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United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #1 is no Poverty. In this Episode we share how the UN defines poverty and some of the ways B Corps are working to provide access to stable employment in rural areas where poverty is typically most rampant. 


Additional Learning & Resources Around Poverty
Against Malaria Foundation

How can business alleviate poverty and promote living wages? - Forces For Good Podcast

Institute for Research on Poverty - Sign up for their newsletter to keep up to date on different efforts and research working to address poverty

USDA Economic Research - Rural Poverty & Well-Being

What is Extreme Poverty? - The Life You Can Save

World Poverty Ticker


Helpful Links from the United Nations
Ending Poverty - Article from UN

UNSDG #1 No Poverty Overview  

UN SDG #1 No Poverty Targets

Links to the Businesses Highlighted in this Episode
Alterfin
A certified B Corp headquartered in Belgium with a global footprint, Alterfin is a cooperative founded in '94 that raises capital and invests in developing countries through the financing of smallholder producer organizations and sustainable agriculture.

Great Works Internet (GWI)
A Certified B Corp based in Maine, USA, GWI is an Internet Service Provider that builds highly reliable internet infrastructure. GWI measures their performance not just on profit but on the positive impact their networks have on the communities they serve. The Company embraces pro-consumer practices and believes that it is their human obligation to offer the best possible service to its customers while holding strong to the principles of net-neutrality, open-access, and data privacy. To hear more from Kerem Durdag, the President of GWI, check out our conversation with him about GWI on the Responsibly Different™ Podcast.

Rhino Foods
A certified B Corp based in Vermont, USA, Rhino Foods develops and manufactures edible cookie doughs and baked brownie and cake pieces for use in ice cream and other frozen desserts. The co-inventor of edible cookie dough for ice cream 30 years ago, Rhino continues to be the #1 global supplier to the ice cream industry. To learn more about some of the incredible practices Rhino Foods has for workers, check out their Income Advance Program and their Employee Exchange Program. And if you want to hear more of the conversation we had with Rhino back in 2020, listen to the episode of Rhino Foods on the Responsibly Different™ Podcast.

Dirigo Collective Website