, conflict and communicable disease.
What do the World Food Programme, BASF, Royal DSM and Nigeria Flour Mills have in common? They all recognize the key role of small-scale and medium-sized millers to bring food fortification to scale, as part of national strategies to combat malnutrition.
Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is a term used to encapsulate the broader systemic factors that link menstruation with health, well-being, equity, empowerment, and individual rights. Leveraging their expertise in market sanitation in Ethiopian communities, a team of iDE-ers sought to expand the organization’s approach through an exploratory study of MHH.
New research from The Power of Nutrition and Modern Scientist Global uncovers specifically the cost of stunting (children with low height for their age) to businesses’ bottom lines, as well as to workers’ incomes and the wider economy.
Ben Jeffreys is a social impact pioneer – he is dedicating his life to bring clean cooking to everyone around the world. Ben believes that this is one of, if not the world’s biggest social and environmental challenge … and he has the statistics to back it up.
Working with INGO Farm Africa, Waitrose & Partners Foundation provided a financial support package to give additional support to Waitrose suppliers in Kenya affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Support has included PPE, healthcare, childcare, food packages for workers on reduced earnings and helping smallholder farmers to restart the supply of vegetables.
This workshop summary explores how the public sector, private sector (including both local millers and multinational companies), and development organisations can work together to scale staple food fortification. Read it to discover key recommendations based on a two-pronged plan of action for collective advocacy and investment. With TechnoServe, Accenture, and endeva.
