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Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty
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What will be the impact of the economic downturn on corporate interest in world poverty?
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Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty
December 2, 2009 from 5pm to 6:30pm – Royal Society
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Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty at Royal Society
December 2, 2009 from 5pm to 6:30pm
Royal Society, London, 5.00 - 6.30pm (Registration from 4.30), followed by reception.
This major event in London will focus on successful business innovations for the global South that help mitigate climate change and its impact on the poor. Wh...
Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty at Royal Society
December 2, 2009 from 5pm to 6:30pm
Royal Society, London, 5.00 - 6.30pm (Registration from 4.30), followed by reception.
This major event in London will focus on successful business innovations for the global South that help mitigate climate change and its impact on the poor. Wh...
Bangla Desh as we all know, is at the very frontline of climate change. With continually rising sea levels, It stands to lose a huge amount of coastal land in the very near future, displacing millions of people. As picture editor of Majority World...
Bangla Desh as we all know, is at the very frontline of climate change. With continually rising sea levels, It stands to lose a huge amount of coastal land in the very near future, displacing millions of people. As picture editor of Majority World...
I look forward to this event.
The business role in climate change adaptation is often overlooked, both in discussions of what climate change means for business strategy, and in thinking about how the global challenge of dealing with the impacts o...
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Branchless banking possible by 2020
CGAP NewsFlash: With the right market conditions, branchless banking, including mobile phone banking, will be the primary channel for poor people to get basic financial services by the year 2020. So says “Scenarios for Branchless Banking in 2020,” a new Focus Note from CGAP and the UK’s Department for Inter… Continue
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:38pm — 1 Comment
Vacancy: Director, E+Co Africa
E+Co is a mission driven investment company that provides services and financing to clean energy entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. E+Co invests in enterprises that realize access to clean and affordable energy, resulting in job creation, economic and social development of rural communities and contributing to sustainable development.
With a presence in Latin America, Asia and Africa, E+Co invests in local enterprises that identify… Continue
With a presence in Latin America, Asia and Africa, E+Co invests in local enterprises that identify… Continue
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:00am —
Global Entrepreneurship Week launches today!
Today sees the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week, a wonderful initiative to “inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity”. Entrepreneurship will be the engine of economic recovery, of poverty reduction and of a more environmentally sustainable future.
Last year, over three million people around the world participated in events. To get involved this year,… Continue
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 9:00pm —
Simon Maxwell, ODI: Harnessing the power of business for development impact: towards the fourth generation
Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute, and Chair of the 2009 Event Series, "Harnessing the Power of Business for Development Impact", shares his reflections on the series. The Series was organised by the ODI, the UK Department for International Development,… Continue
Posted on October 7, 2009 at 12:30am — 2 Comments
Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
Blog Action Day, this year on 15 October, is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 - focusing on climate change - will be the largest-ever social change event on the web..
Click here to add blog on 15 October about climate change, and b… Continue
Posted on October 1, 2009 at 5:30pm —
Comment Wall (28 comments)
- At 2:57pm on March 24, 2009,
Okot Alphonse Abude said… - l would like to thank and congratulate all the members for the perfect effort put across to address real Bussiness in the World. Hope the kindest efforts will help develope bussiness to a higher level
- At 5:44pm on March 19, 2009,
Antonio said… - Congratulations for the CREDO, I also belive in education like a key of development
- At 8:17am on February 19, 2009,
Wilson Wizalamu said… - In 1996 I found the following CREDO on a wall poster in the Office of one Executive at Zambuko Trust (a Zimbabwean NGO Micro-Finance Institution) and I adopted it as my CREDO too. I trust other social entrepreneurs will find this inspiring too.
Entrepreneur’s Credo - Dean Alfange
"I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon, if I can.
I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk to dream and to build, to fall and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfilment to the stale calm of Utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficience or my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master [save God] nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid, to think and act for myself: to enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say: This, with God's help, I have done.
All this is what it means to be an Entrepreneur”
- Dean Alfange
- At 3:52pm on February 15, 2009,
Steve Jennings said…
- Extreme Poverty causes extreme death. It creates extreme need. It demands extreme urgency, extreme compassion and sustainable & scalable solutions that deliver extreme help. Global emergencies need the participation of the global business community.
It is crucial that global business performs with a sense of PURPOSE, and not just performs for short term shareholder interests.
We know that charity alone is not the answer in tackling poverty, nor is business. But great potential lies in the intersection of the two.
We need to change the way WE think, the way WE make decisions, OUR habits of the heart, and how WE do business.
We need creative approaches to reinvigorate capitalism and make it more inclusive.
The most important people in this process is the 'up and coming' generation. We have to make sure that what ever system we put in place does not stifle entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and innovation, that is what drives our system.
If we fail to activate youth in the global fight against extreme poverty and hunger (MDG#1), and fail to put business at the service of humanity in new ways, we will have failed in our collective responsibility.
Being a catalyst in the worldwide movement to end hunger and extreme poverty is perhaps the greatest opportunity zyOzy can bring to the 'up and coming' generation. From this perspective, we have discovered that ending hunger and extreme poverty is not fundamentally a problem to be solved, but a profound opportunity for unleashing the human / entrepreneurial spirit.
- At 8:26am on September 27, 2008,
Corin Mitchell said… - Excellent work Zahid and the team.
Corin Mitchell
Associate Director
KPMG South Africa
Africa Development Advisory Services
- At 10:22pm on August 8, 2008,
Bruce Wagner said… - Saw your post on the Network Creators forum....
Cool network you have.... Great work!
- At 1:57pm on August 1, 2008,
Paul M said… - Well thanks for your message , I wanted to send you a direct message but I cant because of techno problems I am having over here . We are running around to make sure our inaugural Top30under30 gala is a success to we are involved in all forms of marketing Africa wide . You could help by spreading the word . How abt that ? Any questions direct them to me ?
- At 11:43am on August 1, 2008,
Paul M said…
- this is awesome !!!
- At 7:27pm on May 26, 2008,
Phil Pugsley said… - Thanks for the warm welcome Zahid, who know's what a positive catalyst this could be. Well done!
Phil
- At 3:10am on May 11, 2008,
Peter Burgess said… - The good news is that business does a better job of managing resources than other economic entities and structures. The bad news is that business tends to optimizing profit and stockholder value ... and accountancy has metrics for this. Though there is increasing dialog about CSR and other business metrics to address social impact ... they are not enough. My hope is that Tr-Ac-Net's emerging Community Impact Accountancy (CIA) will help to clarify performance not only for Social Business, but also for Profit Maximizing Enterprises and for Philanthropy and Not for Profits.
Peter
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