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July 2017
World Business Council
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Access to energy: how far has the market come?
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Investing in women along agribusiness value chains
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Co-creating a fortune with the base of the pyramid
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News from WBCSD and its member companies
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Novartis Access expands to Uganda
Earlier this month, Novartis reached an agreement with the Government of Uganda to supply medicines that address the rapid rise of chronic diseases in the country. Novartis Access - launched in 2015 - provides the public sector with a portfolio of high-quality medicines targeting noncommunicable disease at the cost of USD 1 dollar per treatment per month (ex-factory price). Uganda becomes the fifth country to launch the Novartis Access program.
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Advancing the production of sustainable coconut oil
BASF, Cargill, P&G and GIZ collaborate to establish a sustainable certified and transparent supply chain of coconut oil in the Philippines and Indonesia. The partnership provides training to smallholder farmers, increases their productivity, creates new opportunities to increase their incomes and advances the supply of sustainable coconut oil in the world. |
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News from around the world
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Investing in women along agribusiness value chains
Evidence shows that gender-smart solutions in agribusiness can increase productivity and profitability, and create stronger value chains. This report by IFC highlights the business case for gender at each of the four stages of agribusiness value chains – (1) input provision and use; (2) production; (3) post-harvest processing and storage; and (4) transportation, marketing, and sales - identifies best practices and presents solutions to seize business opportunities.
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Development Investments: Perspectives 2017/2018
responsAbility Investments AG is a leading asset manager in the field of investments in inclusive business models. Their yearly magazine takes you on a tour around the fascinating world of development investments, looking at relevant trends, examples of successful inclusive business models in rice production, access to energy, financing for small businesses and many more insights from responsAbility’s experience.
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Inclusive Innovation Business Models
The Innovation Policy Platform has recently published a series on Inclusive Innovation Business Models. Nine innovative models from agricultural insurance, education, health & nutrition, and water & sanitation are presented in 2-page summaries, providing insights on the business model, its effectiveness and how it delivers value to low-income populations based on the 4A-model: Awareness, Acceptance, Accessibility, Affordability.
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Executive education: Co-creating a fortune with the base of the pyramid, (2-6 October, Ann Arbor, US)
Ted London and Stuart Hart are unquestionably two of the world’s top authorities in the inclusive business space. In a new, ground-breaking executive education program, they aim to share their knowledge from decades of research and professional experience helping companies building sustainable, scalable inclusive businesses. Aspiring enterprise leaders will come away ready to succeed in the unique, opportunity-rich base of the pyramid markets. The five-day program includes live simulations, case studies, team exercises, development of personalized action plans, cross-industry and cross-functional networking, social events and much more. Find out more information and register.
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Executive Education: (3-6 October, Calais, France)
The HEC Business School, Hystra and Ashoka, offer an Executive Education Program on inclusive business and value creation that prepares corporate executives in charge of designing, launching or scaling inclusive business projects. Its format is based on experiential learning and immersion, cutting-edge academic content, insights from pioneers in the field and peer-to-peer learning, condensed into an intensive 4-6-day session. It is designed for corporate executives, but also welcomes social entrepreneurs, executives from large NGOs, international aid agencies and impact investors.
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Thank you for your ongoing interest and participation in our work.
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Davide Fiedler
Manager, Social Impact, WBCSD
fiedler@wbcsd.org |
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