GUARDIAN LABS
The content in this section was originally published online in The Guardian as part of the Business Call to Action and Guardian Labs 'Improving lives through business innovation' campaign
Since its launch, the aim of Business Call to Action (BCtA) has been to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by encouraging the role of the private sector in development and to strengthen the strategic and economic opportunities that come from serving low-income communities.
For Shantilata Sahu, a farmer in India’s Odisha state, low soil fertility and old farming methods had led to lower crop quality and yield. Meanwhile, in Ghana, Evelyn Sabunor lost an entire season of crops due to heavy, unseasonal rainfall.
Read MoreFor many companies worldwide, measuring success isn’t limited to financial outcomes – social and environmental returns are just as important to understand and manage businesses well.
Read MoreWhether it is health issues, climate change or a global socio-economic crisis such as that caused by Covid-19, the lack of access to formal risk management can trap low-income communities, and pull people who have managed to escape the cycle of poverty back into it.
Read MoreRose sits in front of a laptop in central Ghana, and across the globe in China the blue glow of a...
Read MoreBy Sahba Sobhani, director, Istanbul International Centre for Private Sector Development; Luciana...
Read MoreA tiny solar lamp provides light to a family under a tarpaulin tent in India, saving them from...
Read MoreWhy is it so important to include non-traditional development actors, such as the private sector,...
Read MoreThe world is facing a technology skills gap. From Brazil to China to Kenya, a shortage of 85...
Read MoreWith a median age of just 19.4, Unicef predicts that by 2050 two in five of the world’s children...
Read MoreConstantly innovating, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is ravenous for...
Read MoreAbout 80% of all people employed in India work in the informal sector, with limited access to...
Read MoreThe potential for multinational companies to tackle global issues such as poverty, climate change...
Read MoreFood is at the heart of Majeda Khoury’s story. Imprisoned in Syria for feeding displaced people,...
Read MoreIt’s quite something to be invited to New York to speak at the Business Call to Action (BCtA)...
Read MoreEven though Turkey is one of the top 10 milk-producing countries in the world, small-scale milk...
Read More“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton in...
Read MoreWhen her husband was paralysed by a stroke, Shirina Begum faced a bleak future: a sick partner to...
Read MoreIt has been almost a decade since a revolution ended Tunisia’s 23-year dictatorship. In 2011,...
Read MoreUnemployment is a country-wide issue in India, and the nation’s youth are hardest hit. A staggering...
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