Climate & Environment

Environmental Strategies to Fight Poverty

Sheri Hickok discussing Carbon Markets

Exploring the Role of Carbon Markets in Climate Change Solutions: Insights from COP28 with Sheri Hickok

In this podcast Sheri Hickok provides a 101 on the function of carbon markets and their evolution through carbon offsetting hiccups; whilst giving us a glimpse behind the curtain of the globe’s climate conference.
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Decarbonisation with a Gender Lens

Supply Chain Decarbonisation with a Gender Lens

New report launched at Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit. Supply Chain Decarbonisation with a Gender Lens: Practical Guidance for Global Businesses
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Climate Justice 2023

Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit 2023, Online and In Person

The online Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit 2023, broadcasting live from Dubai and Nairobi during the COP28 climate summit, will give you the chance to have your voice heard wherever you may be in the world. Register for FREE using promo code BFPCJ23
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Regenerative Enterprise: Pioneering a Sustainable Future, with Niels de Fraguier

In this podcast Niels de Fraguier explains how regenerative enterprise business models – tackling climate change and ending poverty.
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Climate Change Poverty Gender Based Violence

Practical Action: Climate Change and Poverty Increases Gender Based Violence

Mariette Utamuvuna, Berthille Kampire and George Williams explain how climate change and poverty increase gender based violence.
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Online Written Discussion – Farmer Centred Food Security

Our online discussion centered on enhancing farmer-centred food security. Recognizing that 84% of our farms are smallholdings, yet the average smallholder farmer earns just
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Smallholder Farmers: Female Farmer holding a Sunflower.

Why a Food-Secure Future Means Focusing on Smallholder Farmers

This World Children’s Day, the UK hosts the Global Food Security Summit, addressing Zero Hunger and malnutrition. Amid alarming UN projections of over 600 million people facing hunger by 2030, the summit focuses on empowering smallholder farmers and leveraging technology for a sustainable, resilient food system
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Two women from Ghana Sustainable Shea butter

Empowering Ghanaian Women in Sustainable Shea Trading

Shea trading does nothing to lift women producers in Ghana above the UN poverty line.  The Dipaliya Return on Extraction business model changes all that, empowering women, providing fair wages, and enabling community investments. Dipaliya stands for ethical and regenerative shea trading in Ghana.
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Cesar and Michelle Food Security and Farmer Livelihoods

Food Security and Farmer Livelihoods with Cesar and Michelle

Michelle Grogg, Cargill and Cesar Galaviz, Rancher, Farmer and Agronomist, Mexico talk food security and farmer livelihoods
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How Business Can Unlock the Benefits of Integrating Social and Environmental Goals

PLEASE RETURN TO THIS PAGE ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER TO WATCH THE FULL VIDEO Watch this hybrid workshop with Mars Inc to learn from the
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Global Goals Summit 2023 – Day 1 – Workshop 2

This hybrid workshop with Mars Inc you can learn about the latest research on the business case for integrating social and environmental strategies into business
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Empowering Women in Cotton Farming: Building Resilience Amid Climate Change Challenges

As the climate crisis worsens, women are crucial to the success of cotton-growing communities. Here’s the support they need.
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Just Transition

A Just Transition: A Deep Dive into Benchmarking Expectations with the WBA

Savanna and Joachim from the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) provide practical support for business on delivering a just transition.
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Bridging Net Zero and Poverty Zero Goals: A Crucial Framework for Global Sustainability

The climate crisis demands urgent emission cuts, but equitable poverty reduction is equally critical. Science-backed metrics for Net Zero and Poverty Zero must align, driven by multilateral development banks. A three-point plan for governments and the private sector can ensure a just transition, safeguarding both the planet and its people.”
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Five Reasons Why We Need Fair Food Systems for Future Food Security.

Fairtrade’s recently launched sustainable agriculture policy calls for resilient food systems built on agroecology – that is, the application of environmentally, economically and socially responsible principles to farming. Here are five reasons why our current food and farming policies need a complete reset – and how we can do it.
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Group of school children in Nigeria dressed in a green uniform and holding white bags

Eco-Green Teens Project: Empowering Nigerian Youth for Sustainable Agriculture

The Eco-Green Teens Project, initiated by a team in Nigeria, addresses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food insecurity and rising prices. Through financial literacy and sustainable agriculture education, rural teenagers learned to cultivate staple foods and embrace a bio-circular economy. Empowered by the Global Youth Mobilization, the program fosters entrepreneurship and addresses UN SDGs.
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A family tends to their floating farms in Bangladesh

Green and Social Investments in the Global South will Show Returns Worldwide

Bangladesh is implementing innovative measures and allocating a significant portion of its budget to combat climate change. Learn why investing in the Global South now not only addresses the urgent climate emergency but also promises long-term benefits for the rest of the world.
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Kopila Tharu fishing in a traditional way in the Karnali Rive

What Loss and Damage Means for Human Rights and Your Business

Climate-driven Loss and Damage is bad for business and customers, but worst for the world’s economic backbone: women on the frontline of climate change. If their ability to manage climate change is not supported, business continuity stalls. Companies should support women, alongside civil society and policymakers, to foster a global economy that delivers for everyone. 
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Joyce Coffee and Henning Alts

Building Climate Resilience: Sustainable Homes and Social Impact with Henning and Joyce

Social Impact Pioneers Joyce Coffee and Henning Alts examine how to building climate resilience with sustainable, affordable homes.
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Fairtrade products in Kaufland

Five Reasons Why Fairtrade Remains the #1 Ethical Consumer Choice

Research in 12 countries by GlobeScan for Fairtrade suggests rising food prices haven’t deterred the majority of shoppers from paying a bit more for a Fairtrade product. Many people still put ethical considerations high on their list when they go to the supermarket. Here are five good reasons why.
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