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  • Impact Business Fights Poverty Magazine 2021

    Business Fights Poverty Magazine

    There is a compelling case for action on climate justice. Those who are already most vulnerable will be the most impacted by climate change; on the flip side, combining social and environmental initiatives can create value for all stakeholders. Inside this latest magazine, you will find articles that provide many examples of businesses who are acting on this mission, as well as explain in greater depth why putting people at the heart of climate action should now be a business priority. Our magazines help you navigate the challenges of scaling your social impact and share some of the leading edge thinking on topics across the space.​ Download the latest issue and past issues here.

  • Women ACTION TOOLKIT: Women and the Net Zero Economy 2021

    ACTION TOOLKIT: Women and the Net Zero Economy

    Climate change and inequality are the twin challenges of our time. This toolkit shows 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. It builds on recent work by the UK Government’s Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme implemented by PwC and its alliance partners, as well as the Climate Justice Framework jointly developed by Business Fights Poverty and the Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Responsibility Initiative. Read on to understand the business case for integrated action on women’s economic empowerment and climate change; identify opportunities for action in the supply chain; and take the first steps towards a gender-just net zero strategy.

  • Agriculture Enhancing the Livelihoods of 'Hidden Women' in Global Smallholder Value Chains 2021

    Enhancing the Livelihoods of 'Hidden Women' in Global Smallholder Value Chains

    Women smallholder farmers often face complex social and economic barriers that prevent them from exercising agency and securing decent livelihoods. This Discussion Summary Paper draws from an online discussion co-hosted by Business Fights Poverty, Unilever and Oxfam, on how companies and their partners can recognise, value, and enhance the contributions of the hidden women on whom our global food supply systems depend. Read it to learn about the key levers of change, case studies and lessons learned, and how to collaborate for transformational change.

  • Social Enterprise Creating An Environment Where Social Impact Businesses Can Thrive 2021

    Creating An Environment Where Social Impact Businesses Can Thrive

    Social entrepreneurs are behind some of the greatest solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, yet social entrepreneur leaders of colour in the U.S. are struggling to find sufficient investment to build businesses that serve their communities. Why? Download the paper to learn more.

  • Environment Business and Climate Justice Framework 2021

    Business and Climate Justice Framework

    Climate change is affecting us all, but the most severe impacts are being felt by the most vulnerable people. This new framework explores what climate justice means in practice and the actions that business can take. Use this guide to inform business action to put people at the centre of climate action.

  • Partnerships The National Business Compact on Coronavirus - One Year On: A Blueprint for Rapid Collaboration? 2021

    The National Business Compact on Coronavirus - One Year On: A Blueprint for Rapid Collaboration?

    COVID-19 presented a major threat to Kenya’s economy and the health of its people. The urgency and context in Kenya required a rapid and innovative collective response and within days of the WHO declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, the National Business Compact on Coronavirus (NBCC) was launched. Through analysis of NBCC materials and its work over the past year, a survey of those involved, together with first-hand interviews with key leaders, this report 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.

  • Health How Can Self-Care Help Health Systems Rebuild Better During COVID-19? 2021

    How Can Self-Care Help Health Systems Rebuild Better During COVID-19?

    This Insights report with life sciences company Bayer, explores how wider uptake of ‘self-care’ approaches can reduce pressure on strained health systems, improve vulnerable people’s health outcomes and empower individuals and communities in the process. Self-care innovations currently include self-testing HIV kits in Kenya to telemedicine campaigns being led by US pharmacies and much more in between. The report calls for digital first approaches, elevating the role of pharmacists, improving whole of government strategies and building a multi-stakeholder movement of actors to advance self-care.

  • Impact Action Toolkit: A Guide to Effective Planning 2020

    Action Toolkit: A Guide to Effective Planning

    This guide is designed to compliment the Business Fights Poverty COVID-19 Response Framework and the Rebuild Better Framework. The Guide forms part of the Business Fights Poverty - Business & COVID-19 Response Centre. Where the Frameworks support organisations in their decision-making, this Guide helps plan out what to do, how, where and when. Though this Guide can be applied in a number of different planning scenarios, it is specifically tailored to assist with navigating planning during crisis; when traditional corporate planning processes may take too long or require too many certainties.

  • Job Creation Action ToolKit: Building Back Better With Jobs 2020

    Action ToolKit: Building Back Better With Jobs

    This guide, published by Business Fights Poverty, with support from the The Lab Project at the International Labour Organization, aims to stimulate thinking and exchange within companies and external partners about what business models for more decent jobs should look like and how to mainstream these into business practice. It includes examples from leading companies including Hermes, Anglo American, Unilever, and others. The guide demonstrates how fundamental changes can be made to improve job security, equality, health and wellbeing without impacting business competitiveness, growth and profitability. It provides practical case studies and a framework for both evaluating the quality of jobs and also enhancing them

  • Impact Building Forward Better: Mining as Partner in Supporting More Inclusive and Resilient Societies 2020

    Building Forward Better: Mining as Partner in Supporting More Inclusive and Resilient Societies

    The Building Forward Better Framework presented in this paper was developed as a collaboration between the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Business Fights Poverty (BFP) and The Partnering Initiative (TPI), in consultation with the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School. It is based on an original framework developed by Business Fights Poverty and the Corporate Responsibility Initiative.  This Document seeks to explore the collective leadership of the mining and metals industry in rebuilding better in the wake of COVID-19. It seeks to connect the immediate crisis response to the long-term sustainable development challenges of communities and nations, focusing on practical action, and opening up new collaborative opportunities within and beyond mining. 

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