Bringing Banking to Low Income Communities in Northern Nigeria

Union Bank of Nigeria (Union Bank) has joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a pledge to provide access to financial services for at least 30,000 people from low income communities in 11 states across northern Nigeria by 2020, where currently more than half the population are unbanked.

BCtA Series WEBINAR 3 | Women’s Empowerment: Measuring Inclusive Business Impact

Gender inequality and the process of empowerment are both dynamic and complex; as are the market systems in which women work. Monitoring and evaluation systems must be consistently updated and adapted in line with the changing needs of women to effectively address the market constraints they face and the positive impact of their empowerment on business growth. This requires a carefully designed measurement system that captures data on women’s economic empowerment from multiple perspectives and sources.

The Solvable Problem Challenge

We invite you to submit a solvable problem to be considered for one of the collaborative action tracks at the next Global Engagement Forum: Live, a two-day event this fall that will bring together leaders from the private, public, and social sectors to develop cross-sector concepts that address urgent, yet solvable problems within the United Nations Global Goals.

Schneider Electric Announces an Agreement to Build a Microgrid With an Investment of $4.5 Million

The recent wave of hurricanes in the US -- Harvey, Irma & Sandy -- have offered municipalities a reminder of the importance of installing assets that can provide resilient power in critical facilities. The need of the hour is to install advanced microgrids equipped with the latest technology that can perform on multiple levels during these extreme weather conditions and grid outages. Microgrids were chosen as one of the options to provide necessary resilience during inclement weather in the recent US Department of Energy’s 2017 Grid Reliability Study.

Xylem Employees Volunteer More Than 35,800 Hours in 2017

Employees from Xylem, a leading global water technology company that is dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, logged more than 35,800 volunteer hours in 2017, participating in activities aimed at providing and protecting safe water resources in communities and educating people about water issues. Xylem Watermark, the company’s corporate citizenship platform, launched a service-focused employee engagement program in 2016 in support of this mission with a goal of logging 100,000 volunteer hours by the end of 2018. This year’s achievement brings the total number of volunteer hours to nearly 57,000, more than halfway to that goal.

GRI Podcast February Edition: Business and Human Rights

In the first episode of 2018, GRI interviews Caroline Rees, President of Shift, the leading center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. There's also a report from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, where GRI’s Chief Executive Tim Mohin delivered an important message to world leaders. You will also find out how GRI's Regional Hub in South Asia is helping local businesses contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

CSRHub’s Cynthia Figge Speaking at CSR 4.0

CSRHub CEO and Co-Founder Cynthia Figge will be moderating a panel at Skytop Strategies CSR 4.0 conference, in San Francisco on March 1st. The panel will be discussing The Power of Disruption: How CSR Can Affect Company Brand Value.

Finalized Agenda for the Responsible Business Summit New York 2018 Is Released

The sessions and timings have now been finalized for next month’s Responsible Business Summit New York (March 26-27), which will feature over 70 CEOs and senior executive speakers leading transformational change. To see the full event agenda you can click here http://events.ethicalcorp.com/rbs-ny/conference-agenda.php

Nikki Reed Is Using Dell's Gold E-Waste Scraps To Make Incredible Jewelry

Actress Nikki Reed has announced her partnership with Dell through her company Bayou With Love. Together, they're recycling gold scraps from Dell's old motherboards and turning them into a new line of jewelry, Engadget reports. The line includes 14- and 18-carat gold rings, earrings, and cufflinks.

Caring About the Game

“It seems to be easier to win the game when you care about the game.” The morning after the Super Bowl seems an appropriate time to write about the game, but it’s not actually the game of football that I’m interested in. It’s the game of business and what it takes to win in 2018.

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