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Analysis and debate on international development issues

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What alternative business models do we need to help beat poverty?

Erinch Sahan

May 9th, 2018 Private sector

Erinch Sahan, Chief Executive of the World Fairtrade Organisation speaks to Sophi Tranchell, CEO of Divine Chocolate and Lisa Dacanay, President of the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia. They share their …

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Reward work, not wealth: How can we solve the inequality crisis?

Nick Bryer, Diego Vazquez, Iñigo Macías-Aymar, Francesca Rhodes and Erinch Sahan

January 22nd, 2018 Inequality

In this podcast, we speak to the authors and advisers of a new Oxfam report Reward work, not wealth, and discuss the links between inequality and poverty, as well as …

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A scorecard from Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign. Credit: Oxfam

Using scorecards to influence business: the Behind the Brands experience

Erinch Sahan

October 11th, 2017 Influencing, Private sector

In the run up to Oxfam’s Evidence for Influencing conference on Oct 23 – 24, Erinch Sahan shares how Oxfam has used scorecards to influence business. Companies compete, that’s just …

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Valerie Mukangerero (53 yrs) walks to her pinapple farm in Rwamurema village, Eastern Rwanda, Kirehe District. Valerie is a member of Tuzamurane cooperative."When I joined the cooperative, we were trained, we learned and I felt relieved that I would have a good life one day.” Credit: Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville / Oxfam

The missing piece of the puzzle is the fourth sector

Erinch Sahan

September 19th, 2017 General

What kind of business can help take the world to a fairer and more sustainable future? Today Oxfam is launching the Future of Business Initiative at the UN General Assembly …

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Nato Lomjaria, is photographed outside the cold storage room at Tianeti Snobati Cooperative in the Mtskheta Tianeti region of Georgia. The cooperative, which sources and dries wild berries, fruits and herbs, was created in 2015 as part of a nationwide project led by Oxfam that so far has facilitated the formation of 48 cooperatives in 13 municipalities, employing around 10,000 people. Credit: Sam Tarling/Oxfam

Reimagining business to tackle inequality

Erinch Sahan

September 11th, 2017 Private sector

Erinch Sahan explains why the current reality of mainstream business isn’t cutting the mustard when it comes to tackling inequality. Inequality is spiralling to absurd levels. Our economies are generating …

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Ethical tradeHuman economySocial enterprise

Big food is improving but a transformation is needed

Erinch Sahan

April 19th, 2016 Food & livelihoods, Food security

OPINION:  With the release of the latest Behind the Brands report, Erinch Sahan takes us through how the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies have progressed on their social and environmental …

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What is a human worth? Bold commitments from business needed

Erinch Sahan

January 22nd, 2016 Economics, Inequality, Private sector

Business has a key role to play in tackling inequality, but the evidence suggests this isn’t happening. Erinch Sahan, Global Adviser on Business and Markets, proposes corporate targets that would …

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Business and development: fashion, unbridled enthusiasm and cold showers

Erinch Sahan

September 24th, 2015 Methodology, Private sector

This week, the UN Private Sector Forum will discuss the role of the private sector in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here Erinch Sahan, Private Sector Policy Adviser, argues that …

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Why companies fail to pay a living wage (at least in their supply chains)

Erinch Sahan

January 8th, 2015 Food & livelihoods, Governance, Inequality, Rights

With companies seeking to maximise profits to meet investors’ expectations, workers in the supply chain lose out and remain trapped in poverty. Erinch Sahan looks at why workers continue to …

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Behind the Brands: what progress one year on?

Erinch Sahan

February 26th, 2014 Agriculture, Economics, Private sector

In February 2013 we launched an ambitious campaign using the power of consumers and investors to hold the world’s biggest food and drinks companies to account for what happens in …

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© 2018. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SC039042).
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

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