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  • Improving the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health Care

    Posted by Meryl Ligunas on August 9, 2023 at 11:33 am

    Post your questions, insights, comments, and proposed solutions on this forum. We will tackle as many as possible during the live session with Ellen Smith of Palladium and Marissa Leffler of UBS Optimus Foundation on 16 Aug 2023 (7-8:30 PM SGT). You may also reply to the posts of your fellow learners.

    Ruel Enriquez replied 1 year, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Ina Barrameda

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    August 10, 2023 at 2:16 pm

    Hi Ellen and Marissa, do you think that a sustained relationship with the government would have contributed to drastic changes in the success of the DIB? In your experience, what other factors would allow the program to pursue longer term sustainability? Thank you and looking forward to the session!

  • Ruel Enriquez

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    August 10, 2023 at 2:25 pm

    thank you for taking the time to answer our questions! after implementing the Utkrisht impact bond, how do you think can transaction costs be reduced? similarly, how can the design process be refined to increase the DIB’s impact and benefits?

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Inclusive Business

Companies may choose to adopt an inclusive business model or approach that provides goods, services, and livelihoods on a commercially viable basis to people living at the base of the pyramid (BoP). Depending on the nature and size of the organisation, companies can do this by directly incorporating the BoP in their core value chain, or by piloting inclusive business initiatives through their corporate impact efforts.

Adapted from: Inclusive Business Action Network (IBAN)

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This paper by CSR Asia outlines how inclusive business (IB) strategies can create shared value and walks through practical steps companies can take to develop an effective IB strategy. It makes a case for inclusive business and demonstrates how companies can leverage aspects of their value chain to create opportunities for low-income communities. You will also find a number of case studies from around the Asia region.

Corporate Foundation

Corporate foundations (or company-sponsored foundations) are philanthropic organisations that are created and financially supported by a corporation. The foundation is created as a separate legal entity from the corporation, but with close ties to the corporation. Corporate foundations tend to make grants in fields related to their corporate activities or in communities where the corporation operates, or where their employees reside.

Source: Council of Foundations

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Corporate Social Impact Accelerator

Companies may establish Social Impact Accelerators to help enterprises looking to address a social problem over an extended period of time with a mix of financial and non-financial support, including seed funding, mentorship, training, networking and working space.

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Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is any formally organised support or encouragement from companies to leverage employee time, knowledge, skills or other resources to support impact organisations. Employee engagement can vary from corporate volunteering (hands-on or skill-based, virtual or on-site volunteering) and/or corporate giving (payroll giving, employee matching) to co-investment programmes.

Source: EVPA, 2018

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to strategies that companies put into action as part of corporate governance that are designed to ensure the company’s operations are ethical and beneficial for society. These may include initiatives to support the environment, fair labour practices, philanthropy and/or sustainable business practices.

Adapted from: Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)

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Corporate Impact Fund

Corporate impact funds enable companies to make investments that are aligned with and amplified by their strategic priorities, market position and resources in order to generation measurable and mutually reinforcing social, environmental and financial returns and outcomes.

Adapted from: Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2021

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