PHINEO asks "Do we need to measure everything?"
PHINEO hosted the sixth Berlin Inclusive Business Lunch. The NPO provides guidance to social investors by screening social initiatives and featuring those that promise to make most impact. Ina Epkenhans, who leads PHINEO's...[more]
Combining business and the MDGs – not easy, but possible
Christina Gradl talked about how business can contribute to the MDGs at the Business Humanitarian Forum in Geneva. The event “The Private Sector and the MDGs, Role, Impact and Opportunities” brought together representatives of...[more]
Workshop participants energize the BoP
15 participants from companies and intermediaries attended the first “Energize the BoP” workshop. Based on empirical research, the workshop provided insight into the best practices of building and implementing business models...[more]
“Un Kilo de Ayuda” for Mexico
1.2 million children in Mexico are undernourished. The NGO “Un Kilo de Ayuda” seeks to end this situation. Rene Sosa, fundraising responsable, provided participants of the fourth Inclusive Business Lunch at the endeva office...[more]
Clau speaks at the German-South African Business Forum on German Business as Global Citizens
The “2nd German-South African Business Forum”, which aims to promote the activities of German companies in South Africa, was held in Cape Town on November 1- 2, 2010. Claudia Knobloch was invited by the Southern Africa German...[more]
Clau holds keynote speech at corporAID Multilogue in Vienna
At the “corporAID Multilogue Entwicklungsgeschäfte - Wie Unternehmen neue Märkte erobern und gleichzeitig Armut mindern können“ Claudia held the keynote speech based on a paper that had been published earlier in 2010 in...[more]
Clau discusses “cool ideas for hot days” at the HUB Vienna
In the afternoon of October 7, the HUB Vienna hosted an inclusive business workshop organized by the Institute for Development Cooperation (ICEP) and endeva. Claudia introduced the participants to the idea, the challenges and...[more]
Allianz and FAI discuss microinsurance with experts
40 microinsurance practitioners, executives and thought leaders met on September 22 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors in New York to discuss how the industry can grow and better serve its clients while still remaining...[more]
Yellow pages on inclusive business support institutions now available
Helen Clark, administrator of UNDP, presented the new report “The MDGs – Everyone’s Business” at the workshop “Accelerating Progress towards the MDGs through Inclusive Business” in the context of the MDG Summit in New York. The...[more]
What role do TNCs from the emerging “South” play in development?
In September 2010, GTZ and endeva started working on a study that seeks to understand the potential for collaboration between transnational corporations from the emerging “South” (STNCs) and development actors. STNCs are...[more]
endeva launched
endeva was launched today as an independent institute on enterprise solutions to development challenges. It is a successor to the emergia institute which was dissolved at the end of August 2010. endeva continues the...[more]