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Resource Kits
Explore our issue-based resource kits with downloadable, co-created learning resources. Everything you need to inform your organisation’s social impact strategy and stay ahead of emerging social impact trends.
How Can Businesses Put People at the Heart of Climate Action?
This Resource Kit, supported by Pearson and developed with Change by Degrees, includes practical tools for putting people at the heart of climate action. It applies principles of climate justice to actions companies can take across their core business, philanthropy and policy advocacy.
Business case studies and leading edge thinking. An explanation in greater depth as to why putting people at the heart of climate action should now be a business priority: Business Fights Poverty Magazine
Learn from a panel of experts in this live webinar: How do we apply a climate justice lens to build business and community resilience?
Business practitioner answers to human centred climate action on people’s rights (see p.3-4) and vulnerabilities (see p.8-10): Climate Justice Online Forum Discussions
How can we integrate gender into net zero planning in supply chains?
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This Resource Kit looks at how businesses can integrate gender equality with climate change initiatives in their supply chains and how this can be critical to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Companies can integrate gender through supply chain mapping, incentivising suppliers, and investing in gender-responsive projects to enhance outcomes.
Gender Integration in Carbon Projects
Practical guidance for Voluntary Carbon Market developers to create inclusive projects, improving outcomes for women. Includes steps, resources, and examples. This report is part of the FCDO’s Work and Opportunities for Women Programme.
Women and the Net Zero Economy
A toolkit on how companies can transition to a net-zero economy while economically empowering vulnerable women working in global value chains.
Decarbonisation with a Gender Lens
Guidance for companies on gender considerations they need to keep in mind when planning Scope 3 emissions reductions across their supply chain.
Applying a Gender Lens to Net-Zero
A workshop panel discussion sharing the latest thinking and examples on how applying a gender lens can help drive progress towards net-zero.
Climate and Women in Agriculture
A report looking at the impacts of climate change on women in agricultural supply chains, responses and recommendations for business action.
Gender and Climate Change Resources
A list of other resources for integrating gender and climate action in supply chains, including frameworks, case studies, videos and podcasts.
More Climate Resources
At this year’s Business Fights Poverty Global Goals Summit, a number of sessions turned their attention to the launch of our new Five Bridges to 2045: How Business Can Build a Fairer, More Resilient Future. Eighteen experts from our global network took part in online sessions and an in-person event hosted with Barclays in New York, where representatives from Ikea, Natura, Vodafone Foundation, ABF Sugar and Fundación Paraguaya shared their perspectives on how to bring the report’s vision of embedding social impact and sustainability into core business closer to reality.
- Agriculture, Business, Business Purpose, Climate & Environment, Climate Action, Climate Justice, Corporate Impact, Diversity, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, Employment and Jobs, Equity, Equity and Inclusion, Finance and Investment, Financial Inclusion, Fostering Leadership, Global Goals, Governance and Transparency, Health, Human Rights, Human Rights and Governance, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement, Learning and Skills, Livelihoods and Jobs, Living Wages, Micro, Partnerships, Responsible Business, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Welfare, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Employment, Technology
Climate change is already harming garment workers—especially women—through extreme heat, flooding, illness, lost wages, and increased violence. RISE’s new research reveals how climate risks cascade through workers’ lives and offers actionable steps for brands and manufacturers. The call is clear: climate action in the garment sector must start with listening to workers.
A project to build the resilience to climate change of coastal communities in Sierra Leone, and a partnership with world-leading researchers on how the private sector can contribute to a fair and just energy transition, are just two examples of AXA XL’s work on social impact. As part of managing the risks and seizing the opportunities of the transition and navigating the extreme weather events from a changing climate, AXA XL are working to deliver positive social impact for people and communities around the world and accelerate an inclusive transition.
The EU Green Claims Directive (GCD) will outlaw false environmental claims, regulating consumer trust, truthful business and meaningful sustainability action. Credible sustainability systems will be vital in corporate adaptation to the GCD. Influencing companies’ claims work, they can create positive impacts for people and planet. In Part Two of ISEAL’s credibility series, Vidya Rangan, Policy and Engagement Director and Patrick Mallet, ISEAL’s Innovations Director, reveal why credible claims are so vital.
In this episode, we welcome Social Impact Pioneer Josh Wheeler — founder of Be Broadcast, award-winning broadcast PR strategist, and one of the UK’s leading voices on reshaping how we talk about climate change and how to move the conversation from climate fear, stalling and inaction, to something everyone can take positive action on.
A pioneering partnership between Planting Naturals, APT Action on Poverty, and MAPCO has reduced child labour by 70% in Sierra Leone’s palm oil sector. By combining ethical sourcing, community-led development, and inclusive finance, this collaboration shows how businesses and NGOs can drive sustainable change through shared responsibility and grassroots engagement.
Credibility is the key to unlocking crucial sustainability impacts. Embedding trust and confidence, credible sustainability systems help governments and businesses address today’s most urgent challenges. Patrick Mallet, ISEAL’s Innovations Director, explains what credibility is and why it’s so important.
Women play a vital yet often overlooked role in agriculture and climate resilience. CottonConnect CEO Alison Ward highlights how women cotton farmers are disproportionately impacted by climate change—and why they must be central to sustainability strategies. Through education, training, and recognition, women can lead transformative climate action from the ground up.
