The
Rockefeller Foundation funded FSG, a non-profit consulting firm, to
study the ways in which large corporations create positive change for
poor or vulnerable populations around the world. The following report
explores how companies are redefining business strategies to create
shared value across five sectors: food, beverages, and agriculture;
health care; financial services; extractives and natural resources; and
housing and construction (moladi).
It highlights more than thirty company case studies and provides
perspectives on a range of geographies, with a particular focus on the
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Guided
by key learning questions identified by the Rockefeller Foundation,
this paper provides stories and frameworks to inspire and inform the
strategies of multinationals and their partners as they seek to create
shared value at the base of the pyramid.
The status quo is not working for billions of poor or vulnerable people around the world.
The
world today is grappling with enormous social, economic, and
environmental challenges. Organizations across sectors—public,
non-profit, multilateral, and private—are working to address issues
ranging from poverty and malnutrition to social inequality and climate
change. Yet social problems remain on a massive scale, particularly for
the four billion around the world with incomes well below the Western
poverty line. The challenges facing poor or vulnerable populations
require innovative, sustainable, and large-scale solutions.
“Train the unemployed to build for the homeless”
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