Business Fights Poverty

Social impact organisations are under growing pressure. Needs are rising, resources are constrained, and teams are being asked to do more for more people, often with less. In this context, artificial intelligence offers real promise. Used well, AI can help organisations unlock knowledge, reduce administrative burden, improve decision-making and extend support to people and co...

In a period of economic uncertainty, geopolitical instability, organisational restructuring and growing regulatory pressure, businesses are facing competing demands. For social impact professionals, this creates a familiar challenge: how to keep social impact visible, credible and actionable when leaders and teams are under pressure.

The task is no longer simply to rai...

Corporate–NGO partnerships are entering a new era. The scale and complexity of global crises are increasing, while the resources available to address them are tightening. Poverty, climate disruption, conflict, displacement, debt pressures and rising costs are all placing pressure on communities, companies, NGOs and public institutions at the same time.

At the same time...

Businesses are being asked to deliver more social and environmental impact at a time when many social impact budgets are flat or declining. Teams are expected to support communities, respond to complex global challenges, contribute to sustainability goals and demonstrate measurable outcomes, often without significantly more funding.

This pressure is prompting many comp...

Inequalities remain high and persistent. On a global level, just 10 percent of the world’s population own 75 percent of its wealth, while the poorest 50 percent own 2 percent, according to the World Inequality Report 2026. A third of the workforce worldwide, 1 billion peo...