Here, you can find a selection of self-learning resources from iBAN and its partners about inclusive business topics.
If you are interested in iBAN training offers in particular, kindly reach out to Katharina Banz, Coordinator for Capacity Development and Monitoring.
Online Course
Introduction to Inclusive Business
This general introductory course imparts basic knowledge on inclusive business, its definition and features. The course also sets the parameters of the IB target groups and how they are involved in the value chain. It outlines the different sectors where the BoP is engaged, identifies different IB approaches and illustrates the inclusive business ecosystem. Overall, the intro course makes the case for inclusive business and highlights IB’s positive impact on the SDGs.
Covid-19 webinar
Covid-19 Recovery: Webinar Insights for Businesses
In this section, we compiled insights from the various webinars that were taking place from March to July 2020 as a reaction to the global coronavirus pandemic. The insights below provide an archive of key insights that you can use to look back where the discussion around Covid-19 and its impact on inclusive businesses started and how it evolved.
Toolkit
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Inclusive Business Maturity Toolkit
BCtA and UNDP’s IICPSD together with Deloitte developed a report on drivers of inclusive business models aligned with the SDGs and accompanying toolkit to assess a company’s business model maturity level and navigate opportunities to leverage the SDGs.
Toolkit
The BCtA Impact Lab goes through the impact management process over four self-paced modules. It is a step by step process that covers defining your SDG aligned theory of change; designing your own impact framework; collecting data; and managing and communicating your company’s impact.
Toolkit
Inclusive Business Management Practices Tool
The toolkit looks at the constraints within multinational corporations (MNCs) that are preventing the uptake and internalisation of inclusive business models. It considers the internal barriers to scale and the specific management practices that MNCs adopt or develop for their inclusive business.
Toolkit
Inclusive Business and Human Rights
This masterclass and toolkits focus on the promotion of human rights. Learn how a human rights strategy can positively impact your competitiveness, reputation, and ability to secure and retain investment.
Webinar
Grow Asia Digital Learning Series
This video series explores a range of digital technologies which are being applied in small holder value chains which are brining greater prosperity to small farms in Asia
Toolkit
The guide is mainly aimed at facilitators who mediate the processes between sellers and buyers. LINK can help your organization facilitate a systematic learning process between actors from a selected value chain, and discover new opportunities for innovation, based on the application of a participatory toolkit, with four main tools.