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This report discusses functions and characteristics of multi-stakeholder initiatives, collaborations between a company and other firms, governments, civil society organisations, local communities and/or smallholders to achieve more inclusive business frameworks along the whole of their value chain. It analyses the role of stakeholders, governance models and approaches to evaluate their effectiveness, while providing five successful examples.

This report briefly explains the approach of shared value, including factors and principles which are necessary for the successful inclusion of poor people into a company's value chain. Various business cases from different sectors and countries are presented and the diverse process steps from value chain analysis to project formulation, project implementation, impact measurement and scaling are examined.

This report examines and outlines the early lessons learned and the strategic questions that face the 2013 launched SABMiller's 4e Camino al Progreso Program, a partnership with the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank and FUNDES that aims to leverage economically viable and inclusive corporate value chains to empower small-scale retailers, their families, and their communities.

This edition of the Tetra Pak Magazine looks closely at the opportunities the consumers “Deeper in the Pyramid” offer. The edition highlights examples of companies in other industries and examines the business models they are using to leverage this exciting opportunity. This magazine edition also presents ways in which companies can meet the needs of low-income consumers around the world with nutritious, safe, quality packaged food and beverages.

This paper examines the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to companies' business activities. It sets out many significant opportunities for all companies to play a role in the achievement of the SDGs.

"This paper on Building the Social Structure of a Market begins with the assumption that markets are socially ordered and that organizations that seek to build them on specific social structuring activities. It sheds new light on the processes by which an NGO effectively develops a nascent market and associated value chain in an LDC. "

The report outlines key data regarding the economic empowerment of women and highlights expert voices on this topic. It highlights lesson learnt and key insights from Danone's Ecosystem Fund and its project partners.

Evidence shows that giving poor women the means to improve their incomes and the power to make decisions has a catalysing impact within their households, their communities, and beyond. The USAID-funded Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) activity seeks to demonstrate how business practices that are inclusive of women are good for business and social change. This paper provides the rationale that market systems facilitation practitioners can use to engage private sector firms in efforts to empower women.

This case study explores the Firmenich and Danida partnership which was set up to establish and secure long-term and high-quality vanilla production in Uganda. It summarizes the partnership’s results which build on both commercial objectives as well as strong social and environmental goals. It highlights lessons learned in terms of developing innovative models for strategic partnerships between donor agencies, global, and local businesses with support from NGOs.

This case study assesses the business model and the social, environmental and economic impact of BananaPad, a Ugandan enterprise that produces sanitary pads made from banana tree fibres.