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Companies that implement inclusive business practices develop skilled, loyal staff.

What difference can a multinational make? With the right management practices in place, a lot

16 Oct 2019 The potential for multinational companies to tackle global issues such as poverty, climate change...

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L’Occitane supports schemes in Burkino Faso that help women diversify their income.

How protecting biodiversity secures the incomes of shea butter producers in Burkina Faso

15 Oct 2019 It’s quite something to be invited to New York to speak at the Business Call to Action (BCtA)...

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From Malmö to Brisbane, female refugees are creating inspiring businesses.

‘A mini United Nations’: the cooking co-operatives helping refugee women find work

15 Oct 2019 Food is at the heart of Majeda Khoury’s story. Imprisoned in Syria for feeding displaced people,...

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Pınar trains farmers on animal health, animal feeding and hygiene.

How impact management is helping Turkish farmers stay competitive in today’s market

09 Oct 2019 Even though Turkey is one of the top 10 milk-producing countries in the world, small-scale milk...

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Thousands of people in rural China now have access to low-cost eye care, thanks to a BCtA partnership

There is no ‘I’ in team: how collaboration and innovation are enabling inclusive businesses to achieve greater social impact

26 Sep 2019 “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton in...

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Bangladeshi famers and smallholders are benefiting from increased yields and training in techniques such as drip irrigation.

How Bangladeshis are benefiting from a shake-up in the seed sector

30 Aug 2019 When her husband was paralysed by a stroke, Shirina Begum faced a bleak future: a sick partner to...

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After the fall of Tunisia’s dictatorship, companies such as Think-it are helping young Tunisians to kickstart the tech sector

How Tunisia's young entrepreneurs are tackling the country's brain drain

22 Jul 2019 It has been almost a decade since a revolution ended Tunisia’s 23-year dictatorship. In 2011,...

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Empower Pragati provides vocational training to 2 million young people across 22 states in India

Future-gazing business models: how one company uses impact measurement to tackle youth unemployment

12 Jul 2019 Unemployment is a country-wide issue in India, and the nation’s youth are hardest hit. A staggering...

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Gap Inc’s PACE programme is providing women with the skills they need to assert themselves in the workplace.

Spurring communities, confidence and communication: how companies in developing countries are tackling gender-based violence

11 Jul 2019 Business can offer solutions to even the most vast and complex issues: climate change, gender...

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Now, 50 farmers from Thái Bình work with Fargreen, and three more villages are piloting the scheme

'With a better environment, we’ll have a better crop': how Fargreen is closing the loop in Vietnam’s rice production

05 Jul 2019 Vietnam’s landscape is layered with green and golden rice fields. One of the largest exporters of...

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Solutions must be owned and driven by locally established actors.

BCtA partner perspectives on emerging trends and top priorities in the world of inclusive business

21 Jun 2019 Agenda 2030 constitutes a new framework, an increase in the ambition for a sustainable development...

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E-health clinics offer nurse-assisted video consultations, ultrasound and a diagnostic service

How a digital platform is paving the way for health-tech in Pakistan

17 Jun 2019 Habiba, a mother of four beautiful daughters, with a fifth one on the way, walks down the mountains...

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