Assets About The Bottom Billion
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Abbott Partnership Brings Shared Value for Health in Rwanda
A pioneering collaboration aims to bring testing and primary care closer to home for more people in rural Rwanda — and globally. ... View More
Can a Mobile App Help Barry Callebaut Eradicate Poverty in the Cocoa Supply Chain?
Big data is now helping Barry Callebaut improve its farmer support programs in typically low-tech environments such as cocoa farms. ... View More
New Book Shows How, 10 Years In, Sharing Economy Is Improving Millions of Lives
Published to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the sharing economy, Generation Share captures 200 untold stories of how sharing models are saving and transforming the lives of millions across the world. ... View More
New Film Highlights South Africa’s Unsung Plastic Waste Heroes
The new short documentary, Street Surfers, explores the lives and livelihoods of the young men indirectly serving the environment through recycling as a means of income. ... View More
Meet the Team Re-Imagining Food Security in Ethiopia
In conversation with Dr Tomaso Ceccarelli and Dr Elias Eyasu Fantahun — winners of the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security. ... View More
Small Decision, Big Impact: New Campaign Highlights Ripple Effects of Drinking Honest Beverages
Honest's new campaign showcases the brand’s purpose-driven DNA and longstanding mission to democratize organics and promote economic opportunity — as well as its expanding portfolio. ... View More
The Balancing Act of CSR: Meeting Community and Stakeholder Expectations
While some proponents of CSR would like to believe that all CSR efforts can be beneficial in some way, the facts indicate otherwise. CSR is not black and white, and not all CSR proposals are created equal. ... View More
Discerning Offsetting: The Right Projects Can Take You from Carbon-Neutral to Climate+
By making informed decisions on carbon credit selection, sustainability-minded companies can go beyond simply being carbon neutral — to inspire customers and employees alike with life-changing impacts. ... View More
How Brands Are Influencing Better Behaviors, Legislation, Supply Chains
On the fourth and final day of SB’19 Detroit, a host of brands shared lessons learned from efforts to engage stakeholders on a variety of topics — from more sustainable food choices and healthier masculinity to much-needed changes in policy. ... View More
AI, Biomaterials, Circularity: The A-B-Cs of a Flourishing Future
On Monday and Tuesday at SB’19 Detroit, dozens of encouraging stories and divergent strategies emerged from the growing roster of organizations on a mission to improve some of our most common products and services. ... View More
BASF, Estée Lauder, RSPO Partner to Enhance Sustainable Palm Oil Production
The goal is to improve farmer livelihoods and their sustainable production of palm oil and palm kernel oil, through continuous education and technical support on implementing and maintaining sustainable palm oil practices. ... View More
The Body Shop’s Fairly Traded Recycled Plastic Highlights Human Side of Plastic Crisis
The Body Shop is launching its first Community Trade Recycled Plastic from Bengaluru, India. Along with fighting plastic pollution, the initiative aims to drive social change and help empower up to 2,500 waste pickers in Bengaluru. ... View More
Study of Diamond Mining Reveals Impact on Local Communities, Challenges Stereotypes
Trucost finds the world’s large-scale diamond producers infuse billions of dollars in benefits into communities, provide higher than national average wages and are working to minimize environmental impacts. ... View More
Prudential Pledges $180M to Promote Financial Wellness for Opportunity Youth
Largest private sector investment to date will prepare next generation of global workforce with education and training, build financially stable communities and help break the cycle of poverty. ... View More
KadAfrica: Cultivating Young Ugandan Women’s ‘Passion’ for Fruit Farming
Not only can girls earn money for themselves and their families, they can also access farmer training and classes on a range of subjects, including financial literacy, reproductive health, farming and entrepreneurship. ... View More
Solar Mamas: Empowering Women to ‘Flip the Switch’ to Better Health, Renewable Energy
Law firm Hogan Lovells has partnered with Barefoot College International to empower mostly illiterate women from off-grid areas around the world by training them as solar engineers, or “Solar Mamas.” ... View More
Could Diversification, Bean-less Brews Hold Keys to Coffee Sustainability?
A new report says crop diversification will help Vietnamese coffee farmers reduce their CO2 footprint, but makers of a new beverage that’s the molecular equivalent of coffee posit that it could be the wave of a climate-changed future. ... View More
Wisdom Fund Aims to Close Lending Gap for Women
CNote's new impact investment vehicle provides funding to underserved women of color and low-income women entrepreneurs across the US. ... View More
Hilton Challenges Its Hospitality Teams to Step Up Soap Recycling
Hilton is ramping up its soap-collecting efforts around the world, with a goal of recycling 1 million bars for Clean the World to distribute on Global Handwashing Day (October 15). ... View More
Values-Based Investment Platform COIN Offers Portfolios Aligned with SDGs
Backed by John Hancock, COIN offers customers eight Impact Areas — including Better Health, Clean Water, Gender Equality and Reducing Waste — to invest in, with as little as $50. ... View More
