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To be a leading, thriving company, there is greater need than ever to redefine value creation and how businesses “net out” their impact. Leading organizations in the business for impact sector understand that what is now essential is giving people the right to be, act, and serve as changemakers for the common good in their everyday work.

Contributions from across the Business Fights Poverty community have shone a light on how businesses and their partners are continuing to build long-term resilience in the wake of COVID-19, including supporting the wellbeing and potential of vulnerable workers in agricultural supply chains.

In the run-up to our Rebuild Better Virtual Summit on Gender, Business Fights Poverty’s online content has explored what business can do to support women’s leadership; the transition to a green economy; and how we can create resilient food systems that enable small-scale farmers to flourish.

The New Year presents an opportunity to set new resolutions and examine our intentions for the future. This year, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the political unrest in the USA has made these questions more pressing than usual. What is the future that we want, and what is our role, both professionally and personally, in achieving it?

We have been humbled by the willingness of people to step forward and openly share their insights and knowledge in an effort to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable people and communities. Here are the top 10 articles from this year.

In the last roundup of the year, we continue our discussions on gender equality and building resilient and sustainable food systems, and look forward to our first event on 21 January 2021 – Rebuild Better: Where Now? 

Business Fights Poverty’s inaugural Virtual Summit, on 15th October, will deep-dive into how business can help ensure health access for all. In the run-up, we’ve published several articles on this theme. Other offerings explore the opportunity of global value chains to create a more inclusive and equitable world. 

After the rich discussions last week at Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020, Annabel Beales helps navigate a veritable explosion of insightful, practical and inspirational content.