Ankara, 8 April 2015. Turkey, as the Presidency of the G20 for 2015, hosted representatives from government, business and academia from G20 countries for a one day workshop on “Inclusive Business” (IB) in Ankara on Wednesday, the 8th of April.
IB is a private sector approach to providing goods, services, and livelihoods on a commercially viable basis to people at the base of the pyramid by making them part of the value chain of companies’ core business as suppliers, distributors, retailers, or customers.
The workshop has built upon the G20’s previous IB–related work and the knowledge generated within the IB field to–date in order to address how the policy environment can advance opportunities for private sector companies to reach the poor.
Keynote speakers included Mr. Ivar Blanken, Unilever VP of Finance, Professor Ted London of University of Michigan and Professor Zeynep Gürhan-Canlı of Koç University. In the session on the “Role of Governments in Supporting Inclusive Business”, Germany, Brazil and Mexico presented how their countries have contributed to IB.
Specific business cases that are taking place in Kenya, India, Mexico, Brazil, the Philippines and also Turkey have been highlighted during the workshop.
IB has continued to gain momentum across sectors and geographies. Large and smaller companies, both local and multinational corporations, are now explicitly integrating poor consumers, producers and entrepreneurs into their core business models. These businesses aim to generate social change while being profitable at the same time.
Agenda, Concept Paper, Speakers’ Biographies and List of Participants
