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Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty at Royal Society
December 2, 2009 from 5pm to 6:30pm
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By Karen Ellis, Carolin Schramm and Alberto Lemma
Responding to climate change, and achieving low carbon growth and development, will be a major challenge for the international community; one which will require significant public and private sector…
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.
On the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, this major event in London will focus on business innovations for the global South that help mitig…
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.
On the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, this major event in London will focus on business innovations for the global South that help mitig…
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.
On the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, this major event in London will focus on business innovations for the global South that help mitig…
The 2009 Commonwealth Business Forum, which was held as part of the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago, and which attracted over 1,000 business and government leaders from over 50 countries, has just closed.…
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.
On the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, this major event in London will focus on business innovations for the global South that help mitig…
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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.
On the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, this major event in London will focus on business innovations for the global South that help mitig…
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.
On the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, this major event in London will focus on business innovations for the global South that help mitig…
Readers may also be interested in this discussion that has been taking place as part of the International Business Forum 2010 on Business Responses to Climate Change, hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank Institute, here on Business Fights Poverty.
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"Call for Interest" from individuals wishing to apply for membership of the UNITAID-WHO Proposal Review Committee ("PRC").
UNITAID is a global health initiative, established to provide sustainable, predictable and additional funding to significantly impact on market dynamics to reduce prices and increase the availability and supply of high quality medicines, diagnostics and related commodities for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, primarily for populations in low-income and lower-middle income countries.
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Policy Note: Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty
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The private sector and climate change in developing countries
By Karen Ellis, Carolin Schramm and Alberto Lemma
Responding to climate change, and achieving low carbon… Continue
Responding to climate change, and achieving low carbon… Continue
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Commonwealth Business Forum 2009, Final Communiqué and Report to Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
The 2009 Commonwealth Business Forum, which was held as part of the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago, and which attracted over 1,000 business and government leaders from over 50 countries, has just closed. All the sessions have been summarised and will be online on the CBC website next week. The Forum has just issued this Com… Continue
Posted on November 26, 2009 at 11:30pm —
Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty: Resource List, produced by the Overseas Development Institute
This resource list was prepared for the event "Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty" by the Overseas Development Institute.
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- 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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