Publication database

This case study showcases alcoholic beverages company, SABMiller, which joined the Business Call to Action with an initiative to develop and improve local supply chains for barley, a key ingredient for the company’s products, in Rajasthan, India. It outlines the company's goals which include establishing centres throughout key barley-growing regions to provide farmers with certified seeds, agricultural skills training, and technical assistance; and it outlines how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This report aims to inform investors about the market potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural BoP market, by looking at its opportunities, challenges, and potential paths to growth. It overall picture of these growing clean energy sectors, rather providing investment advice on individual companies.

This case study focuses on Begeli Ltd, a Georgian commercial company, which sells and promotes local organic products and its founder, the Fruit and Vegetable Ltd and Biological Farming Association Elkana, a Georgian non-governmental organization. Begeli serves as a direct marketing and distribution channel for Elkana members, helping them gain access to markets, get involved in more efficient supply chains, obtain knowledge of organic production and to enhance their revenue potential. The report describes the local background and context, the business model, market constraints and strategies, its relationships, achievements and challenges. and it gives a future outlook.

This case study showcases multi-national company, Cadbury, which joined the Business Call to Action with commitments to the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership which encourages the development of thriving cocoa communities in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. It outlines the partnership goals which include addressing the key issues affecting the cocoa sector e.g. child labour; and it discusses how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This case study focuses on Reuters Market Light (RML), which offers a highly customised and localised agricultural information service. Using a subscription economy model, RML provides information services such as weather forecasts, crop advisory, proximate market data and crop prices, and relevant policy and national and international news via mobile phone-based Short Message Service (SMS) primarily aimed at farmers. The report describes the context, the business model, constraints and solutions, important actors and results of the model.

This report by India’s Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (CDF-IFMR) and the World Resources Institute’s New Ventures Program, seeks to enhance the understanding of the investment potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural poor. The report showcases eleven companies selling innovative products and services to meet the energy needs of the rural poor. It also analyses both the market opportunities and the challenges to scale up within this industry and highlights the role of the government and of non-profits.

This study assesses the Standard Chartered bank's socio economic impact in Indonesia - it draws on insights from the official Indonesian government statistics and corporate data from Standard Chartered Indonesia and Permata Bank. It highlights a number of ways in which Standard Chartered could deepen its impact in Indonesia; one of which is expanding its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) banking services to help foster entrepreneurship in the country.

This case study focuses on Community-based tourism (CBT) in Kyrgyzstan . Community-based ecotourism services offer tourists unique experiences, generate incomes for rural families and preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the country. In Kyrgyztan, there are two main actors involved in the CBT business model: Tour operators and the Kyrgyz Community- Based Tourism Association (KCBTA), a non-profit membership organisation. The report describes the context and the business model, the actors, challenges and solution strategies, and the results.

This report focuses on key issue areas that need to be addressed to move the field of inclusive business forward. 14 different cases of companies which operate in a range of different countries and industry sectors are analysed and a first look provides a preliminary analysis of the drivers, results, and key elements these inclusive business models share.

This case study showcases multi-national media company, Thomson Reuters, which joined the Business Call to Actionits initiative 'Reuters Market Light', a news and advisory service for farmers, that leverages the company’s core business to reduce poverty and hunger among India’s rural farmers and promote sustainable economic growth in the agricultural sector. It outlines how the initiative works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.