   Inclusive businesses (IBs) in the ASEAN have the potential to create 1.8 million employment opportunities for those living on less than US$6 – 8 per day in the next five years.  By providing the Base of the Pyramid (BoP), which makes up more than half of the population, with a source of sustainable livelihoods IBs present a way that this value-demanding and productive population can be integrated into supply chains to enable commercial viability and sustainable development in one fell swoop.
   In 2019, AVPN, in collaboration with the Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN), embarked on a programme to develop the ecosystem of investors, businesses and intermediaries in Southeast Asia committed to engaging people living at the BoP across the supply chain as retailers, distributors, suppliers and employees. In this webinar, you will hear about the partnership between LGT Venture Philanthropy, an impact fund, and an inclusive business, Agronomika Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of Kennemer Foods Inc. about how their partnership has impacted farming communities in the Philippines. Learn about the potential for both financial and social impact through investment in inclusive business models and catalyse the conversation on impact investing in Inclusive Business in Europe.
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- Hear from a successful IB to understand how the model has worked to develop sustainable livelihoods in Asia.Â
- Explore the different financial and non-financial support that investors can offer to enable inclusive businesses to grow.Â
- Learn how multi-year partnerships can help inclusive business scale and diversity to better the needs of the communities that they serve.Â
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