Insights Archives

Meet the Winners: The Louis Malassis Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food Security

Scientists hold some of the answers to so many of today’s agricultural challenges at their fingertips. Support for this community is a vital if we are to deliver the SDGs. The Louis Malassis Prize has been established to recognise some of the brightest scientific minds. Meet the 2017 Prize winners.

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Climate Justice, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Technology, Water and Sanitation

December 15, 2017

Delivering on the Promise of Inclusive Business

Inclusive business as an idea has pushed the boundaries of what is possible and it offers the potential for scale in a way that philanthropy never could. So why are there so few examples that have truly scaled? What needs to happen to deliver on the promise of inclusive business?

Climate & Environment, Education, Finance and Investment, Food and Nutrition, Gender, Global Goals, Health, Innovative Business Models, Intrapreneurship, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Partnerships, Technology

December 14, 2017

How Host Country Business Can Benefit by Engaging Migrants/Refugees as Consumers and Employees

Taking a different perspective can turn the moral problem of migration into an economic opportunity – not just for migrants and refugees, but also for host country private sector and governments. Inclusive business, which works to include those living at the BOP as consumers, suppliers, and employees, can lead the way.

Innovative Business Models, Refugees and Migration

December 11, 2017

Effective Partnering: In Praise of Internal Politicians

TPI share their insights on building effective partnerships and why getting your own organisation behind a partnership is where most of the hard work lies. Why is building internal alignment so difficult? And how can a partnership champion or ‘internal politican’ get around the most common challenges?

Intrapreneurship, Partnerships

December 6, 2017

How Can We Create an Enabling Environment for Inclusive Business?

While Inclusive Business literature includes many recommendations on how we can create an enabling environment for Inclusive Business, actual experience or evidence is still relatively limited. This DCED report, summarises more than 100 documents with empirical experiences and emerging evidence from different communities, to explore key lessons learnt.

Agriculture, Innovative Business Models, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

December 1, 2017

Why the Role of Business is So Crucial in the Fight for a Fairer Tax System

Oxfam discusses the importance of engaging with responsible businesses around Tax Avoidance and their latest hard-hitting video “The Heist the Noone’s talking about”, which highlights the real human costs of corporate tax avoidance in developing countries.

Finance and Investment, Water and Sanitation

November 16, 2017

Reaching Children Earlier to Disrupt Gender Norms and Improve Health

While gender norms are being challenged in the West, in many other parts of the world they are becoming further engrained. Even at a young age, gender norms can dictate the activities boys and girls are allowed to participate in.

Gender, Health

October 24, 2017

Creating a Partnership Ecosystem – 6 Rules to Live By

Despite its increasing occurrence in the global community, and its elevation through the Sustainable Development Goals, the act of partnering remains a challenge across all sectors. Doers need to share about what works — and what doesn’t – if we are to create a partnering model that enables sustainability and scale.

Partnerships

October 23, 2017

How Some Health NGOs Can Be Bolder in Their Engagement with Business

I was recently invited to present TPI’s partnering toolkit on NCDs – developed last year in collaboration with Bupa and UICC – at EPHA’s annual conference. The memorable phrase ‘evil puppeteers’ was used in one presentation, in reference to the nefarious and shady activities of corporate lobbyists.

Agriculture, Health, Partnerships, Water and Sanitation

October 19, 2017

Teodora Berkova

Pearson

Education, Intrapreneurship

October 11, 2017

Expanding Women’s Financial Inclusion: A Win-win for Women and Financial Institutions

Rose, an astute and driven business woman runs a “table banking” operation in the heart of Nairobi. An extension of the traditional village savings and loan associations, “table banking” has gained popularity among poor women in Kenya. Women get together every month and contribute a certain amount of money. Members…

Finance and Investment, Gender, Youth

October 4, 2017

System Leadership in Practice: Technoserve’s East Africa Coffee Initiative

Read enough blogs, and you might think the formula for increasing smallholder farmers’ incomes is well-known: training + access to (inputs x finance x markets). Simple, right?

Agriculture, Governance and Transparency, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Technology

September 26, 2017

Business Fights Poverty NYC 2017: Watch the Event Videos

On September 18, 150 people came together in New York for Business Fights Poverty NYC 2017, timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly. Watch the event videos.

Global Goals

September 25, 2017

Bold Partnerships Can Help Achieve the Global Goals

While trust in business and institutions is consistently questioned, I believe partnerships are providing solutions. The Global Goals are clear that business has a vital role to play in achieving sustainable development. The private sector can bring the scale, expertise, and resources needed to find new solutions. But to have…

Global Goals, Health, Partnerships

September 21, 2017

The Money is There to Fight Climate Change

Policy debates on climate change and sustainable development routinely cite the massive numbers needed to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): an additional $1 trillion annually in clean energy investments to limit global warming to below 2 degrees and between $5-7 trillion a year to achieve the SDGs…

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Climate Justice, Energy, Finance and Investment, Global Goals, Water and Sanitation

September 19, 2017

Driving Inclusivity in African Agriculture

Concordia recently participated in the Inaugural International Congress for African Agribusiness and Trade (ICAAT) at Rutgers University, an event that brought together African agricultural and political leaders with bilateral and multilateral institutions, overseas development organizations, U.S. agribusiness, agricultural investors, technical and policy experts, and African civil society representatives. The…

Agriculture, Innovative Business Models, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Partnerships

September 5, 2017

Rethinking Collaboration: Collaboration in Action

At our recent annual flagship event at Oxford University, Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2017, one of our panels brought together a panel of business, government and NGO pioneers who are putting collaboration into action. Watch the video of the session and read the summary.