Addressing Health Inequities and Preventing Disease
Watch this Fireside Chat with MSD to hear about the ways in which the private sector can help overcome health inequities and prevent disease, and how your business can take action to help reach everyone, everywhere. INTERVIEWEES: Drew Otoo, President, Vaccines, MSD INTERVIEWER: Lola Adedokun, Executive Director, Aspen Global Innovators Group and Co-Chair of the […]
Building an Equitable and Resilient Future
Building an Equitable and Resilient Future Watch our Fireside Chat with Visa Inc and the Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Responsibility Initiative to explore the trends shaping business action for the future we want. OPENING SPEAKERS: Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School Michelle Gethers, Chief Diversity Officer & Head of Corporate Responsibility, Visa Inc
Catalysing Female Entrepreneurship and Improving Access to Healthcare
Our workshop with Reckitt and WiNFUND is an opportunity to learn from 6 entrepreneurs from across Africa, and hear the speakers’ insights on how best to support women entrepreneurs and leverage technology, including AI. OPENING SPEAKERS: Hamzah Sarwar, Global Social Impact and Partnerships Director, Reckitt Patty O’Hayer, Global Head Communications & Government Affairs, Reckitt Pradeep Kakkattil, CEO, HIEx and […]
Harnessing Generative AI for Social Impact: Driving Access to Quality Education
Harnessing Generative AI for Social Impact: Driving Access to Quality Education Our hybrid workshop with Pearson mapped out the opportunities and risks of generative AI for access to quality education for all, and explored the role business can play. OPENING SPEAKERS: Kacper Łodzikowski, Vice President, AI Capabilities, Pearson Brigid Evans, Director of Government Relations, Pearson Ravi Shankar […]
Working Together to Tackle Gender-Based Violence
Our hybrid workshop with Anglo American explored lessons and practical opportunities to collaborate across sectors to tackle the root causes of gender-based violence. OPENING SPEAKERS: Jane Pillinger, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Criminology, Open University Natalie Deacon, Director Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Avon International Hermien Botes, Head of Sustainability Engagement, Anglo American Thokozile Mcopele, Vice-President: […]
Rethinking Business Partnerships for the SDGs
Rethinking Business Partnerships for the SDGs This hybrid workshop with Meta builds on the latest research by the UN on transformations to accelerate progress towards the SDGs, and what this means for business partnerships. OPENING SPEAKERS: Amanda Gardiner, Head of ESG, Meta Payal Dalal, SVP, Social Impact, International Markets, Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard Astra Bonini, Senior […]
Inspiration and Innovation: Engaging Youth in Delivering on the SDGs
Listen to our Fireside Chat with Novozymes to explore how companies can bring the voice of youth into their SDG thinking and innovation and get ideas for your own approaches. INTERVIEWEES: Morten Enggaard Rasmussen, Executive Vice President, People, Sustainability & Brand, Novozymes A/S AiLun Ku, President & CEO, The Opportunity Network
Creating On-Ramps for a More Inclusive Digital Future
Watch this hybrid workshop with Walmart to hear the latest thinking on how businesses can partner on an inclusive digital future for employees, suppliers and customers. SPEAKERS: Welby Leaman, Senior Director, Global Public Policy, Walmart Aiaze Mitha, Global Lead, Digital Finance for the SDGs, UNDP / UNCDF Katarina Kahlmann, Chief Program Officer, TechnoServe Drew Keller, Director, Institute for the Study […]
Taking a Farmer-Centric Approach to Boost Global Food Security
Watch this Fireside Chat with Cargill to hear the latest thinking on the intersection between two critical issues: global food security and advancing farmer livelihoods. INTERVIEWEES: Michelle Grogg, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development, Cargill César Galaviz, Rancher, Farmer and Agronomist, Río Fuerte Sur INTERVIEWER: Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership, Business Fights Poverty
Building Unlikely Partnerships to Tackle Global Challenges
Watch this hybrid workshop with Barclays to deep-dive into examples of companies collaborating for impact and draw out lessons for your own partnerships. SPEAKERS: Ajaita Shah, Founder and CEO, Frontier Markets Eric Hudson, Founder and CEO, Preserve Pratibha Vuppuluri, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Unreasonable Collective MODERATOR: Frances Cabrera, VP, Barclays
Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector to Deliver the SDGs
Watch this Fireside Chat with Barclays and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to hear how governments see the role of business in delivering the SDGs. OPENING & WELCOME SPEAKERS: Deborah Goldfarb, Global Head of Citizenship, Barclays Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office INTERVIEWEES: Pamela Molina, Director of Sustainability and President, Agrolibano and Fundación Agrolibano Liz Patterson, […]
Building System-Level Partnerships for Transformative Change
Watch this Fireside Chat with the UN Foundation’s Business Council for the United Nations and two authors of the just-launched UN Global Sustainable Development Report to learn about the levers that will drive transformational changes to meet the SDGs. INTERVIEWEES: Imme Scholz, Co-Chair of the Independent Group of Scientists, Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) Ambuj Sagar, Deputy Director, […]
Acting Together to Achieve Large Scale Food Fortification Excellence
An online workshop with TechnoServe exploring the latest research on food fortification, the critical role of millers, and how to join the fight against malnutrition. SPEAKERS: William Warshauer, CEO, TechnoServe Christina Tewes-Gradl, Founder and Managing Director, Endeva Paloma Fernandes, CEO, Cereal Millers Association Dominic Schofield, Program Director – IGNITE, TechnoServe
Supporting Care Economy Enterprises Across Global Value Chains
Listen to our webinar with IDRC on how businesses can support entrepreneurs in the care economy, and their critical, yet undervalued, work that underpins our economies and lives. OPENING SPEAKERS: Lisa Hawkes, Global Sustainability Senior Manager, Unilever Matthew Davidson, Senior Social Impact Executive, Ethical Trade, Primark Anne Njambi Kabugi, Regional Gender Lead – Africa, IFC Md. Zia Uddin, Director, […]
Harnessing Generative AI for Social Impact: Driving Access to Quality Education
PLEASE RETURN TO THIS PAGE ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER TO WATCH THE FULL VIDEO Watch this hybrid workshop with Pearson to learn about the opportunities and risks of generative AI for access to quality education for all, and to explore the role business can play. OPENING SPEAKERS: Kacper Łodzikowski, Vice President, AI Capabilities, Pearson Brigid […]
How Business Can Unlock the Benefits of Integrating Social and Environmental Goals
PLEASE RETURN TO THIS PAGE ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER TO WATCH THE FULL VIDEO Watch this hybrid workshop with Mars Inc to learn from the latest research on the business case for integrating social and environmental strategies into business strategy. SPEAKERS: Lisa Manley, Vice President, Sustainability, Mars Inc Priya Kvam, Associate Director, Americas and Global Development, Forum For […]
Overcoming Challenges and the Journey Ahead for Refugee Women
THE FULL VIDEO IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW ABOVE – LOG IN/SIGN UP IS OPTIONAL UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2023 The hybrid workshop with Visa Inc covers the stories of trailblazing refugee women, their incredible impact on their communities and what is required from the ecosystem to enable refugee women to thrive in the future. OPENING SPEAKERS: […]
Building an Equitable and Resilient Future
This fireside was the opening session of the Business Fights Poverty Global Goals Summit which was broadcast across multiple locations: New York, London, Nairobi and online during the UN General Assembly week. Michelle Gethers, Chief Diversity Officer & Head of Corporate Responsibility, Visa Inc and Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, explored the trends shaping […]
Driving Inclusive Employment at the Base of the Economic Pyramid
THE FULL VIDEO IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW ABOVE – LOG IN/SIGN UP IS OPTIONAL UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2023 This fireside chat with IFC (International Finance Corporation), member of the World Bank, explored how businesses are driving inclusive employment practices that enhance participation, advancement, and empowerment of workers at the base of the pyramid, and the […]
