Water, Sanitation & Poverty Eradication

Partnering for Healthier Cities

This World Cities Day, Neil Jeffery, CEO, WSUP and Susan Mboya, President, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation take a look at how WSUP is working with The Coca-Cola Company to improve water access in cities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Health, Water and Sanitation

November 8, 2017

How Some Health NGOs Can Be Bolder in Their Engagement with Business

I was recently invited to present TPI’s partnering toolkit on NCDs – developed last year in collaboration with Bupa and UICC – at EPHA’s annual conference. The memorable phrase ‘evil puppeteers’ was used in one presentation, in reference to the nefarious and shady activities of corporate lobbyists.

Agriculture, Health, Partnerships, Water and Sanitation

October 19, 2017

Developing More Responsible Leaders

Emerging World’s mission is to ‘help business shape a better future’ and one of our main areas of interest is to understand the role of Responsible Leadership and how best to develop it. Over the last couple of years, we’ve been delighted to work closely with Dr Karen Blakeley, Head…

Intrapreneurship, Water and Sanitation

September 20, 2017

The Money is There to Fight Climate Change

Policy debates on climate change and sustainable development routinely cite the massive numbers needed to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): an additional $1 trillion annually in clean energy investments to limit global warming to below 2 degrees and between $5-7 trillion a year to achieve the SDGs…

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Climate Justice, Energy, Finance and Investment, Global Goals, Water and Sanitation

September 19, 2017

Lessons in Corporate Social Innovation

Justin, first of all, please introduce yourself to the Business Fights Poverty community. I work at the intersection of strategy, sustainability and innovation. I started my career as a strategy consultant, and as time went by, I began looking for ways to apply those skills to the most intractable challenges…

Agriculture, Innovative Business Models, Intrapreneurship, Social Enterprises, Water and Sanitation, Youth

September 15, 2017

Using Customer Data to Crack the Last-mile Distribution Challenge

You can’t manage what you don’t know. While we’d probably all subscribe to that maxim, it’s one that rings especially true for organizations seeking to serve the more than four billion low-income people living at the base of the pyramid (BoP). BoP markets have long been heralded for their potential…