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In today's marketplace, collaboration and partnership between companies can be highly beneficial. Vodafone and Movirtu are part of a new wave of companies that leverage Business-to-Business (B2B) partnerships to improve access to products and services in base of the pyramid communities, promote value chain efficiencies, and improve the enabling environment for inclusive business.
Read MoreLa Fundación Carolina y la iniciativa del PNUD (UN) Business Call to Action tienen el gusto de invitarles al acto de presentación en España de: 'Business Call to Action: la plataforma global de acción empresarial para el desarrollo'. Realizará la presentación de la iniciativa: Susan Chaffin, program Manager, BCtA.
Read MoreWorldwide, mobile phone subscriptions have reached 5.9 billion, with 79 percent penetration in developing countries. Mobile phones are no longer used only to stay connected. Mobile phones allow low-income people to gain access to health information, agricultural data, banking services, employment and educational opportunities.
Read MoreIn advance of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development 'known as Rio+20' the Business Call to Action, Business Action for Africa, International Business Leaders Forum, International Chamber of Commerce, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, UN Development Programme, and UN Global Compact will host a half-day event entitled 'Profits and Opportunities at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP)'. The event will take place as part of the Corporate Sustainability Forum (www.compact4rio.org), and gather innovators and market leaders who are driving inclusive business approaches inside their companies as part of a long-term growth and investment strategy.
Read MoreThe Business Call to Action, in collaboration with Columbia Business School and the Global Business School Network, will host a panel discussion featuring executives from leading social enterprises, including Jaipur Rugs Company, Sproxil, and WaterHealth International, proceeded by a keynote speech by Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer of the Acumen Fund. A reception will follow the event. Please see event details in the attached flyer, and be sure to RSVP at this link, seats are limited!
Read MoreBusinesses that deliver both social and commercial returns have the potential to substantively reduce poverty. Inclusive business models allow companies to use their core business in achieving this. As more companies adopt these innovative approaches, leading business schools around the world are trying to develop curricula teaching the fundamentals of inclusive business.
Read MoreIndia's remarkable economic growth in the past decade has created greater capacity for business to play its part in addressing the issues of poverty and exclusion that continue to be a major challenge within the country and the region.
Read MoreIn the last decade, rapid economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region has brought with it a greater awareness of the role business can play in the achievement of development goals: creating jobs, building skills, developing technologies and innovations that improve the quality of people's lives.
Read MoreThe Business Call to Action and Accenture Development Partnerships are hosting a breakfast event in South Africa on inclusive business. Leading South African corporates and development sector organizations will be present, providing an opportunity to learn from and engage with others interested in seeing more business innovations that improve lives. We will be focusing more on the 'how than the why' of inclusive business or pro-poor business implementation.
Read MoreBusiness Call to Action (BCtA) will bring together BCtA members and selected partners for an invitation-only breakfast event that will focus on strategies that enhance the value of inclusive business models.
Read MoreThe theme of the 8th African Economic Forum at Columbia University is Roaring Giant: Africa's Economic Ascent. In light of the strong GDP growth experienced by many African countries during the current global recession, the conference will focus on some of the challenges and opportunities arising from this growth. The conference will feature Business Call to Action member companies PepsiCo and Pfizer.
Read MoreThe Business Call to Action in partnership with the International Business Leaders Forum, International Finance Corporation, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the UN Development Programme present Financing Business Innovation for Africa's Development: Challenges and Solutions, which will take place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Africa.
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This invitation-only event will bring together chief executives from prominent Business Call to Action member companies as well as senior representatives from governments, bilateral donors, civil society and the United Nations. The event will include a series of high-level plenary sessions and interactive working groups.
Read MoreJoin sponsors SABMiller, Business Call to Action and Business Action for Africa event The New Africa: Emerging Opportunities for Business and Africa taking place alongside WEF Africa 2011.
Read MoreThe final event of the 2010 event series "Harnessing the Power of Business for Development Impact," will focus on what leaders from business, government, and development think needs to be done to sustain momentum in support of the base of the pyramid agenda.
Read MoreThe Africa investor Investment Climate Summit, in association with the World Bank Group, is a business forum designed to facilitate action, to highlight and address project specific investment climate challenges and shed light on Africa's investment success stories.
Read MoreThe U.S.-Africa Private Sector Health Conference distinguishes itself as the premier business development forum to address the role of the U.S. and African private sectors in strengthening health systems in Africa through commercial ventures, public-private partnerships and other investment vehicles.
Read MoreWe are pleased to collaborate on the upcoming 'Better Healthcare for Low-Income Kenyans: Innovative Private Sector Approaches', a forum co-hosted by the UNDP-based Business Call to Action (BCtA) and the Private Sector Innovation Programme for Health (PSP4H).
Read MoreOn September 24, the Business Call to Action's Sixth Annual Forum will take place in conjunction with the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a framework for the private sector, development institutions and governments to renew and re-define their commitments to the new development agenda.
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