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Watch this Workshop with IFC on how we can advance women’s economic participation on a healthy planet. Outcome-based finance is unlocking investment for high-impact projects in clean cooking, renewable energy, and agribusiness. But how can we expand engagement beyond impact investors and governments to include businesses seeking both financial and social returns? This session explores the business case for outcome-based finance, emerging models, and strategies to scale investment that delivers social, environmental, and commercial benefits. SPEAKERS: Franziska Deininger, Climate Lead – Gender & Economic Inclusion Department, International Finance Corporation Named Contributors: Magda Banasiak, Director Development & Partnerships (Global), Head of Government Partnerships, Acumen Eve Kerubo, Head of the Children’s Impact Multiplier Fund, Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV) Chloe Eddleston, Regional Lead for East Africa, Social Finance International Alexandra Blain, RSE: Structuration de contrats à impact, BNP Paribas Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Senior Fellow – Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education Brookings Institute Nisha Singh, Gender Advisor, CGAP, World Bank Michael Mullan, Programme Lead, Climate Adaptation Finance & Investment, OECD Leonor Gutiérrez, Director, Women in Agriculture Initiative, Root Capital Manuela Fritzsch, Head of Relationship Management, Impact & ESG, Tilt Jeannette Gurung, Founder and Executive Director of the Women Organising for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), WBCSD
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Watch this Workshop with Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW), a programme of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to explore how companies can report on women’s economic empowerment activities within the landscape of current and emerging EU sustainability reporting regulations. A panel of experts shared insights from WOW’s recent analysis on how gender-focused activities can be reported in line with regulations such as CSRD, CSDDD, SFRD and EUDR. In breakout groups, attendees discussed their experience of these regulations, and the challenges they have faced from a gender-reporting perspective. WELCOME AND OPENING: Zahid Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty Claire Innes, Deputy Director, Head of Economic Growth Department, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) SETTING THE SCENE: Eloise Conley, Senior Sustainability Associate, PwC SPEAKERS: Richard Barker, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board Martin Ochien’g, Group Managing Director, Sasini plc Sophie Elmhirst, Sustainability Manager, PwC MODERATION: Hester le Roux, Business Engagement Lead, Work and Opportunities for Women Programme (WOW) CLOSING: Zahid and Yvette Torres-Rahman, Founders, Business Fights Poverty
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Watch this Fireside Chat with Diageo to explore how to optimise the outcomes of smallholder farmer initiatives for business and society. This interactive dialogue explored how to design programmes at the intersection between climate change and gender inequality that support shared resilience and growth. Diageo and CARE shared honest insights from their collaboration with smallholder farmers, grounding the discussion in their latest case study and practical experiences. SPEAKERS: Amanda Smith, Global Head of Social Impact, Diageo Thomas Ongogo, Program Manager, CARE International Amayaa Wijesinghe, Climate and Resilience Advisor, CARE International UK INTERVIEWER: Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership, Business Fights Poverty
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Watch this Workshop on how to tackle today’s biggest challenges, companies must break silos, align priorities, and connect with those most affected. This session explores five critical bridges businesses must build to unlock both commercial and social value—helping to drive systemic change while strengthening long-term business resilience. SPEAKERS: Jane Nelson, Founding Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School Hamzah Sarwar, Global Head of Social Impact and Innovation, Reckitt Natasha Kwakwa, Global Head, Community Impact, Standard Chartered Bartol Letica, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, International Finance Corporation MODERATOR: Zahid Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty
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Watch this Fireside Chat with Primark to gain an insider’s perspective on a pilot project which collected wage data and measured gender pay gaps in garment supply chains. Hear from Primark and the Fair Labor Association as they discuss the challenges, key lessons, and successes from this pioneering initiative. Learn practical strategies for identifying gender pay gaps and pursuing living wages for all factory workers. SPEAKERS: Frances Goodwin, Living Wage Lead, Primark Tiffany Rogers, Director, Innovation and Development, Manufacturing, Fair Labor Association Kanai Sarker, Group Director, Modele De Capital Ind Ltd Suranga Madawala, Head of Merchandising and Supply Chain, Modele De Capital Ind Ltd Arup Kumar Saha, DGM (Admin, HR & Compliance), Modele De Capital Ind Ltd INTERVIEWER: Annabel Beales, Collaboration Lead, Business Fights Poverty
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Watch this Fireside Chat and Hybrid Workshop with Futuremakers by Standard Chartered to explore how to improve the finance ecosystem for young women entrepreneurs who run microbusinesses, identifying solutions and how they can be scaled up. Fireside Chat: INTERVIEWEES: Tameka Ridley, Futuremaker – Founder and CEO, I AM LIT Elizabeth Ochieng, Futuremaker – Founder and CEO, Ento Farms Alice Muhuhu, Futuremaker – Founder, Aurora Health Systems INTERVIEWER: Natasha Kwakwa, Global Head, Community Impact, Standard Chartered Workshop: OPENING SPEAKERS: Anita Tiessen, CEO, Youth Business International (YBI) Allie Burns, CEO, Village Capital Maureen Moraa Mogoah, Partnerships & Fundraising Manager, Somo Africa Edith Chumba, Head of Wealth & Retail Banking, Standard Chartered, Kenya MODERATORS: Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership, Business Fights Poverty (in New York) Bill Omondi, Community Engagement Lead, Kenya, Business Fights Poverty (in Nairobi)
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Watch this Hybrid Workshop with Meta on how companies can remain ambitious in delivering social and environmental innovation while ensuring compliance with the evolving regulatory landscape. PANELISTS: Amanda Gardiner, Head, ESG, Meta Lazaro Tiant, Sustainable Investment Research, Schroders Caroline Rees, President, Shift Alija Blackwell, #STMIC Fellow, New America and US National Lead Futures Methods From Around the World, School of International Futures (SOIF)
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Watch this fireside chat with Cargill and CARE on how to help farmers and communities adapt to and mitigate climate change shocks and other impacts. Together we examined solutions that partnerships offer communities around the world. INTERVIEWEES: Taryn Davis, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement, Cargill Chris Noble, Corporate Partnerships, CARE
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Watch this Webinar with Primark and ICRW to explore new research on attitudes held by male factory managers towards gender equity themes and resources to engage men as allies in empowering women workers in factories. Matthew Davidson, Senior Social Impact Executive, Primark Sue Tym, Social Impact Portfolio, Senior Manager, Primark Radhika Uppal, Gender and Development Specialist, International Centre for Research on Women Rachel Oguntola, Senior Project Manager, Private Sector Development, International Centre for Research on Women
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