Insights

Three Priorities for Business on the Coronavirus

Business Fights Poverty and Business Partnerships for Sustainable Development are convening a process to rapidly co-create and share insights and best-practice, replicable solutions across markets. In thinking through what the priorities should be for business, there are three that stand out.
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Paul Polman Calls for Ambitious Collaboration to Tackle COVID-19

Paul Polman, Co-Founder and Chair of IMAGINE, and Former CEO of Unilever, adds his support to a new global movement coordinated by Business Fights Poverty to accelerate local action on COVID-19.
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Fight, Not Flight, Must be the Strategy for Flattening the COVID-19 Curve

The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has jumped to three after the government confirmed two more cases. President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a raft of proactive measures to prevent the spread of the virus.​
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How Can Inclusive Finance Help in a Pandemic?

We were huddled in a routine team discussion at FSD Kenya when we received news of the first confirmed Covid-19 case in Kenya.  Like many others, we wondered what this might mean for our work, our families and our country in the days ahead. We also began thinking about how we could help our communities through the uncertainty and how the financial sector can help navigate these challenging times.
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The Role of Businesses in Preventing Further Spread of COVID-19

Ahead of participating in our forthcoming #bfp_live Online Discussion: What it the Role of Business in Tackling Coronavirus, expert panellist Myriam Sidibe, shares her top three pieces of advice on how businesses can get involved in solving this crisis responsibly.
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4 Ways Business in Italy is Taking a Stand Against the Consequences of Coronavirus

Business can have a pivotal role in tackling social issues. We have seen it many times before. The Coronavirus pandemic is further proof. ​
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COVID 19 – Accelerating Our Virtual Productivity

COVID19 may be leading to travel bans and cancelled events, meetings and workshops, but it doesn’t have to reduce our productivity, social connection and interactions.  Virtual sessions can be even more productive, not just saving travel time and carbon, but getting deeper and more focused interaction with our teams and peers.
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Five Golden Rules of Successful Partnerships

I was invited recently by the Oxford Hub of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS) to share my thoughts on what it takes to build a successful partnership. All of us who are involved in partnerships know that there are no simple answers and that partnerships take hard work and perseverance.
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How Business Can and Should Solve Social Problems

Businesses need not face an either-or choice between purpose and profit. Companies that deliver value to society also typically generate higher long-term returns to shareholders. The key is for purpose to be pursued in a disciplined way that recognises that a company shouldn’t be all things to all people, but focus on where it has the greatest impact.
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Business Fights Poverty Event Announcement

Dear Business Fights Poverty Community, In response to the coronavirus, we have decided to cancel all of our events larger than 30 people for the next 6 months. In practice, this means that unfortunately, we will not be running our DC event in April nor our Oxford event in July. Instead, we will focus our energy on smaller in-person gatherings and larger-scale online events. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
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Social Impact Measurement and Business: What, Why, and How?​’

On February 27th, Business Fights Poverty held a live written discussion to explore how we can measure, manage and get the most from our social impact. Given that this was one of our liveliest online discussions to date, with over two thousand attendees and 174 comments, writing a compact summary of the event may not do it justice.
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The Morning Show: How Business and Television Can Help Us See Possible Contributions to Peace

To date, this column has been devoted to films that provide a lens through which we might see the ways that various cultural artifacts, including business, music, sports and film, can help us see possible contributions to peace.  This month, I’m expanding beyond film to its screen cousin, television, with attention given to AppleTV’s The Morning Show. 
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Why Off-Grid Energy Matters…And How it Can Matter Even More

Roughly 600 million people in Africa lack access to electricity. Off-grid energy solutions, such as solar home systems and mini-grids, are the most efficient way to provide energy to over half of these people. Although the impact of providing energy access on people’s lives – including through off-grid solutions – may seem obvious, it’s important to better understand and quantify exactly what this means. Because it’s through this detailed understanding of impact that we can become better investors.
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Living Income: A Story From Measurement to Impact

Everyone has the right to a living income. Yet, as we move into a new decade, there are still around 500 million smallholder farming households globally, comprising a large proportion of the world’s poor living on less than $2 a day. Something needs to change. ​People have been trying to measure and tackle poverty for decades, so why reframe the issue now by measuring living income?
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Time for a Decade of Collaboration

With 10 years to go, we need bold, collaborative action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the internationally-agreed 2030 targets for people and planet. In his call to action, the UN Secretary-General argues for the mobilisation of partnerships “like never before”, with an appeal to “innovators and disruptors in the private sector to embrace new business models that match the demands of the 2030 Agenda”.
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Is it Time for Davos to Decelerate?

As you’re no doubt aware, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting took place last month. And while deep snow was noticeably absent (reinforcing the environmental dangers presented by the sizeable delegation from Extinction Rebellion (XR) this year), the audience of elite senior executives from around the world remained the same.​
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Entering a Decade of Action: Making the SDGs a Matter of Priority

To mark the beginning of the “Decade of Delivery and Action”, James Gomme focuses on a list of “Top 10” tips that business can apply toward more robust action and substantial long-term progress.
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Reflections from the UK-Africa Investment Summit

Last week’s UK-Africa Investment Summit brought together a wealth of businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and promote the breadth and quality of investment opportunities across Africa.​ Read reflections from CDC Group CEO, Nick O’Donohoe
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Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management for Inclusive Business

In the build up towards Business Fights Poverty’s first Online Discussion of 2020, which focuses on Impact Measurement, learn more about the topic in this interview brought to you by Business Fights Poverty Content Partners iBAN and Business Call to Action.
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Gender Equality is Everyone’s Business: How Can Companies Engage Men as Allies Across the value chain?

Due to launch in early February, a new report will reveal how companies have a unique opportunity to positively influence gender norms at scale by engaging #MenAsAllies to advance gender equality.​
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