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 article explores these trends and the role businesses can and should play.
Leading East African FemTech company, Kasha, share nine key lessons learnt from scaling their business with support from TRANSFORM. TRANSFORM is a joint initiative between Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and EY that provides grant funding and business consultancy to impact enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
François Taddei, from his upcoming book Game-Changing: Together Solving the Problems of the 21st Century, writes about the importance of celebration to foster collaboration and co-creation among engaged actors, including the business community, to transform education for the future of the planet.
Applications are open for the Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award 2022. This competition awards impact-driven, market-based organizations that contribute to building resilient societies. This year, the award targets enterprises that increase financial access to healthcare in low-income communities.
Two billion people across the globe lack access to formal financial services and approximately 90% of these live in developing countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth but also increased the danger that those at the very margins of society, could get left behind. A new study examines crucial lessons learned over the past 12 months from organisations striving to continue to support vulnerable people access finical services throughout the pandemic, to prevent vital progress from being undone.
YBI today launches a new report ‘Refocus, Retool, Reset: Insights from Youth Business International’s COVID-19 Rapid Response & Recovery Programme’, sharing our learnings and insights from YBI’s Rapid Response and Recovery Programme, supported by Google.org and delivered by a total of 34 YBI network members and delivery partners across the EMEA, APAC and MENA regions.
This conversation is recorded from Glasgow during the COP26 and the Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit. During this conversation Devika Gopal Agge, Chief Development Officer and Charlotte Fraiberg, Board Advisor from Health In Harmony share their insights from Glasgow.
By definition, social procurement leverages the purchasing power of companies to achieve broader social impact objectives. It goes beyond responsible sourcing which integrates and manages ESG criteria into the procurement process. Instead, it focuses on buying goods, materials, or services from social businesses with the explicit intention to create net positive impact.
Watch this Fireside with Bayer on Women, Family and Contraceptives. SPEAKERS: Mildred Nadah Pita, Head Global Health Programs/Sustainability, Middle Africa, Bayer Dr. Claus Runge,
Our webinar explored “Vaccine Literacy and Access: The Role of Business Partnerships” and discussed how businesses can be strong advocates for vaccine uptake, key
Over half of young people think that humanity is doomed, according to a new climate change survey. Since I was born just over 50 years ago, global surface temperatures have risen faster than in any other 50-year period over the past 2,000 years. Clearly, my generation has a lot to answer for. What is one to do in the face of such dire challenges? For business, the message from employees, customers and their other stakeholders is clear: do something.
Family planning supports the agency of women and girls whilst bringing significant benefits to communities and national economies. In this article, Dr. Claus Runge, Head of Market Access, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and Zahid Torres-Rahman, Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty, explain how multilateral partnerships can increase access to these essential services.
PVH Corp.’s nutrition partnership with The Power of Nutrition showcases how the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh is uniquely placed to help lifting the country from the burden of malnutrition and drive social impact for women and communities.
The pandemic has caused international upheaval in terms of development aid and gender equality. At a time when especially girls and women in low- and middle-income countries need more support than ever before, it has been even more challenging to get the needed funding and assistance. What does the future hold? Experts from the UNFPA, The World Bank, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals came together to discuss.
A year into the onset of the pandemic, years of progress in health and nutrition are being upended. A community-driven response is key to delivering undisrupted, essential healthcare services to the most vulnerable across Bangladesh.
What does it mean to ‘build capacity’ of healthcare workers globally? We know that clinical expertise must be matched with knowledge and appreciation of context – politics, policy, economy, culture.
In our current times, the balance between profit and purpose has never been more tested than during the current global health crisis which we presently face. As much as the pandemic has affected communities, cultures and countries across the world, it has impacted people on a personal level and shifted the perspective on international cooperation, and, of course, how we collaborate.
A report on how wider uptake of ‘self-care’ approaches can reduce pressure on strained health systems, improve vulnerable people’s health outcomes and empower individuals and communities in the process. With Bayer.
