Founding Members, Catalyst Business Partners
Catalyst Business Partners
Global businesses are increasingly embedding sustainability into their core strategies, dedicating resources to enhance operations and contribute to the well-being of the communities they serve. This commitment is crucial in addressing pressing global challenges, from climate crises to societal divisions.
By joining forces, businesses leverage their resources, expertise, and reach to support innovative solutions of social enterprises. This solidarity is essential for driving meaningful societal change and developing sustainable business practices. Through collaboration, both parties can build trust, enhance reputation, access new markets, and create shared value, ultimately contributing to a more inclusive, equitable, and prosperous future for all.
It is crucial to evaluate the challenges and opportunities within our target impact ecosystem. By seeking innovative ways to leverage existing resources and strengths, we can mitigate risks, catalyse growth, and seize opportunities. With this vision, Catalyst Business Partners has been incubated.
With the Catalyst Business Partners, our goals
are to:
Build the global ecosystem of private sector and social enterprise partnerships by:
Acknowledging and appreciating our members’ business partners on a global platform, highlighting their role as important actors in developing the social innovation economy.
Building trust and fostering greater solidarity by:
- Encouraging interactions between businesses and social entrepreneurs.
- Demonstrating the social and business value for other corporates to work with social entrepreneurs.
- Fostering collaborations to create shared value.
About Catalyst Business Partners
Catalyst Business Partners is an initiative to acknowledge and appreciate the contribution, commitment, and impact of corporates working with social entrepreneurs. Organisations that incorporate sustainability objectives into their business strategy and work with social enterprise partners, especially those from the Catalyst 2030 network, are invited to join.
Why? Amidst a spectrum of global challenges – a ‘polycrisis’, we need collaborative efforts if we have any hope of solving the myriad systemic social and environmental issues. It is essential to build trust in partnerships and ignite inspiration to innovate and build a social innovation economy one that centres people and planet. Private sector involvement is crucial. The Catalyst Business Partners initiative strives to support corporations by shining light on them, while serving as a beacon of motivation for others to initiate proactive measures.
Membership selection criteria and benefits:
Catalyst Business Partners is an exclusive, invitation-only initiative designed to acknowledge and appreciate businesses that collaborate with mission-driven social enterprises. These businesses are identified either by a Catalyst 2030 member (social enterprise/NGO) or directly by the secretariat team. This initiative aims to highlight and celebrate the meaningful contributions of organizations that align their business strategies with sustainable and social objectives, fostering a positive impact on society.
Benefits of becoming a member
Membership offers a range of benefits, including recognition, networking opportunities, global showcasing, and promotion of sustainability, all contributing to a more engaged and purpose-driven corporate environment.
Joining Catalyst Business Partners provides significant benefits, including enhanced collaboration, global recognition, strategic networking, and increased employee engagement. These advantages contribute to a more sustainable and purpose-driven corporate environment.
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