Sustainable Development

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

Hanneke Faber

Meet Hanneke Faber. In this interview, Hanneke, who is the President of Foods & Refreshment at Unilever, reveals how they stay global sustainability leaders and why food is broken.
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Rudrani Oza

Meet Rudrani Oza. She is senior manager of farm innovations for CottonConnect. Based in India, Rudrani is a gender expert, with over 16 years of experience in the areas of gender, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, water & sanitation, and children’s rights.
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A sustainable equitable food system needs to be nourished at the source

COVID-19 has exposed many of the vulnerabilities in our food system, one of which is just how reliant global supply chains are on people’s well-being at every step of the journey. The small-scale farmers in emerging markets who produce much of the world’s food ingredients, live in countries that face high rates of malnutrition, with many farming households unable to eat healthily themselves.
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How Women Farmers and Entrepreneurs Can Build Resilience during COVID-19

Because of pervasive inequalities, women are vulnerable to the lasting economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article highlights some of the ways we can strengthen the resilience of women farmers and entrepreneurs during the crisis and aid their post-pandemic recovery.
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Listening to women cotton farmers’ voices: The human cost of climate change

The effects of climate change are seriously impacting the lives of cotton farmers, especially women. CottonConnect’s discussions with women cotton farmers in India and Pakistan identified how climate change affects all areas of women’s lives – on the farm, caring for livestock, and in the home – and results in reduced income, time and health.
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Covid: no ‘great leveller’ when it comes to women workers’ rights

As we mark this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, measures to tackle COVID-19 continue to exacerbate gender inequality worldwide. If we truly want to build back fairer, then businesses, civil society and governments must put women’s rights squarely at the centre of post-pandemic recovery plans, says the Fairtrade Foundation’s Alice Lucas.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic is Jeopardizing Women’s Ability to Earn a Living. Here’s How We Can Respond.

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting farmers, entrepreneurs, and workers across the globe, but its economic impact on women is particularly severe. How can the private sector, governments, and civil society ensure that women can continue to do business amid the pandemic?
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Making agricultural trade unions accessible to women workers

In October, THIRST organised a discussion to learn from Oxfam’s Juliet Suliwa and COLSIBA’s Adela Torres and Iris Munguia how unions in the Latin American banana sector have been successfully opened up to women, and how Malawian tea unions are starting to do the same. Read more in this article from Sabita Banerji CEO of The International Roundtable for Sustainable Tea
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What we need to transition to a circular economy

Circularity has become a trending topic in the business world in recent years. Earlier this year, 50 CEOS signed a letter to the Financial Times where they committed to accelerating their company’s transition to a more circular one, however companies still have a long way to go when it comes tracking progress in circularity.
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Renewable energy investments can boost the Caribbean’s sustainable recovery: Innovative financing approaches

Unlocking an economic boost by investing in renewable energy can be a pillar of the COVID-19 recovery, but will require significant work to align actors across the sector. Read more in this article, the second in a series on Renewable energy investments, from the Clinton Global Initiative and Resilience Capital Ventures.
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Demonstrating a business case for agroecology

The coronavirus pandemic has affected food systems around the world, leading to disruptions in production and food supply. Calls to ‘build back better’ and strengthen the resilience of agricultural value chains are now mainstream. Business practices and markets that support regenerative agriculture need to be part of this.
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Renewable energy investments can boost the Caribbean’s sustainable recovery: A green economic stimulus

The growing renewable energy sector offers a significant opportunity for advancing green recovery and economic diversification in the Caribbean. The disruption occasioned by the pandemic could be a kickstart to speed up these shifts. Read more in this article, the first in a series on Renewable energy investments, from the Clinton Global Initiative and Resilience Capital Ventures.
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How solar-powered tablets are educating rural communities about COVID-19

In the wake of the outbreak of the novel corona virus and realizing the need to disseminate information about the spread and prevention of COVID19 and other health-related issues, the Community Tablet initiative, with support received from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is conducting digital campaigns in communities that are otherwise excluded from digital information.
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How impact investing can boost rural economies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

With a global recession and increasing food insecurity, rural development needs to focus on more than just improving agricultural productivity. Innovative financing is critical to strengthening rural economies in developing countries. Impact investments are particularly suited to address rural inequities in a post-COVID world.
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Informal women workers organize and learn to safely recycle e-waste in Manila

As the world continues to produce, buy, and discard newer and more advanced electronic devices and appliances, countries are also facing the growing problem of what do with the waste generated when these products are discarded. If not properly processed, this e-waste (also known as waste electrical and electronic equipment or WEEE), poses a serious threat to the environment and to public health, especially in developing countries where e-waste is often shipped.
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Building a commercial buffalo dairy in Laos: five minutes with entrepreneur Susie Martin

The Business Partnerships Platform creates partnerships between the Australian Government and inclusive businesses for social impact. A partnership in Laos is scaling a commercial buffalo dairy – connecting with small holder farmers and promoting the benefits of buffalo milk. Hear more on the business challenges and COVID-19 pivot from founder and entrepreneur, Susie Martin.
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Investing in inclusion delivers green and fair outcomes

While calls to ‘build back better’ from COVID-19 are now reverberating across parliamentary halls and board rooms the world over, for many decision makers the question is: how? Involving and investing in small enterprises is part of the answer.
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Four lessons for businesses wanting to build more equitable supply chains through sustainable sourcing

We have seen during Covid-19 the importance of strengthening value chains so they can withstand external shocks and market volatility in the long term. James Jenkins share recommendations for businesses embarking on sustainable sourcing projects in developing countries so they can truly achieve impact for farming communities, in addition to commercial and sustainability goals.
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VIDEO: How can companies ensure they have a positive relationship with the world around them?

Members of the Business Fights Poverty network share their insights through a series of “how-to” videos on the themes of Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020. In this video Cristianne Close, Global Practice Leader, Markets, at WWF looks at how companies can ensure they have a positive relationship with nature and at the same time help to address other problems like poverty
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Peg Willingham

Peg Willingham is the Executive Director of Fairtrade America. Fairtrade’s mission to work with businesses, farmers and workers certifying products as ethically and sustainably sourced is more important than ever. Listen to this podcast to hear Peg share her insights of the compounded effects of COVID-19 on many of the world’s poorest farmers;
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