No poverty

According to the World Bank’s international poverty level, in 2015 over 700 million people lived in extreme poverty, existing on less than US$1.90 per day. Yet eradicating poverty represents a much broader challenge than just addressing the lack of money. There is debate about whether or not ‘no poverty’ is even a human right. That is why the involvement of business is so important here.

Videos

Student Sahar Seyed Nabeian (MSc Human Resource Management) introduces the challenges of eradicating extreme poverty, and how business has a crucial role in making progress to achieving SDG 1.

Business has a double role to play in societies, particularly those in which they have stakes. Heleen Tiemersma is a research associate to the chair on International Business and Human Rights at RSM, and a PhD candidate researching sustainable business and human rights. She explains how business can avoid negative impacts and create positive outcomes against poverty.

Arjen Boekhold has possibly the best job title ever. He is ‘Cocoa Game Changer’ for Tony’s Chocolonely, a Dutch chocolate producer focusing making slave-free chocolate the norm. But the company’s ambition to sell 100% slave-free chocolate has challenges. Arjen explains how the responsibilities of companies lie at the core of their operations, not on the sidelines.

RSM intends to incorporate these videos, complemented with assignments and teaching cases, as learning modules into its programmes.