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Addressing gender-based violence and harassment

Gender-based violence and harassment is a widespread and serious global issue that affects individuals in the workplace, their communities, and homes. CDC, EBRD and IFC have partnered to develop practical guidance that supports the private sector in efforts to address gender-based violence and harassment.
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Experts from the Business Fights Poverty Network share insights and practical tips in our new “How-To” Videos and Seminars. 

To help our members take their next step, we have released a set of “How To” Videos and Seminars to help answer the biggest question of all in the purpose debate: How can we translate our aspirations to rebuild better into practical action that makes the difference? 
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VIDEO: How do I measure my company’s sustainability performance?

Members of the Business Fights Poverty share their insights through a series of “how-to” videos and seminars on the themes of Business Fights Poverty Online 2020. Clara Barby, Chief Executive of Impact Management Project looks at how to measure a company’s sustainability performance.
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Seminar: What is the latest thinking on employment-relevant skills for young people?

Members of the Business Fights Poverty share their insights through a series of “how-to” videos and seminars on the themes of Business Fights Poverty Online 2020. . Linda Wanklin, a Researcher and PhD Candidate in International Affairs and Political Economy at the University of St.Gallen looks at what is meant by developing employment-relevant skills for young people and the latest thinking in on this topic.
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Seminar Video: What are the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable?

Members of the Business Fights Poverty share their insights through a series of “how-to” videos and seminars on the themes of Business Fights Poverty Online 2020. Dr Dirk Willem te Velde is a Principal Research Fellow and Director for International Economic Development at the Overseas Development, Institute looks at the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable
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VIDEOS: How to report on your company’s purpose, Integrated Reporting, GRI, SASB and more

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Seminar Video: What is Driving the Purpose Debate?

Members of the Business Fights Poverty share their insights through a series of “how-to” videos and seminars on the themes of Business Fights Poverty Online 2020. Ben Kellard, Director of Business Strategy at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) looks at why is purpose important and what is driving the purpose debate?
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Developing Skills and Quality Jobs for Young People

In the light of this crisis, developing skills and creating quality jobs for young people becomes an urgent priority for ensuring the future stability of society, reducing poverty and providing some means of survival for millions around the world.
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Masterclass Series: Gender Equality for Business

A two-part masterclass series by Business Call to Action and Oxfam on Gender Equality for Business is now available online. The series explores how businesses can identify, value and address women’s priorities, needs and voices – and why this matters for companies.
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Unlocking systems transformation – A business view

The term “systems transformation” is increasingly being used to describe what is needed to achieve sustainable development. Players across government, industry, academia and civil society are more and more aligned in their position that the sustainable development challenges we face are complex, highly interconnected and systemic, and that incremental change will not be enough to achieve a truly sustainable future.
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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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Put Collaboration at the Heart of Global Efforts to Re-build MSMEs Post COVID-19

New guide provides insights on how sectors can work together to remove the systemic barriers that stand in the way of MSMEs re-building from the crisis
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Technology and the Workplace: Putting People First

Work is the engine at the center of our economies. Shaping a future of work where people can thrive is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. (WBCSD) have collaborated to develop shared business principles aimed at putting people first when it comes to the impact of technology on how work is carried out by direct employees, contract and temporary workers, and workers throughout the supply chain
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Rapid Innovation Through Partnerships

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread rapidly around the world, creating the worst humanitarian and economic crisis in a generation. The response to this pandemic has needed to be equally rapid and innovation has been required at many levels. Private sector partnerships have been playing an important role in generating creative solutions.
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From ‘Immediate Response’ to ‘Rebuilding Better’: Public Webinar and Online Discussion

In recent weeks, it has become clear that COVID-19 will sadly continue to have devastating impacts on the lives, livelihoods and learning of millions of people for the foreseeable future, and will exacerbate existing inequalities. As we come to terms with this new reality, what can we learn from the immediate response to the pandemic, and how can we use this knowledge to help us to recover and rebuild better?
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A Just Transition that Leaves No One Behind

World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) will assess and benchmark the 2000 most influential companies on their SDG contributions. WBA recognises that a social transformation underpins the systems transformations that must happen to achieve a sustainable future. WBA recently launched the draft model for integrating social criteria into all benchmarks, to drive a ‘just transition that leaves no one behind’.
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Vulnerable Workers in Global Value Chains – Ambitious Collaboration Needed

Livelihoods of workers in the poorest and most vulnerable countries are being decimated even before the coronavirus sweeps in, as supply chains grind to a halt. This is disastrous for families, triggering an alarming resurgence in poverty. It is bad news for businesses that will want to rebuild, and for consumers in developed countries who depend on robust and resilient supply chains.​
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How Can Business Respond to the Increase in Domestic Violence During COVID-19?

Prior to COVID-19, already 1 in 3 women were estimated to experience violence in their lifetimes. Now, as the UN has noted, the economic and social stresses, as well as restrictions on movement and confinement, have dramatically increased the numbers of women and girls facing violence and abuse from intimate partners, in almost all countries.
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Practical Steps Large Companies Can Take to Support their MSME Partners through the COVID-19 Crisis

While COVID-19 is hurting all businesses, MSMEs are particularly vulnerable, especially those cash-based informal businesses in developing countries, which have no social protection and are unable to access most forms of government emergency finance, or transition to remote working. A new Action Toolkit has been published to help companies support their MSMEs partners.
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UN SG Launches Road Map to Address COVID-19

On 31 March 2020, the United Nations published its plan for the global response to the COVID-19 crisis and its socio-economic consequences. The report, “Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19”, calls for a coordinated, multilateral response unprecedented in scale, and which demonstrates solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable communities and nations.
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