Event Calendar for 2013
BASE II Forum for the Development of the Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Business Call to Action is excited to support the II BASE International Forum for the Development of the Markets at the Base of the Pyramid to be held by the Inter-American Development Bank on June 6 and 7 in Medellín, Colombia.
The II BASE Forum will bring together over 800 leading experts: business executives, development professionals, entrepreneurs, government officials, impact investors and others who are involved in the exciting work of creating innovative business models by connecting private sector resources and ingenuity with the untapped potential at the base of the socioeconomic pyramid.
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Social Innovation Summit 2013
Dear Members and Friends,
As you may know, UN Development Programme and Business Call to Action are proud partners of the Social Innovation Summit 2013 at the United Nations on May 29-30th and are delighted to extend you this special invitation! To register online as our guest, please use VIP Code: UN30 (special 30% discount).
Social Innovation Summit is a premier invitation-only conference connecting and inspiring a unique network of the top Business, Philanthropy, Media, Technology & Community leaders passionate about creating positive social change. Balancing significant networking opportunities with a roster of high-profile speakers, the Social Innovation Summit offers a unique framework ...
GBCHealth Annual Conference 2013
The Business Call to Action is thrilled to partner with GBCHealth for this year’s annual conference, which convenes business and allied leaders on some of the world’s pressing health challenges. With more than 500 attendees, GBCHealth Annual Conference is vital for anyone interested in the intersection of business and health. GBCHealth invites BCtA members to join them for this exciting conference, May 15-17, 2013, in New York City and is extending a discount of 25% to BCtA members and friends – just use code BCTA when registering.
For more information, go to GBCHealth Annual Conference website.
Register for the event.
Business, The MDGs and Beyond, Cape Town
As we approach 2015, the target date for the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there is growing awareness of the importance of a vibrant private sector in driving long-term growth and development in Africa.
As the world starts to explore what framework might replace the MDGs, it is important to integrate the views of those investing and doing business in Africa, and to understand how best to harness business as an engine for economic development.
You are invited to participate in a high-profile, lunchtime event on 8 May in Cape Town, timed to coincide with the WEF Africa Summit.
The event is being ...
Measuring Impact, for Impact, London
More and more companies are interested in measuring their socio-economic impacts in order to maintain license to operate, improve the business enabling environment, strengthen their value chains, and fuel product and service innovation. And more and more development stakeholders are demanding companies’ impact information, whether to justify co-investment and collaboration or simply to achieve transparency.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has synthesized the challenges, experiences, and insights of its member companies into the new publication“Measuring socio-economic impact: a guide for business,” just released. The publication profiles 10 tools designed for business, but points out that best practice will need ...
G20 Inclusive Business Workshop in Asia Scaling: Impact Through Innovation
The Business Call to Action is pleased to support the G20 Inclusive Business Workshop in Asia, a unique business-to-business forum bringing together the G20 Challenge Winners with more than 50 business leaders and innovation experts to share best practices and discuss solutions for scaling-up and replicating inclusive business models. With its focus on the topic “Scaling Impact through Innovation” it will explore successful strategies to foster innovation within inclusive business models. This regional workshop is organized in cooperation with the Sankalp Unconvention Summit 2013, a leading Asian social enterprise platform, which will be held subsequent to the workshop on 17-18 ...
#MDG Momentum – 1,000 days of action!
Friday, 5 April marks 1,000 days to the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history. Governments, international organizations and civil society groups around the world have helped to cut in half the world’s extreme poverty rate. More girls are in school. Fewer children are dying. The world continues to fight killer diseases, such as malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. There are 1,000 days to accelerate action on issues such as hunger, access to education, improved sanitation, maternal health and gender equality. Get involved and help build more #MDGmomentum!
On April 5, ...
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