WELCOME

1.00 - 1.30 PM BST
8.00 - 8.30 AM EDT

Fireside Chat with:

Eliza Natividad Robles, Business Owner, Lima, Peru

Sergio Rincon, President of AB InBev-Backus, Peru

Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School (moderator)

We heard how AB InBev has been supporting small businesses during the pandemic via new technology and capacity building to enhance the impact their customers are having in their communities.

WEBINAR

1.30 - 2.30 PM BST
8.30 - 9.30 AM EDT

Business Leadership for the SDGs

Hosted with Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Responsibility Initiative

Mamadou Biteye, Vice President, Inclusive Growth, Global Social Impact, Visa Inc

Elvis Kadhama, Co-Founder, Pearl Entrepreneurs Academy, Uganda, & Fellow, One Young World

Mike Quinn, Author, "Failing to Win", and Co-Founder & CEO at Boost Technology

Caroline Read, Director for Economic Cooperation and Growth, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School (moderator)

In this session, business leadership and the SDGs were considered from the point of view of panellists from the inter-governmental, government, business, and youth communities. What are the expectations on business to act on the significant challenges the world faces, and what does good leadership look like?

We deep-dived into the multiple ways that business can take action and partner across sectors to create a more sustainable and resilient future.

MASTERCLASS

2.30 - 4.00 PM BST
9.30 - 11.00 AM EDT

Embedding Purpose into Brands to Deliver the SDGs

Hosted with AB InBev

John Blood, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer & Corporate Secretary, AB InBev

Mark Breitbard, President & CEO Global Gap Brand, Franchise, Strategic Alliances & Licensing. Gap Inc

Emily Dalton Smith, VP of Social Impact, Facebook

Myriam Sidibe, Founder, Brands on a Mission

Leslie Crutchfield, Executive Director, Business for Impact, McDonough School of Business,
Georgetown University (moderator)

In this masterclass, we brought together leading practitioners to share their advice on why and how to embed purpose in brands. We focused on how businesses can leverage the reach and trust of their corporate and/or consumer-facing brands to drive positive change in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.

We were given practical guidance and inspiration from real-world examples. We heard about the powerful impact for people and planet, as well as for business growth and competitiveness.

PEER CIRCLES

4.00 - 5.00 PM BST
11.00 AM - 12.00 PM EDT

WELCOME

1.00 - 1.30 PM BST
8.00 - 8.30 AM EDT

Hosted with Mars Inc

Welcome by Zahid and Yvette, Business Fights Poverty

Followed by a Fireside Chat with:

Abby Maxman, CEO and President, Oxfam America

Barry Parkin, Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer, Mars Inc

We heard Mars and Oxfam debate whether we are brave enough to fix a broken food system and how they are working together through the Farmer Income Lab to improve farmer livelihoods.

WEBINAR

1.30 - 2.30 PM BST
8.30 - 9.30 AM EDT

Business and Agricultural Transformation

Hosted with Mars Inc

Andrew Bovarnick, Global Head, Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems (FACS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Clare Flannery, Sustainability Manager, AB InBev

Rafael Flor, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

Inge Jacobs Senior Manager Human Rights and Income – Cocoa, Mars Wrigley

Richard Rogers, Managing Director, Rogers MacJohn (Moderator)

In this panel discussion, we focused on lessons for companies from countries that have successfully and sustainably reduced smallholder poverty at scale, as part of the country’s rural agricultural transformation process. Drawing on brand new research by The Farmer Income Lab, founded by Mars Inc, as well as practical examples, we explored the role business can play in building smallholder resilience.

We heard about some of the latest thinking on supporting smallholder farmers, with valuable and practical insights that we could take back into our own organisations.

WEBINAR

2.30 - 3.30 PM BST
9.30 - 10.30 AM EDT

Unleashing the Potential of Youth Enterprise

Hosted with Youth Business International

Adenike Adeyemi, CEO, FATE Foundation Nigeria & Trustee, YBI

Olabisi Akinbajo, Founder of Toke Cosmetics (young entrepreneur), Nigeria

Yogesh Gawande, Founder of NIYO Innovative Solutions LLP (young entrepreneur), India

Jennifer D. Wilson, Lead of Emerging Topics - Global Responsible Business, Accenture

Marta Krupinska, Chair, YBI & Head of Google Startups UK
(Moderator)

Faced with a dire job market, entrepreneurship gives young people an opportunity for unlocking income generation and creating decent work for themselves and others. But what support is available to succeed? Together we explored what challenges and effective support for young entrepreneurs look like.

This session provided us with the opportunity to build our case for why supporting young entrepreneurs makes business sense; exploring specific challenges and shining a light on opportunities as we heard first-hand testimonies from young entrepreneurs.

WELCOME

1.00 - 1.30 PM BST
8.00 - 8.30 AM EDT

Hosted with Bayer

Welcome by Zahid and Yvette, Business Fights Poverty

Followed by a Fireside Chat with:

Mildred Nadah Pita,
Head Global Healthcare Programs/Sustainability Middle Africa, Bayer

Dr. Claus Runge,
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Market Access, Public Affairs & Sustainability at Bayer Pharmaceuticals

The past two years have put massive pressure on healthcare systems and work in supporting those who are most vulnerable. In this session we heard about Partnerships for Family Planning – from Global to Local. Collaborating for change.

WEBINAR

1.30 - 2.30 PM BST
8.30 - 9.30 AM EDT

Vaccine Literacy and Access: The Role of Business Partnerships

Hosted with Business Partners to CONVINCE

Shamiram Feinglass,
Chief Medical Officer and Executive, Global Medical Affairs & Policy Danaher Corporation

Catalina Garcia, Global Director of Corporate Affairs, AB InBev and Board Director, AB InBev Foundation

Keith Kibirango, Director of Philanthropy and Private Sector Engagement, Crown Agents

Scott Ratzan, Distinguished Lecturer, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

Zahid Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder & CEO, Business Fights Poverty (moderator)

In this session, we explored the role of business partnerships in ensuring vaccine literacy and access, recognising the role vaccination will play in helping us recover from the pandemic. Drawing on live examples, we unpacked the challenges and opportunities of business engagement - whether through their workforce or by harnessing their logistics and marketing capacities.

In this session we learned to understand how best to engage our business or business partners in vaccination efforts around the world. We got practical advice, and heard the latest thinking.

WEBINAR

2.30 - 3.30 PM BST
9.30 - 10.30 AM EDT

Building Skills for a Sustainable Future: From Learning to Action

Hosted with Pearson

Opening:

Andy Bird, CEO, Pearson

Zahid Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty

Panel:

Els Howard-Polman, Vice President - Business Development and Innovation,
Pearson

Patrick Hull, VP Future of Work, Unilever

Natasha Kwakwa, Global Head, Community Programmes & Impact, Group Sustainability, Standard Chartered

Mario Elias Gonzalez Lupercio, Shared Value and Innovation, CEMEX

Richard Stagg, VP Portfolio Management & Publishing Director, Higher Education, UK. Pearson

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership, Business Fights Poverty (Moderator)

This interactive session focused on how the private sector can both support - and benefit from - collaborative initiatives to build the skills that are essential to our future prosperity. What knowledge and skills do we need now, and can we best put our learning into action?

We reflected on our take-home messages from the week, and explored how business can equip their employees and wider community to play their part in tackling the challenges ahead.