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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 case study showcases mining company, Anglo American, which joined the Business Call to Action with its commitment to tackle poverty, empower underprivileged individuals, and promote economic growth in South Africa’s mining and labour-sending communities. It outlines the company's goals; how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

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 case study showcases multi-national alcoholic beverages company Diageo, which joined the Business Call to Action with its commitment to develop its sorghum agricultural value chain in Cameroon by providing technical assistance and training to farmers. It outlines the company's goals which includes promoting sustainable livelihoods for up to 10,000 smallholder sorghum farming families; and it discusses how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

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.

This case study showcases The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) which joined the Business Call to Action with the commitment to significantly expand its network of locally owned, low-cost Micro Distribution Centers (MDCs) to enable jobs and opportunities in base of the pyramid markets across Africa. It outlines how the model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This case study showcases International Bank Standard Chartered which joined the Business Call to Action with the initiative to leverage its deep knowledge of enterprise development and help small businesses strengthen their capacity to access credit. It reviews the pilot SME Training Program, which provided promising small businesses in Pakistan with business development support and training. It discusses how this program works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This case study showcases telecommunications company Vodafone, which the joined Business Call to Action with its pledge to increase access to financial services, drive small-scale enterprise, and stimulate economic growth in key emerging markets through its Vodafone Money Transfer platform 'M-PESA' or 'M-Paisa'. It outlines how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

Este estudio de caso presenta el modelo de venta directa de Natura en Colombia y como a través de este la empresa ha logrado vincular y mejorar la situación de personas de estratos socio-económicos bajos. Se describe además el modelo financiero, se presenta la matriz de intercambio de valor y la matriz de crecimiento para mercados inclusivos.