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Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development
A series of blogs and interviews exploring how business and investors can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Wind turbines on the top of a hill
Is Davos signalling the end of business as usual?
… investments in Canadian tar sands.  Fink arguably kicked the ‘purpose’ agenda off at Davos two years ago, and this has now been … is to solve the problems of people and the planet profitably and not profit from causing problems". Whatever the motivation, in joining this … glance it looks pretty good.  This year’s meeting focuses on the role of companies in creating more sustainable and just societies and …
Insight, 21 January 2020
A handful of seedlings
Bringing business into the conversation on sustainable development
… agenda. It explores the challenges and opportunities faced by business and investors as they start to look at delivering positive … increasingly reporting on how their activities are contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The next blog looks … businesses are global citizens as well, and as such have their role to play. Finding new ways of working  The blog series highlights …
News, 18 November 2019
A row of women sitting with baskets of freshly picked tea leaves
We need more than business as usual, to leave no one behind
… a tool to manage risks Examining the sustainability impacts of their business processes and practices (including along their value chains) can help companies detect and mitigate these risks. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a valuable framework to do … to deliver the SDGs – as global citizens, businesses have a prominent role in the collective achievement of the SDGs, explains David Croft   A …
Insight, 10 January 2020
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
… As a business leader, it’s easy to get stuck in your ways and fail to … to deliver the SDGs – as global citizens, businesses have a prominent role in the collective achievement of the SDGs, explains David Croft 8 Embrace a new purpose, and make it stick There’s been a mixed response to the Business … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 08 December 2019
A beautiful coastline but, in the foreground, a woman is sorting a huge pile of plastic bottles
Wanted: corporate global citizens to deliver the SDGs
… Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a global issue; all the world’s … that exist within the complex ecosystem that binds us. For business leaders, that failure can lead to anything from poor … but also for wider society. Conversely, leaders recognising their role within this ecosystem and making positive contributions can be a …
Insight, 24 January 2020
A young man on a hillside, planting a tree.
When investors go green
… creation of greater environmental awareness and cooperation across business segments.  Teething problems?  But since they first appeared on … to deliver the SDGs – as global citizens, businesses have a prominent role in the collective achievement of the SDGs, explains David Croft … green bonds as part of a bigger movement where investors are seeking purpose and positive impacts as well as returns. If we take this …
Insight, 18 November 2019
Close-up image of cotton growing
Q&A: Ready for impact?
… The last 18 months have seen a wave of business and investors seeking to redefine their raison d'être – where their purpose goes beyond simply making money for their shareholders and … to deliver the SDGs – as global citizens, businesses have a prominent role in the collective achievement of the SDGs, explains David Croft By …
Article, 07 November 2019
Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Business as usual – or business with purpose?
… Blackrock's CEO Laurence Fink used the phrase "business having social purpose" in his annual letter to investee companies, he didn’t go on to … of B Corporation certification , which commits them to balancing profit and social impact.  And even community-led and micro-businesses … their focus on their ‘purpose’, but we think it’s an important role we can play. During the next five years, IIED will engage with …
Insight, 17 April 2019
Two women sewing face masks
Business with purpose in the era of COVID-19
… follow the H&M or Arcadia approach goes to the heart of the evolving ‘business with purpose’ agenda . Over the past 18 months the debate about how the … is also potential for innovation. Digital technology can play a huge role, from expanding the use of mobile money such as M-PESA to digital … Business with purpose in the era of COVID-19 …
Insight, 18 May 2020