
CASE STUDIES
Real-life examples of inclusive business in practice
In 2014, PHINMA Property Holdings Corporation (PHINMA Properties) joined BCtA with its Bistekville II Socialized Housing Project located in…
In January 2013, the Swedish home furnishing retailer, IKEA, joined BCtA with a commitment to procure and use only cotton coming from more...
MicroEnsure brings affordable micro insurance to low-income mobile phone users in Africa and Asia by partnering with insurance companies and mobile...
Honey Care Africa joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) in 2010 with a pledge to establish 100,000 modern beehives in rural Kenya by 2017 and enable...
Envirofit International joined Business Call to Action in 2013, pledging to sell 150,000 clean cookstoves to low-income consumers in Kenya...
DataWind joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) in 2014 with a commitment to bridge the digital divide in India by providing affordable mobile...
Aravind Eye Care System joined the Business Call to Action in 2012 with the pledge to train 650 rural women annually in eye care procedures using its...
In August 2011, Indian carpet manufacturer Jaipur Rugs joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a pledge to empower women by providing...
In an effort to raise awareness about Human papillomavirus (HPV) among factory workers in Vietnam, iCare Benefits collaborated with factories...
Por ti, Familia has committed to address this gap by providing up to 270,000 of Peru’s urban poor with access to affordable, high-quality health...
In 2008, The Coca-Cola Company pledged to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by leveraging its core business...
In early 2010, Anglo American joined the BCtA with its commitment to tackle poverty, empower underprivileged individuals, and promote economic growth...
SABMiller, through its BCtA initiative, is working to develop and improve local supply chains for barley, a key ingredient for the company’s products...
In 2008, Thomson Reuters answered the BCtA with its initiative to provide India’s farmers with the tools and information they need to increase...
In 2010, LifeSpring Hospitals responded to the BCtA with its commitment to expand access to affordable, high-quality maternal and child health care...
Standard Chartered’s BCtA initiative leverages its deep knowledge of enterprise development to help small businesses unlock their full growth...
This BCtA case study takes an in-depth look at the Cadbury/Kraft Cocoa Partnership’s investment in sustainable cocoa farming in Africa, Southeast...
The majority of Uganda’s 32 million citizens lack access to the financial sector, including banking services. MAP International, through its BCtA...
In 2008, Diageo joined the BCtA with its commitment to develop its sorghum agricultural value chain in Cameroon by providing technical assistance and...
Vodafone, through its BCtA initiative, is working to increase access to financial services, drive small-scale enterprise, and stimulate economic...
In 2010, Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT), India’s largest manufacturer of paper, joined the BCtA with its commitment to integrate low-income,...
Sproxil joined the BCtA with a commitment to mobilize US$4 million to expand its efforts to empower patients and consumers in the fight against...
Tata Consultancy Services joined the BCtA with a commitment to expand its platform offering personalized agricultural advisory services to farmers in...
Some 30,000 children are expected to benefit from nutritious foods in low-income areas of Jakarta from DSM’s BCtA initiative. The global science...
Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI has committed to development of an eco-friendly natural dyeing plant in Cambodia, as part as its...
In April 2013, Hapinoy joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to create an innovative and inclusive distribution network of...
Zoona, a low-cost mobile payments system provider in Zambia, joined the Business Call to Action in 2012 with the goal of enabling financial inclusion...
SolarNow’s commitment is to scale up access to these solar systems for more than 1.1. million people by 2015. Over its lifespan, the solar power...
In November 2012, Novartis joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to improve health outcomes for populations living at the...
Their success in rallying coalitions of partners and mobilising resources to lift people out of extreme poverty, to broaden access to education and...
Service-based company PUPA, of Brazil, committed in 2013 to the Business Call to Action to provide early childhood educational programmes to...
Kenya’s National Constitution of 2010 defines youth as “all individuals in the republic who have attained the age of 18 years but have not attained...
Agriculture is an important source of livelihoods for many low-income rural and semi-rural communities around the world. More than 2.5 billion...
In September 2013, the Japanese food giant Ajinomoto Co., joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to employ its expertise in food...
In January 2013, the Swedish home-furnishing retailer, IKEA joined the Business Call to Action with its commitment to procure and use by...
In August 2012, one of Japan’s leading general trading companies, ITOCHU Corporation, and the sustainable lifestyle company kurkku ...
In August 2011, the U.S.-based, award-winning socially-conscious technology company Dimagi joined the Business Call to Action with a...
In January 2012, the housing social enterprise ¡Échale! a tu Casa joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to provide US$3...
In January 2014, Patrimonio Hoy, a subsidiary of the multinational Mexican cement manufacturer CEMEX, joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with...
In January 2014, CEMEX joined the Business Call to Action with its Assisted Self-Construction Integrated Program (Programa Integral de...
In 2012, Waste Capital Partners joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to employ 10,000 formerly independent waste pickers as...
In 2013 TTNET, Turkey’s leading Internet service provider (ISP), joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to increase access to the...
Juhudi Kilimo provides asset financing and technical assistance to smallholder farmers throughout Kenya. The company joined the Business Call to...
In November 2011, the US-based food company SAMBAZON (Sustainable Management of the Brazilian Amazon) joined the Business Call to Action with a...
In December 2013, Taze Kuru Gida Inc joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to source from 100 smallholder farmers in Turkey in order...
Phillips Healthcare Services Ltd (PHSL) joined the Business Call to Action in 2014 with a commitment to provide micronutrient powder (MNP) to...
Itaú Unibanco joined the Business Call to Action in 2012 with the Itaú Microcrédito initiative, offering microfinancing and increasing the financial...
Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Ltd. joined the Business Call to Action in 2012 with an initiative to provide home loans to under-served rural and...
In October 2012, Unicharm Corporation, a leading personal care product manufacturer headquartered in Japan joined the Business Call to Action with a...
In September 2013, Santander Microcrédito joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to serve 124,799 low-income consumers with...
In 2013, ClickMedix joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to train more than 1,000 community health workers in the use of mobile...
Barefoot Power, a member of the Business Call to Action since 2012, provides affordable, safe and clean energy through independent solar power kits...
In 2012, Natura joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to train 250,000 entrepreneurs in Mexico, benefitting 25,000 mostly women...
For the health sector, mobile money technology offers a wide array of benefits ranging from improved efficiency and financial accountability for...