WBCSD-SNV Alliance: Creating inclusive business opportunities by linking local communities with big business

Corporate Leaders Program for Success in Majority Markets: deadline for applications is 16 August!

In early June, we announced the launch of the "Corporate Leaders Program for Success in Majority Markets", developed by the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Opportunities for the Majority initiative, in partnership with management consulting firm Dalberg Global Development Advisors. The program is designed especially to help the region’s private sector businesses achieve long-term commercial success and corporate leadership in designing new and inclusive business models for the base of the pyramid.

In mid-July, over 50 executives took part in a workshop designed to generate ideas about how they could grow their businesses by engaging with low-income communities. The participants came from a wide variety of sectors, including construction, manufacturing, agro-industry, financial services and business consulting.

Nueva plataforma virtual de Negocios Inclusivos

Se ha lanzado el portal negociosinclusivos.org.  El portal surge de la iniciativa de instituciones líderes en el sector de los Negocios Inclusivos, que unieron fuerzas con el fin de promover y compilar en un sólo lugar información y recursos sobre este modelo de negocios.

En el portal encontrará: información detallada sobre los Negocios Inclusivos, estudios académicos y casos prácticos, metodologías de aplicación y medición de impacto de los mismos y, noticias y eventos relacionados con los Negocios Inclusivos.

Exploring the links between international businesses and socio-economic development – A case study of Unilever Vietnam

How can corporate investment drive growth, help accelerate social and economic development, and improve livelihoods in a country? Following an analysis of its economic footprint in Indonesia and South Africa, Unilever has published a third study, conducted by a Vietnamese think-tank.

"Learning to insure the poor": new microinsurance report published by Allianz

Aiming to share its experience in how to design, deliver and scale sustainable microinsurance products and to help set the right course for next steps, Allianz has published a new microinsurance report, titled Learning to insure the poor (pdf, 40 pages).

The new report is based on research, conducted in collaboration with the Emergia Institute, to consolidate the wealth of insights Allianz has gained in the first years of developing its microinsurance business. Key facts on the state of microinsurance today, case studies on existing Allianz microinsurance projects and perspectives from experts on the future of microinsurance round out the report.

Inclusive business case study competition

The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), which regroups some 650 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 75 countries, is organizing a case writing competition on inclusive business. The competition is sponsored by the Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative (GIM) of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a global multi-stakeholder research and advocacy initiative that seeks to understand, enable and inspire the development of more inclusive business models around the globe.