Inclusive Business

Bringing the Lessons of Clean Sanitation Home

Having access to clean toilets is not just a basic human right – it’s also a health necessity. But in India, nearly 50 million people[1] lack access to adequate sanitation, increasing the risk of water contamination and diseases for these individuals.​
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Inclusive Business – Make or Buy?

Corporates venturing into low-income markets should ask themselves: could we buy one or several inclusive businesses to achieve our objectives? Our latest study reviews when investing instead of building makes sense, how to set up such investments and who can help.
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The Fix Up: Campaigning for the Right Reasons – Marketing Campaigns vs “Advocacy” Campaigns

We’re facing unprecedented times – a climate and environment emergency has been declared, displacement is a threat for more and more communities, civil space is increasingly restrictive, regressive girls’ and women’s rights, etc. – the need for everyone, brands included, to take action, has never been so urgent
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Make or Buy: When Should Corporates Invest in Inclusive Business Solutions?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore when corporates should be investing in inclusive business solutions. This
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Make or Buy: When Should Corporates Invest in Inclusive Business Solutions?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore when corporates should be investing in inclusive business solutions. This live discussion will take place on Thursday 5th September 2019, 15:00-16:00pm BST (10:00-11:00am EDT)
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How Can Businesses Unlock the Potential of Social Intrapreneurs?

How businesses can foster an enabling environment that unlocks the potential of social intrapreneurs to drive commercial and social innovation? We recently held two online discussions to explore this question as part of the Inclusive Business Boost series funded by DFID.​
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How Businesses Can Help Achieve the SDGs for Refugees

Following on from Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019, Daphne Jayasinghe of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), reflects on how businesses can best support refugees to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She discusses the role of job creation in driving forward SDG progress for refugees and the value of cross-sectoral collaboration. She also offers an opportunity for businesses to support refugee inclusion in the SDG Agenda ahead of the SDG Summit taking place in September this year.
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How Can Business Advance Gender Equality Across the Value Chain by Engaging Men as Allies?

Men have a critical role to play in achieving gender equality. What is less clear is what this might mean in practice for organisations in their approach to advance gender equality. A new Business Fights Poverty Challenge will explore how businesses and organisations are advancing gender equality within their organizations and across the value chain (spanning agriculture, supply, operations, distribution, retail and marketing), by effectively engaging men as allies for gender equality. 
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Not Just a Women’s Issue

What are some of the causes and consequences of violence against women? What role do men play? How can men unite to ensure the world is safer for everyone: women and girls, men and boys? Dr. Jackson Katz emphasizes how violent behaviour is tied to prevailing definitions of manhood and how movements to end gender inequality and violence against women benefit everyone, men and women alike.
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Managing Human Rights Risks: Embracing a More Robust Approach to Human Rights Risks in Supply Chains

Oxfam will lead a panel at Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 on its supermarket campaign, Behind the Barcodes, giving a platform to two influential supermarkets as well as perspectives from consumers, investors and a multi-stakeholder initiative on ethical trade. The top six UK supermarkets have already responded to the campaign. As more consumers and investors show their concern about these issues, more rapid progress will be made. ​
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Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 Connection Zone Lunch: Transcending Conflict to Fight Poverty

Conflict is a leading cause of poverty. Business can help bridge divides. Jerry Marshall is a co-founder of Transcend, Palestine, an “Impact Investment” technology company that transcends the Separation Wall by creating jobs unaffected by movement restrictions, building skills and hope, and developing relationships across the divide. The Transcend model could be adapted for replication elsewhere.
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Purpose Goes Hungry Without Culture

Business Fights Poverty is currently asking: “How can we embed Purpose authentically into business.” But what can this look like in practice, and where do we go from here?
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The Journey of Total to Inclusive Energy Solutions

Over the last decade, many multinational corporations (MNCs) have attempted to set up inclusive businesses of one kind or another, with varying success. Despite good intentions and the investment of significant resources, few of these pilots have been successful and an even smaller proportion has reached significant scale.​
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Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 Women’s Equality Zone Workshop: Preparing for possible new ILO regulation

CARE International UK are delighted to support the Business Fights Poverty Challenge on business and GBV and to host the Women’s Equality Zone at the Business Fights Poverty Oxford conference on 11 July 2019. ​
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Time For A Fresh Look At Inclusive Business

Tom Harrison, Technical Director, Business Innovation Facility reflects on his experiences of inclusive business and where the conversation around inclusive business is today.
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Supporting Business Solutions To Poverty

Over the past few decades, much progress has been made on a range of development challenges – including poverty reduction, preventable disease and access to education. Yet much remains to be done and the urgency of dealing with intractable, global problems that put these gains at risk has increased.
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Business Briefing on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

A new report from Oxfam looks at Why unpaid care by women and girls matters to business, and how companies can address it ​
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How can businesses foster an enabling environment that unlocks the potential of social intrapreneurs to drive commercial and social innovation?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to discuss creating conditions for social intrapreneurs to thrive. Taking place on
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How Can Businesses Foster an Enabling Environment that Unlocks the Potential of Social Intrapreneurs to Drive Commercial and Social Innovation?

Join us for a a live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how businesses can foster an enabling environment that unlocks the potential of social intrapreneurs to drive commercial and social innovation.
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Pakistani Businesses Need to Hire and Retain More Women to Flourish

Pakistan has made progress in boosting women’s education levels over the past several years—yet less than 8 percent of the country’s workforce are women. Closing that gap will represent a huge economic opportunity for our country.​
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