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Business Fights Poverty Sep 4, 2023

🌟 🗓️ 🌳 Save the date! Accelerate global progress when you attend our Global Goals Summit in-person or online from 19-21 September.

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Global Goals Summit 2023: Building an Equitable and Resilient Future - Business Fights Poverty

Join us at the Global Goals Summit 2023 where we will bring together business, civil society and governments during UNGA week to identify opportunities to accelerate the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Business Fights Poverty Jun 28, 2023

📄 🌈 🏢 🧠 👥 We are excited to announce the release of our brand-new report, 'Generative AI and Social Impact – Role of Business.'

Check out a practical framework that empowers businesses to harness core competencies, philanthropy, and policy advocacy.

Read the report here and join us in shaping a future where generative AI works for everyone: https://bit.ly/3XvzbG9

#GenerativeAI #SocialImpact

Generative AI and Social Impact - Role of Business - Business Fights Poverty

A paper highlighting the emerging understanding of the potential opportunities and risks that generative AI brings for the lives, livelihoods and access to learning of vulnerable people and communities.

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Business Fights Poverty Jun 9, 2023

👨🏻‍💻 🧠 👩🏽‍💻 How can AI be harnessed responsibly for #SocialGood? Join thought leaders and practitioners to explore the social opportunities and risks of #GenerativeAI.

Get your free ticket with code G23LI:
https://snipbfp.org/GlobalSummits

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Global Summit 2023: Scaling Social Impact Through Business - Business Fights Poverty

Join us at the Global Summit 2023 where business leaders, sustainability professionals, and policymakers connect and explore the role of business in sustainable development. Learn from industry trailblazers, gain practical advice, and make a real-world impact.

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Business Fights Poverty May 16, 2023

🇰🇪 🚀 Proud to share the results of the project that Hand in Hand Eastern Africa began with Visa in 2020!

💰 Women boosted their profits by 95% – earning an additional USD 192 per month, even as Covid lockdowns wiped out 1/3 of Kenya’s #MSMEs.

💡 Members also received vital financial training, with 90% reporting they would be able to withstand a financial shock without having to sell an asset or get into debt.

Lucy Kerei from Hand in Hand Eastern Africa, tells more: https://snipbfp.org/3VXY5xt

Tackling Digital and Financial Exclusion: Women Vendors Raising Themselves Out of Poverty with Social Media Marketing - Business Fights Poverty

Women micro-entrepreneurs in Nairobi’s informal settlements struggle to get online and access the credit they need. Hand in Hand and Visa Inc.’s groundbreaking ‘acceleration’ programme tackled digital and financial exclusion, boosting participants’ profits by an average of 95%.

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Business Fights Poverty May 9, 2023

🌱 👥 📢 Passionate about #ESG & its benefits for #business & stakeholders? Learn how to communicate its importance & share best practices when you join our LIVE written discussion on 11 May at 10am EDT/3pm BST with industry experts.

Open to all: https://snipbfp.org/3NBK5ri

How can we better articulate the benefits of managing environmental, social and governance issues for businesses and wider stakeholders?

Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how we can better articulate the benefits of managing environmental, social and governance issues for businesses and wider stakeholders. LIVE Panel Thursday 11th May, 10am to 11am EDT / 3pm to 4 pm BST | ADD TO CALENDAR Background ESG (environmental, social, and governance) is a material risk framework many businesses, investors and observers use to better manage businesses and investments. In addition, businesses...

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Business Fights Poverty Apr 12, 2023

📢 Join us for a LIVE written discussion on social innovation in businesses! Our panel will explore how companies can encourage and support social innovation, and the benefits that come with it.

📅 Date: Thursday 13 April
🕙 Time: 10am to 11am EDT / 3pm to 4 pm BST
🔗 Link: https://snipbfp.org/3lNpdSm
👩‍💻 Format: Text-based discussion

How can businesses encourage and support social innovation in their organisations, and what are the benefits of doing so?

Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how businesses encourage and support social innovation in their organisations, and the benefits of doing so. LIVE Panel Thursday 13 April, 10am to 11am EDT / 3pm to 4 pm BST | ADD TO CALENDAR Background For some businesses wishing to increase the social value they deliver requires innovation. It could be about innovating new products or services, opening up new markets or changing an existing practice or process. ...

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Business Fights Poverty Apr 6, 2023

🏥 🌏 Tomorrow is World Health Day. The right to health is a basic human right. Everyone must have access to the health services they need when and where they need them without financial hardship. #HealthForAll

We’ve explored the intersectionality between #healthequity and #climatechange in this free text-based discussion which remains open, so please do continue to share your insights: https://snipbfp.org/42fpjCK

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and share your perspectives.

What are the connections between health equity and climate change, and how can businesses play a role?

This live written panel discussion explored the connections between health equity and climate change, and how can businesses play a role. DOWNLOAD THE INSIGHT SUMMARY LIVE Panel Thursday 16 March, 11am to 12pm EST / 3pm to 4 pm GMT Background Health equity and climate change are closely interconnected, climate change can have adverse effects on human health, especially for vulnerable and marginalised populations. Businesses can promote health equity and address climate change by implemen...

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Business Fights Poverty Mar 27, 2023

🗺️ March is #BCorp Month. At Business Fights Poverty #WeGoBeyond in many ways. One way we do this is by ensuring that the voices from the global south and those working with vulnerable people and communities are heard on our platforms. This helps responsible businesses lead the way towards positive #socialimpact.

⭐️ We are a certified B Corporation, committed to using our platform as a force for good.

💪🏽 Scroll to see how else we’re empowering people and business to go beyond expectations!

Business Fights Poverty Mar 22, 2023

Be the change and speak up! Break taboos and talk about the critical connection between toilets, water and menstruation. O #WorldWaterDay, learn what you can do to help solve the water crisis and take #WaterAction: www.unwater.org/bethechange

#cleanwater #sanitationforall #periodpoverty