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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>A report released today by the Schwab Foundation\u2019s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship outlines a series of social innovation solutions for integrating racial and ethnic equity into business practices and unlocking economic growth worldwide.<\/p>\n

The report, Innovating for Equity: Unlocking Value for Communities and Businesses \u2013 published in partnership with Echoing Green, the GHR Foundation and Dalberg \u2013 provides pathways for collaboration between social innovators from racial and ethnically marginalized communities, governments and companies to harness largely untapped opportunities for the global economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis report represents a call to action for leaders from across the public and private sectors to address racial and ethnic equity \u2013 not just as a moral imperative, but as a clear and compelling business case,\u201d said Fran\u00e7ois Bonnici, Director of the Schwab Foundation and Head of Foundations at the World Economic Forum. \u201cBy doing so, they can contribute to a more just and equitable society and unlock new avenues for sustainable economic growth and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the US alone, the widening racial wealth gap is estimated to cost up to $1.5 trillion in economic growth by 2028. This translates to a cap on GDP growth of 6%. The report shows how key stakeholders can work together to unlock this potential and galvanize the global economy.<\/p>\n

To this end, the report features social innovators who have successfully partnered with companies and governments, providing clear, actionable lessons on how to drive value creation by addressing systemic economic exclusion. These cases illustrate examples of social innovators who are scaling solutions in ways that combine social value with commercial opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupporting these largely untapped areas of innovation and growth has the potential to include millions of customers, employees, entrepreneurs and investors in the global economy,\u201d said Cheryl L. Dorsey, President of Echoing Green. \u201cEconomic equity can be a pivotal driver of growth in the US and globally. Now is the time for corporations, policy-makers and innovators to come together and drive meaningful, system-wide transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using six unique case studies, the report presents three scalable pathways for collaboration between social innovators, corporations and governments. Each of the three pathways combines a socially innovative approach to value creation that also addresses inequities at the root level:<\/p>\n

Expanding markets: This approach highlights the value of providing products and services that better meet the needs of different communities. Through the examples of two innovators in disparate geographic contexts \u2013 sub-Saharan Africa and the US \u2013 the report shows how tailored delivery models can improve local business operations and sustainably grow and empower local communities.<\/p>\n

Unlocking talent: This spotlights how more equitable hiring practices can unlock untapped talent pools, reshape employment opportunities and remove existing barriers faced by individuals, businesses, and communities. The case studies illustrating the way forward are two US-based social innovators who have strengthened their talent pipelines through efforts to dismantle racial and ethnic biases faced by Black and Latinx communities.<\/p>\n

Broadening networks: This pathway focuses on the importance of building more diverse and inclusive supplier ecosystems that can help counteract entrenched historical marginalization. This is exemplified in the report by two social innovators who are connecting underrepresented Black and Indigenous vendors with global companies, bringing new markets and fair compensation to these vendors, and new and more authentic products to consumers worldwide.<\/p>\n

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