about challenges

We work as a community to identify and address specific, strategic questions about how to harness and scale the positive impact of business on people or planet.

1. Convene

We leverage our global network of companies, partners and 20,000 experts to bring together the best people to tackle the Challenge question.

2. Co-create

We design an interactive programme of analysis and engagement to co-create the Challenge output and deepen relationships.

3. Communicate

We harness a range of platforms - including our online articles, social media channels and international events to share the Challenge insights and outputs.

Hover your cursor over a segment to highlight a Sustainable Development Goal and click to see a list below of any live and past Challenges related to it. To learn more about the SDGs, click here.

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live challenges

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Women

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  • Comments 78
  • Participants 47
  • Ends by December, 2019

What role can business play in tackling gender-based violence?

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Enterprise

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  • Participants 34
  • Ends by October, 2019

What can large businesses do to strengthen small business ecosystems in frontier markets?

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Partnerships

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  • Participants 17
  • Ends by July, 2019

How can we build transformational corporate-NGO partnerships?

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Impact

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  • Comments
  • Participants 28
  • Ends by July, 2019

How can we embed purpose authentically into business?

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past challenges

Responsible Investment

  • Comments
  • Participants 47
  • Ends by January, 2019

How can we engage SMEs exporting to frontier markets with the case for doing business with integrity?

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Enterprise

  • Comments 143
  • Participants 64
  • Ends by September, 2018

How can business help build the cultural foundations for peace?

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Inclusive Business

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  • Participants 59
  • Ends by September, 2018

How can we mobilise more business action to support refugee livelihoods and long-term resilience?

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Intrapreneur

  • Comments 51
  • Participants 121
  • Ends by September, 2018

How can companies develop systems that drive commercial innovation with social impact?

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