Objectives
- Support companies that are starting their inclusive sourcing journey by defining the initial significant steps to start an inclusive sourcing program.
- Set living wage as a corporate priority and provide access to resources and guidelines for companies to close gaps and enlarge their positive impact.
- Support of initiatives that enable access to essential goods and services for vulnerable and socially excluded individuals, MSMEs and groups.
Workstreams & WG leads
- Empowering procurement teams with operational guidance on establishing and scaling inclusive sourcing practices.
- Tackling financial inequality, by guiding companies on their living wage journey for direct employees and workers in the supply chain.
Deliverables
Incubator Projects
B4IG Incubator- Digital Upskilling for Immigrant Youth
ACCES is a Canadian employment organization currently working with Salesforce and Accenture on social barriers and roadblocks related to youth careers. They
B4IG Incubator – La Passerelle
Sodexo is setting up a multi-purpose facility to support social inclusion and improve employability in an underprivileged neighborhood. The Parisian suburb of
B4IG Incubator – Clean Energy Entrepreneurs
Schneider Electric’s Clean Energy Micro-Enterprise Network program is creating an ecosystem of micro-entrepreneurs in India who make affordable, clean energy products available. Unemployed
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