Leadership

16 Days of Activism: Essential resources from the Business Fights Poverty resident gender expert

This year 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence kicked off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. We invited our resident Gender Expert, Alice Allan to share her top resources on how businesses can take the lead in tackling gender-based violence in the workplace.
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16 Days of Activism: Essential resources from the Business Fights Poverty resident gender expert

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence kicked off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ran until 10 December, Human Rights Day. We invited our resident Gender Expert, Alice Allan to share her top resources on how businesses can take the lead in tackling gender-based violence in the workplace.
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The shifting expectations of business: aligning strategy, business model and culture with a sustainable purpose.

We find ourselves in the midst of a significant global transition. Policy makers around the world are directing trillions of dollars of public investment that will reshape the economy for decades to come in the aftermath of the pandemic. The pandemic has revealed, more than ever before, the highly interconnected nature of the global economy and its vulnerabilities.
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How Can Companies and Investors Collaborate to Embed Purpose Authentically into Business?

A discussion paper on how business can authentically embed purpose across their business, and the role investors can play. With Unilever, GSK and Visa Inc.
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Purpose and Investors: Collaborating to #RebuildBetter

Business Fights Poverty launched a discussion in June 2019, supported by GSK, Unilever and Visa, around the question “How can companies and investors collaborate to embed purpose authentically into business?”. Our new discussion paper summarises the context and conclusions. In addition to our own experience and research, we have drawn from the discussions with our supporters, as well as hundreds of practitioners and experts from the Business Fights Poverty community.
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The Real Meaning of ‘Business with Purpose’

Genuine ‘stakeholder capitalism’ must be fundamentally more than a shiny new logo upon swish marketing strategy with some philanthropy thrown in​
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SURVEY: How Can We Embed Purpose Authentically into Business

This short survey forms part of the Business Fights Poverty Challenge: “How can companies embed purpose authentically into business?” By taking part in this survey you are contributing important insights into how companies are, can or should be embedding a sustainable purpose into business – that is, a purpose that relates to having a positive social and/or environmental impact.
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Hannah Green

During this Spotlight podcast we hear from Hannah Green. Hannah is the Director of Corporate Responsibility with global healthcare company GSK. GSK have recently teamed up with Unilever, Visa and Business Fights Poverty to better understand how businesses can embed purpose authentically.
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Being Authentic About Purpose: From Words to Action

Recently, a group of 181 CEOs, collectively representing over 15 million employees and more than $7 trillion in annual revenues, declared that they are no longer putting shareholders before everyone else. How can words be turned into action?​
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How Can We Save Purpose from Purpose-Wash?

This year, Business in the Community reported that companies are in danger of purpose-wash. Whilst 86% of the companies surveyed had a statement of purpose, 83% had not considered its implications for their departments or team targets. This implementation gap threatens to undermine the potential of business purpose as a force for good.
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Raising the Purpose Banner (Again) is Only the Start

It is progress when communications and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) teams unite under the purpose banner*. But to deliver sustainable success for all it is critical that Executive Teams and their Board’s grasp the initiative and hot-wire purpose into the core of their business strategy.
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Five Ways Companies Embed Purpose into their Business

‘Nothing is greater than business governed by conscience.’ Lord Lever. This article explores five ways that companies can move beyond purpose washing to embed purpose and conscience into their strategy and operations impactfully and sustainably.  Case studies shared by five companies illustrate the five steps: Define, Do, Live, Say and Partner.
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Connecting People to Purpose Creates Value for All Stakeholders

Over the past several years GSK has strengthened the role of purpose within its business strategy and day to day operations. Sally Jackson from GSK shares insights on how to define and embed authentic purpose and reflects on how prioritisation is essential for transformational change.
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Can Profit and Purpose Really Go Hand in Hand?

It’s fair to say I believe that, despite all its considerable limitations, capitalism is the least bad economic system around. But I also agree strongly with Martin Wolf, who wrote a piece[1] in the Financial Times on 11th December 2018 with the view that businesses, which only pursue profits lead to dire outcomes.
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How Can We Save Purpose from Purpose-Wash?

Join us for a live written panel discussion exploring how can we save purpose from purpose-wash.There is much talk about purposeful business as a force for good, but it is for real or just rhetoric? This discussion will explore thought-provoking topics linked to purpose and use examples from leading companies across industries.
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Five Pillars for Embedding Purpose Authentically into Business

There is much talk about purpose, sustainability and business as “a force for good”, but is it for real or just rhetoric? ​In the build up towards BFPOx2019, Business Fights Poverty Founder, Zahid Torres-Rahman and Challenge Director Vittorio Cerulli reflect on the where the conversation around business purpose has got to, and where it needs to go next.
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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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Business as Usual – Or Business with Purpose?

As we launch our new strategy, Laura Kelly, Director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, considers how the private sector can respond to development and environmental challenges – and how IIED can support business to deliver positive change.
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The Purpose Statement: Necessary, but Insufficient

Many organisations, big and small, put a lot of work into discovering their Purpose and crafting their Purpose Statement. They’re also defining or refining their Values, as a star chart to guide the positive evolution of their culture. Done thoroughly and inclusively, this is critically important work.
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Neil Gaught

This podcast with management consultant and author Neil Gaught provides insight into what it takes to deliver business purpose authentically and embed it meaningfully and consistently across business.
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