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A Collective Approach for Last Mile Distribution

The Global Distributors Collective (GDC), with over 100 last mile distributors and 30 supporting partners from across the distribution sector, have launched a Call to Action publication, which provides guidance and insight on the key challenges faced in last mile distribution and the opportunity to achieve impact through the GDC.

Energy, Innovative Business Models, Water and Sanitation

January 24, 2018

Apply Now for the 2018 Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty!

Do you work for, or in partnership with, a business having a positive impact on one of more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Are you particularly proud of one your initiatives? If so, be sure to apply for the Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty!

Global Goals, Partnerships, Social Enterprises

January 19, 2018

New Resources to Speed Employees Up the Intrapreneurial Learning Curve

Business Fights Poverty, Barclays, Pearson and Cemex, together with The Intrapreneur Lab and Be Inspired Films, have developed a series of videos and tip sheets designed to inspire and jump-start intrapreneurs on their learning journey.

Intrapreneurship

January 19, 2018

Inviting Start-ups (and Up-starts) to Solve Global Problems

HelloScience, a network all about encouraging bright people to connect and collaborate in solving the SDGs, invites creative ideas from start-ups and small companies to help solve global water and sanitation challenges.

Global Goals, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Water and Sanitation

December 1, 2017

Communities First: Top Human Rights Priorities for Extractives Companies

The extractives industry has had a long and complicated relationship with human rights. With the announcement of the U.S. withdrawal from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, these issues are once again making headlines around the globe. BSR highlights the most salient human rights challenges for the extractives industry today.

Governance and Transparency, Human Rights

November 29, 2017

Boldline Accelerator: Bringing Partnerships to Life and Scale

The US Department of State introduces the Boldline Accelerator for Public-Private Partnerships, a one-week program in February 2018 dedicated to giving public-private partnership stakeholders the training, mentorship, networks, and resources needed to bring partnership ideas to action or scale up existing partnerships.

Conflict and Peace, Partnerships

November 15, 2017

How Business Can Act Now for Women’s Health and Empowerment: Q&A with Robyn Russell

This week sees the release of the new business guide, How Businesses Can Invest in Women and Realize Returns, co-authored by the UN Foundation, the Evidence Project led by the Population Council, and BSR’s HERproject. The guide encourages corporate leadership and showcases how companies can take action in the field…

Health

October 31, 2017

Onsite Child Care – An Engine for Business Growth

Business leaders seeking to build a competitive workforce face countless reasons in favor of providing on-site child care. Most agree that supporting healthy, balanced families and growing the ranks of women in leadership is the right thing to do. Despite the obvious benefits, however, the cost of child-care programs dominates…

Gender, Sustainable Employment

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

New Report: Enabling Smallholder Farmers to Improve Their Incomes

Many global companies buy significant amounts of the crops they need from smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our new report aims to clarify the roles and levers for companies and other actors, often working together, to help increase smallholder farmers’ incomes.

Agriculture, Finance and Investment, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Technology

September 18, 2017

New Report: Unlocking Investment to Deliver the SDGs in Challenging Places

How can we collaborate to unlock investment to deliver the SDGs in challenging places? Our new report showcases and draws lessons from a selection of exciting and innovative partnerships and funding models that have led to successful investments.

Agriculture, Finance and Investment, Global Goals, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Partnerships, Social Enterprises

September 18, 2017

An ILO Convention on Gender Based Violence in the Workplace

Why businesses should support the proposed ILO Convention on Ending violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work. The ILO is now in a process of considering whether to establish a new instrument or instruments on “Ending violence and harassment against women and men in the…