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Mattering, Employee Volunteering and

The Power of Mattering: A New Lens for Social Impact

Mattering transforms workplaces and communities, fostering engagement, wellbeing, and social impact. Employees thrive when they feel valued and make a meaningful contribution. Through initiatives like employee volunteering, businesses can create shared value, enhancing workplace culture and driving community change.
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Farmers and Climate Action: Benjamín Alas, Farmer, El Salvador.

Farmers Hold the Key to Climate Action: It’s Time to Listen

As a contentious COP29 wraps up in Azerbaijan, the eyes of the climate community turn to Brazil and COP30. In this article, TechnoServe’s Tony Siantonas and Katarina Kahlmann lay out five priorities to ensure that next year’s climate conference delivers the breakthrough that smallholder farmers need.
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Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights

Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights: Smart Climate Action and Good Business

Investing in women’s health and reproductive rights is both smart climate action and good business. With women disproportionately affected by climate stressors—like heat, flooding, and forced migration—companies have a responsibility and a benefit in enhancing their health. Boosting women’s well-being strengthens supply chains, drives productivity, and builds resilience in the face of climate change.
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Why is Doing Business Differently Critical to Combatting Climate Injustice?

Endless economic growth prioritises profit over people and the planet, deepening inequalities and accelerating climate crises. This article explores purpose-driven enterprises as a sustainable alternative, emphasising regenerative practices, ethical purchasing, and community resilience. With examples like WeWilder, it showcases how rethinking commerce can address systemic challenges and build a fair, sustainable future for all.
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She Knows What Her Business Needs—So Why are Systems Holding her Back?

Who comes to mind when you imagine a confident entrepreneur? A Silicon Valley tech bro or navy-suited executive in a Western business hub, most likely. But zoom out to the Global Majority and you’ll see something incredibly powerful and systemically ignored: women entrepreneurs leading sustainable businesses with exceeding vision and drive.
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Farmers from around Cobán, Guatemala discuss weather information at a Mercy Corps workshop, as part of the Market Access for Small Producers programme. © Ezra Millstein/Mercy Corps

How Early Climate Action Cuts Costs, Saves Lives and Builds Resilience

Anticipatory action prepares communities for climate disasters before they strike, saving lives, economic impacts and cutting costs. Learn from Mercy Corps’ pilot projects – leveraging blockchain, remittances, and cash assistance ahead of drought, hurricanes, and floods. With COP29 underway, business leaders have a crucial role in investing in anticipatory action for enhanced climate justice.
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How We Can Support More of the World’s Smallholders to Farm Sustainably

Learn how regenerative agriculture is empowering smallholder farmers to overcome soil degradation and climate challenges. Supported by the IKEA Foundation, this initiative has increased Kenyan farmers’ incomes by 155%, showcasing sustainable farming as a profitable and viable solution. Three experts share insights on expanding this success globally.
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Working with Farmers to Respond to the Climate Crisis

A recent study by the Fairtrade Foundation looking into carbon footprints and mitigation opportunities in Fairtrade supply chains has identified five key takeaways for businesses looking to reduce their scope 3 emissions while prioritising producer livelihoods.
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Extreme Heath and Workers Rights

Extreme Heat, Workers’ Rights and the Power of Collaborative Action

Whilst climate negotiators meet in COP29 in Baku, businesses must take action to prevent and mitigate climate impacts on the human rights of workers in their supply chains. As the planet continues to warm, periods of extreme heat are growing in frequency and severity. Effective action depends on collaboration with workers and their representatives.
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