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BPP announces call for partnerships to support COVID-19 recovery
Are you an inclusive business? Do you have a commercial idea that could make a lasting social and environmental impact? Through the Business Partnerships Platform (BPP), the Australian Government is calling for inclusive business partnerships to help support COVID-19 recovery in the Indo-Pacific. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread economic impact across the Indo-Pacific. People are…
Business Partnerships Platform Learning Brief: The business of gender equality
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) farmer and Field Facilitator, Almas Parveen © BCI/Khaula Jamil Businesses with gender diverse teams are more creative, responsive and resilient. Knowing how to develop and implement strategies to promote equality and empower women is an important part of doing business. In times of crises this becomes more important, as underlying gender…
Early actions to stop the spread of COVID-19 and help the most vulnerable
During the COVID-19 crisis, Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) partners are focused on protecting the wellbeing of their staff, repurposing their resources and networks, and finding ways to support livelihoods through their supply chains. Here are a three stories of how our partners are leveraging their unique social impact business models to support their communities during…
Telehealth platform tested in India trialled in Indigenous communities in Australia
A telehealth service to reach underserved communities in Rajasthan, India © Smile Foundation Distance to health professionals including general practitioners and specialists is one of the biggest barriers to health equality for Indigenous Australians. Telehealth services have the potential to lift this barrier and help to close the gap in Indigenous health status. We are…
On International Women’s Day we celebrate our partners pushing for equality
In our work with BPP partners we’ve found a strong willingness from businesses to know more and do more to push for equality. We have also seen the results of a business owning the conversation. Here we share some examples of businesses, and the NGO partners that support them, taking ownership of the process and…
Case study: Organic cocoa farming in Solomon Islands
A shared value case study by World Vision The contents of this case study were presented by Sandra Carvajal at a session on using innovative financing for impact at the 2020 Australasian Aid Conference. Sandra is the Senior Advisor for Tri-Sector Partnering at World Vision. Cocoa in the Pacific was once a thriving industry and a significant…
Video: Scaling an affordable solar solution in Papua New Guinea
“Having DFAT as a partner has allowed us to accelerate our access to the remote and rural regions of the country to ensure we get light to as many people as quickly as possible,” Jen Ramamurthy from Sola PayGo, an Australian-Papua New Guinean solar business, on what the BPP partnership has enabled her business to…
Next chapter of the BPP: four more years, four focus countries
Australia will invest a further $17 million over four years to deliver the next chapter of the successful Business Partnerships Platform (BPP). Through the BPP, the Australian Government partners with businesses, not-for-profits and academia to create jobs, increase incomes and empower women. The BPP is built on the concept of shared value where business can…
BPP Panel at the 2020 Australasian AID Conference
“Partnering with business for the Sustainable Development Goals” Join us for the Business Partnerships Platform panel discussion at the 2020 Australasian Aid Conference: Wednesday 19th February, 8.00am-9.30am Brindabella Theatre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Panel overview Developing countries face an annual gap of $2.5 trillion to meet the SDGs. Multi-stakeholder partnerships between government, the private…