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Climate Series 2025

Join the community during COP30 (11-19 November) for a series of conversations, interviews and articles on how business can put people at the heart of their climate strategies.
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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.
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As globalisation widened the gap between corporations and communities, CSR often became marketing gloss. “CSR 2.0” calls for a systemic approach that embeds social impact into commercial strategy—aligning profit with purpose. By addressing beyond-the-firm constraints and fostering inclusive growth, businesses can turn responsibility into resilience, competitiveness, and genuine poverty reduction.
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Accelerators are touted as engines of SME growth. Yet most target established businesses, leaving low-income women behind. Hand in Hand’s grassroots accelerator proves their potential: over 8,000 women have scaled businesses, boosting incomes, creating jobs, and lifting families well beyond the poverty line. Amalia Johnsson, Hand in Hand International CEO, explains why inclusive growth demands we accelerate women too.
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Kindness isn’t a weakness; it’s a strength. Today, we need the courage to build bridges, not walls. And I believe the same is true in business. Here’s what I said at the opening of our Global Goals Summit 2025, during UN General Assembly Week, on the power of kindness and why it should be at the heart of any successful business strategy. The Summit was full of powerful insights from across our community.
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Listen to this podcast conversation to learn about The Power of Participatory Radio. Social Impact Pioneers – Meshack Kitungu Kawinzi and Hannah Davis share how one of the world’s oldest and most trusted communication tools, radio, is being harnessed to change lives and strengthen communities.
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How Can Companies Turn Sustainability into Jobs, Livelihoods and Lasting Business Value? Hosted with Novonesis This Insights Paper explores how companies can translate sustainability commitments into concrete action that generates jobs, livelihoods and lasting business value. With just five years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the discussion featured Novonesis and the Harvard Kennedy School, highlighting how sustainability must be embedded in core business models rather than treated as a side agenda. Key themes include the business case for sustainability, resilience narratives, credible targets, value chain coalitions, and inclusive governance that incorporates youth and Global South perspectives. The paper shows why reframing sustainability beyond risk management is critical for both growth and long-term resilience.
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Watch this session that unpacks our “5 Bridges to 2045” framework using real-world examples that explore practical strategies for connecting business functions, aligning environmental and social goals, engaging employees and communities, and fostering collaboration across sectors. SPEAKERS: Martín Burt, Founder and Executive Director, Fundación Paraguaya Åsa Skogström Feldt, Managing Director, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship BV Wim De Groof, Human Rights Lead, ABF Sugar Joe Griffin, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Vodafone Foundation MODERATOR: Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CFO, Business Fights Poverty The highlight video is by Zahid Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder of Business Fights Poverty. Here’s what he said at the opening of our Global Goals Summit 2025, during UN General Assembly Week, on the power of kindness and why it should be at the heart of any successful business strategy: “Kindness isn’t weakness, it’s strength. Today, we need the courage to build bridges, not walls. And I believe the same is true in business.”
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