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This case study showcases Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI, which joined the Business Call to Action with the commitment to develop the capacity of at least 500 low-income artisans in Cambodia, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan; focusing on women from post-conflict and transitional societies. It outlines how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This case study showcases the US food company, SAMBAZON, which joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to train indigenous communities in the Amazon Estuary region on sustainable harvesting of the Açaí berry. It outlines how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This case study showcases global science-based company Royal DSM, which joined the Business Call to Action with the commitment to improve childhood nutrition and create employment opportunities in poor communities in Indonesia. It outlines how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This case study showcases TTNET, Turkey’s leading Internet service provider (ISP), which joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to increase access to the internet and education in Turkey. It outlines, the commitment strategy, how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This report, written for entrepreneurs and investors, reviews the case for affordable housing sector in Kenya. It covers strategies to bring down the cost of construction and the housing ecosystem and concludes with six key components of success.

This case study looks at Coletivo Retail, an eight-week training programme to empower unemployed youth living in low-income communities, such as favelas, and to help them find new economic opportunities, set up by Coca-Cola in Brazil to strengthen its business by advancing the economic and social conditions in the communities in which it operates. The programme is present across 126 sites in Brazil and Coca-Cola’s sales in Coletivo communities grow 9.5% more per year on average, as a result of increased small retailer productivity and higher levels of economic prosperity in Coletivo communities.

Este reporte de investigación describe y caracteriza de forma cualitativa y cuantitativa casos de negocios inclusivos impulsados por emprendimientos y pequeñas empresas, y a los actores que conforman el ecosistema de negocios inclusivos en Argentina (desarrolladores, incubadoras, inversionistas y organizaciones de apoyo)

This text describes how inclusive business models both embody and drive social innovation through their philosophy, processes, partners and policies. In 2005 Anant Kumar was travelling to hospitals around India, conducting market research. The women Kumar spoke with were dissatisfied with the lack of transparency, quality, and service experienced at the free public hospitals, yet private hospitals were largely unaffordable. Recognising a clear social need and a market gap, Kumar convinced his employer to finance a maternity clinic aimed at providing high-quality yet affordable healthcare to low-income mothers and children in Hyderabad’s urban slums.

This report examines the internal barriers that companies face when trying to scale up inclusive business. It categorises the challenges into three groups: opportunity cost of investment; strategic and operational misalignment; and capability gaps. It describes a range of solutions using case examples and it identifies the ways to overcome these barriers.

This case study looks at an inclusive business project between smallholder farmers in Peru, Belgian retailer Colruyt and NGO VECO. It looks at the lessons learned from the collaboration and shares learnings for future inclusive business models.