Turning challenges into opportunities

Creating positive change through collaboration

décembre 2022

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Learn more about collaboration and our partners by reading this twenty-fifth edition of the online magazine on Inclusive Business! The illustration was developed by Christopher Malapitan, a visual practitioner and trainer based in Brussels. Through the use of visual storytelling methods he empowers individuals and organizations to “see” what they mean.

Inclusive Business Action Network

The Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN) is a global initiative supporting the scaling and replication of inclusive business models. Through its strategic approach iBAN supports companies with tailormade investment readiness programmes and develops national inclusive business policy strategies with policymakers. On a global level iBAN manages the largest online knowledge platform (www.inclusivebusiness.net) on inclusive business. iBAN creates a space where evidence-based knowledge transforms into learning and new partnerships. With its focus on promoting the upscale of inclusive business models and consequently improving the lives of the poor, iBAN is actively contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. iBAN is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. An earlier phase of this project (01/2017 – 12/2021) was supported by the European Union.

editorial

From collaboration to co-creation

In his editorial, iBAN Executive Director Christian Jahn reflects on the program's journey and shares examples of positive change through collaboration that reflect the philosophy iBAN has followed: "We have always tried to identify partners with whom we can collaborate in order to co-create."

Christian Jahn

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GRAPHIC SUMMARY

Christopher Malapitan

editorial

From collaboration to co-creation

Christian Jahn

feature story

Creating a supportive ecosystem to help entrepreneurs address global challenges

Our current global landscape faces many challenges, from food security to climate change. “Yet, in those very challenges there are opportunities – for inclusive businesses to innovate in areas of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), in the areas of clean energy and agri supply chains,” Royston Braganza of Grameen Capital tells us. Local entrepreneurs are embracing innovative ideas, but they rely on an ecosystem of partners, investors, policymakers, and peers. In this final issue of CLUED-iN we feature partners and editorial committee members who have collaborated to support entrepreneurs and share their stories.

Alexandra Harris

Voices of the Editorial Committee

What does the future of Inclusive Business hold? In this Voices piece, our CLUED-iN Editorial Committee members share their thoughts about important issues and trends in Inclusive Business alongside advice for entrepreneurs.

Article

Voices of the Editorial Committee

Alexandra Harris

Partnering for Inclusive Business in Southeast Asia

“The moment for impact businesses has arrived. Social enterprises and inclusive businesses are no longer a rarity, and a whole movement to make impact business more common is taking place.”

Entretien

Partnering for Inclusive Business in Southeast Asia

Partner Q&A with Marta Pérez Cusó, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations ESCAP

Marta Pérez Cuso

A collaborative approach to pandemic recovery

“We will need to be innovative in the recovery, and balance the demand for short-term crisis management support alongside longer-term investments to build economic, social and governance resiliency.”

Entretien

A collaborative approach to pandemic recovery

Partner Q&A with Smita Jacob, Director of Policy, AVPN

Smita Jacob

Strengthening farmer organisations for genuine inclusion

“The businesses wanting to do justice to being called inclusive will need to heed the signs and act upon the societies’ most pressing needs.”

Entretien

Strengthening farmer organisations for genuine inclusion

Partner Q&A with Filipe Di Matteo, Program Officer, AMEA

Inflation and climate change: Overcoming obstacles together

“It is likely inevitable that inclusive business models will need to undergo some form of adaptation/evolution if they are to stand the test of time in an ever-changing world.”

Entretien

Inflation and climate change: Overcoming obstacles together

Partner Q&A with Oladunmade Otitoola, Membership Coordinator, African Food Changemakers

Oladunmade Otitoola

Facing The Poverty Tsunami: How Business Can Support the Lives, Livelihoods and Access to Learning of the Most Vulnerable People and Communities

COVID, conflict and climate change are among a confluence of challenges driving a tsunami of poverty that is already crashing into the lives of vulnerable people and communities around the world. This article explores these trends and the role businesses can and should play.

Article

Facing The Poverty Tsunami: How Business Can Support the Lives, Livelihoods and Access to Learning of the Most Vulnerable People and Communities

Blog post by Zahid Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO, Business Fights Poverty

Zahid Torres-Rahman

Voices of Partners

iBAN partners share their thoughts about CLUED-iN and the pressing issues in Inclusive Business they are tackling in their work.

Article

Voices of Partners

Alexandra Harris

Voices: Behind the scenes

In this Voices piece, the CLUED-iN team takes you behind the scenes to share what inspired us and what we will take away from the experience of working on the online magazine.

Article

Voices: Behind the scenes

Alexandra Harris

Turning challenges into opportunities

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