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Business Call to Action (BCtA) aims to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by challenging companies to develop inclusive business models that engage people at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) – people with less than US$10 per day in purchasing power in 2015 US dollars – as consumers, producers, suppliers, distributors of goods and services and employees.
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BCtA and AGFUND unveil SDG impact management for 2000 SMEs
08 Mar 2021 - New York, Riyadh – The UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Business Call to Action signs a financing agreement with...
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News & HighlightsScaling digital solutions in the water sector through prepaid smart metering and mobile money
11 Feb 2021 - Social enterprise CityTaps partners with water utilities to serve the urban poor in Africa using a software-based solution
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News & HighlightsImpact Case Study: Ethical Apparel Africa
05 Feb 2021 - Utilizing impact data to inform better business strategies and create a new ethical garment manufacturing hub in West Africa
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News & HighlightsAddressing energy poverty in Cambodia and Myanmar through renewable energy services
29 Jan 2021 - Korean social enterprise ensures better access to educational opportunities and a higher quality of life with renewable energy
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News & HighlightsSolutions and Support for Women-Led Businesses to Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis
Caption Close to 90 percent of men and women hold some sort of bias against women...
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25 Jun 2020 7:00 PM
Online Challenges for Women in Supply Chains
A masterclass on the barriers faced by low-income women as workers and producers. The session...
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14 May 2020 11:00 AM
Online Gender Equality and Business
A masterclass on gender equality and why it matters to companies in partnership with Business Call...
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12 May 2020 11:00 AM
Online Desafíos y soluciones para la continuidad de las empresas en Colombia
Business Call to Action y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo...
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28 Apr 2020 12:00 PM
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The Hippocampus Learning Centres (HLC), a leading social enterprise, aims to provide education programmes and teacher training for women through...
Menstrual hygiene manufacturer Sokhipad has joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) in June 2019 by pledging to create awareness about menstrual...
KMF, a Kazakhstan-based microfinance organization, joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) in October 2018 with a commitment to expand access...
Around the globe, millions lack access to financial services. Vodafone provides poor communities with basic financial services through its...
Aimcare, a Nigerian social enterprise focusing in hygiene education, has joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to facilitate access...
Waste processing company Saahas Zero Waste joined Business Call to Action in December 2018 with a pledge to dramatically reduce the amount of waste...
Social enterprise Sustainable Fishery Trade (SFT) has joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to empower 5,000 fishermen and women in Perú...
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Resuelve tu Deuda Colombia joined Business Call to Action in December 2020 and made a commitment to...
India-based Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL) joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to expand its ambulance services...
The Pamba and Viazi Cooperative (PAVI), a wholly farmer-owned cooperative on Kenya’s south coast, joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) in...
AfricAqua, a social enterprise focused on innovative solutions for delivering clean water to low-income communities, joined the Business Call to...
Tolaro Global, a Benin-based processor of raw cashew nuts, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to increase the number of...
Postobón SA, Colombia’s leading producer of non-alcoholic beverages, joined BCtA in August 2017 with a pledge to provide stable livelihoods for 3,000...
Bangladesh-based Square Toiletries Limited (STL) has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) by committing to provide affordable menstrual hygiene...
Innovative social enterprise Naya Jeevan joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to ensure that more than 39,000 low-income...
Internet service provider BLUETOWN joined Business Call to Action in November 2019 with an aim to reach 230 million people in underserved communities...
Thrive, a microfinance business based in Harare, Zimbabwe believes in lending that leads to economic growth for women and girls who would...
Barefoot Power is a global, social for-profit enterprise that manufactures and distributes solar phone charging, lighting products and business...
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India has quadrupled milk production over the past 40 years and now leads...
Swiss-based healthcare leader Novartis has joined BCtA with a commitment to further expand their rural healthcare programme in India, which has...
