This event is part of Global Goals Week, a shared commitment between 150+ partners across civil society, business, academia, and the UN system to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially during the UN General Assembly High-level Week. It was also an opportunity to speak out as one voice, share ideas and transformative solutions in the fight to recover better from global challenges. To view the full calendar of events, click here.
COVID, conflict and climate change are among a confluence of challenges driving a tsunami of poverty that is already crashing into the lives of vulnerable people and communities around the world. This briefing explores these trends and the role businesses can and should play.
Confirmed sessions
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
9:00 AM ET / 2:00 PM BST
90 mins
How can business drive climate justice through supply chains?
Hosted with Meta
*** 10 MINUTE INTERVAL ***
FIRESIDE CHAT
10:40 AM ET / 3.40 PM BST
20 mins
How can we support new voices for climate justice?
Hosted with Meta
FIRESIDE CHAT
11.00 AM ET / 4.00 PM BST
20 mins
How can business partnerships tackle the hidden hunger through access to essential nutrients?
Hosted with Bayer
WEBINAR
11:30 AM ET / 4.30 PM BST
60 mins
How can business partner to help small retailers thrive? Lessons from the country-level.
Hosted with AB InBev
*** 5 MINUTE INTERVAL ***
FIRESIDE CHAT
12.35 PM ET / 5.35 PM BST
20 mins
How can business support vulnerable people and communities in the face of the poverty tsunami?
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
1.00 PM ET / 6.00 PM BST
60 mins
How can we accelerate access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene?
Hosted with Reckitt
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
9:00 AM ET / 2:00 PM BST
90 mins
How can innovations in workforce development programmes address racial equity and inclusion issues?
Hosted with Barclays
WEBINAR
10.30 AM ET / 3.30 PM BST
60 mins
How can multi-stakeholder platforms drive engagement and behaviour change? Lessons from addressing health issues in East Africa.
Hosted with Amref and the National Business Compact on Coronavirus
WEBINAR
11.30 AM ET / 4.30 PM BST
60 mins
How can we think globally and act locally in order to build effective diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies?
Hosted with the IFC
*** 5 MINUTE INTERVAL ***
FIRESIDE CHAT
12.35 PM ET / 5.35 PM BST
25 mins
How can business help drive a more equitable society?
Hosted with Barclays
*** INTERVAL ***
PANEL-LED WORKSHOP
1.00 PM ET / 6.00 PM BST
90 mins
How do you create a sustainable and ethical supply chain for decarbonization? Lessons from mining.
Hosted with Anglo American
Briefing Paper: The Poverty Tsunami
COVID, conflict and climate change are among a confluence of challenges driving a tsunami of poverty that is already crashing into the lives of vulnerable people and communities around the world. This briefing explores these trends and the role businesses can and should play.
Climate Justice: Key Insights From the Online Forum Discussions
A summary of a series of online forum discussions about how business can put people at the heart of their climate actions. The series also covered the role of education and skills in the just transition and how thinking about diversity and inclusion can help spread the burdens and benefits of climate action.
ACTION TOOLKIT: Women and the Net Zero Economy
A toolkit on how companies can transition to a net-zero economy at the same time as economically empowering the many vulnerable women working upstream in global value chains. With the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Work and Opportunities for Women Programme, PwC and the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.
The National Business Compact on Coronavirus - One Year On: A Blueprint for Rapid Collaboration?
A report that identifies ten key elements that were integral to its success, and that provide insights on the way organisations could work together to tackle future crises and challenges. With the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, and the UK Aid / Unilever Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition.
Using gamification in development interventions: Evidence from a multidimensional poverty alleviation initiative in rural Paraguay
The paper presents an innovative approach to addressing some poverty
dimensions using the gamification technique, which aims at improving the well-being of impoverished rural communities and at empowerment of its members.
From a Vicious to a Virtuous Circle: Addressing climate change, environmental destruction and contemporary slavery
From a Vicious to a Virtuous Circle, looks closely at the link between climate change and modern slavery, and the challenges presented by environmental harms. Based on research conducted by Dr Chris O’Connell, CAROLINE Fellow at Dublin City University, the report shows that climate change and exploitation are closely linked – and demonstrates why our strategic focus on climate change and the environment is a necessary part of our campaign to end slavery for everyone, everywhere, always.
What is DEI? Market Signals of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This report analyzes the reporting metrics used by 21 influential organizations to reveal both common core understandings of DEI and significant differences in how DEI is conceptualized, measured, and managed. It seeks to provide a firm foundation for a productive discussion on what metrics we use to measure performance in this important area in order to achieve delivery on these goals.
Entrepreneurship within reach: Connecting young people to opportunity
This report was commissioned in 2021 by YBI to evidence our 20 years of learning of what works in supporting young entrepreneurs. Dalberg—a global consulting and research firm—researched and authored the report based on analysis of data, third-party sources and evaluations, and interviews with YBI members and entrepreneurs.
Shaping A More Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable Future: Supporting young social and green entrepreneurs
Using our successful integrated approach — incorporating personal development, business development and facilitating the enabling environment — to anchor our thoughts on the additional needs of young social and green entrepreneurs, we aim to inform learning about how youth-led micro and small businesses can achieve social and green impact.
Eric Meade, Reframing Poverty
Meet Eric Meade, social impact pioneer and deep thinker about what poverty really means. During this conversation be prepared to rethink what poverty means to you and to others. Discover ways to better understand poverty, how others might be experiencing poverty. Apply this understanding to make better decisions and deliver deeper poverty-alleviating impacts. | LISTEN TO PODCAST
Ben Jeffreys, ATEC, clean and safe cooking
Ben Jeffreys is a social impact pioneer – he is dedicating his life to bring clean cooking to everyone around the world. Ben believes that this is one of, if not the world’s biggest social and environmental challenge … and he has the statistics to back it up. | LISTEN TO PODCAST
How to communicate social impact with Eric Ressler
Eric Ressler's expert insight into why sustainability communications needs to up its game and how we can go about this. | LISTEN TO PODCAST