Jury 2016 The Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards recognize business leaders – current or past CEOs – who have demonstrated leadership in championing interfaith understanding and peace. The Awards are a partnership initiative of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF) and the United Nations Global Compact Business for Peace (B4P) platform, with the collaboration of […]
Baku 2016 – Global Forum Business can help ease global religious tensions, UN Global Forum At the April 25, 2016 United Nations Forum in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, senior business and UN officials stressed the important role the private business sector plays in creating inclusive communities, underscoring that companies cannot operate successfully in societies that […]
At the recent United Nations Forum in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, senior business and UN officials stressed the important role the private business sector plays in creating inclusive communities, underscoring that companies cannot operate successfully in societies that fail. The Symposium convened more than 200 top leaders from business, media and civil society, including […]
“Religious freedom is good for business & business is good for religious freedom.” Brian Grim, President of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, will make the case this week at the Asia Pacific Religious Freedom Forum (APRFF), an invitation-only gathering of parliamentarians, government representatives, civic and religious leaders from across the globe who are committed to advancing […]
Emilee Pugh, Previous Research Assistant Emilee Pugh was previously a Religious Freedom & Business Foundation Research Assistant working on the Empowerment+ initiative, and, at the time, a student at Brigham Young University. Emilee claims Chewelah, Washington, as her home, but came to BYU in order to study English language, Editing, and Nonprofit Management, an unusual […]
Poverty, some argue, can only be effectively tackled by governments enforcing top-down, big-P Poverty reduction policies and programs. But a host of religious groups haven’t gotten the memo. Innovative faith-based initiatives worldwide are tackling poverty using bottom-up, small-p poverty alleviation approaches that empower individuals to be resourceful, resilient and self-reliant. Also see: Poverty: What is is and what we’re doing to end […]
Melissa E. Grim, Case Studies* For luxury carmaker BMW, intercultural understanding is more than just a nice sentiment, it’s “an essential part of our daily work,” says Bill McAndrews, the company’s Vice President for Communications. Indeed, since 1997, BMW has been actively promoting cooperative dialogue between different cultures. One reason for BMW’s emphasis on cross-cultural […]
Melissa E. Grim, Case Study* In Nigeria, businesses and economic development NGOs are working to stop widespread religious violence between Christians and Muslims, which has already taken hundreds of lives and threatens to thrust parts of the country into civil war. For instance, in Adamawa State in northeast Nigeria, groups like the Yola Innovation Machine […]
On July 8, 2014, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation research associate Melissa Grim gave the following report of the Foundation’s activities at the International Religious Freedom Roundtable. Thank you for the opportunity to share about the work of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation. The Foundation educates the global business community about how religious freedom is […]
by Melissa Grim Last year, Coke brought some laughter and joy to a region that has seen more than its share of conflict when it installed two Small World Machines in New Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan. Long separated by a border that has seen a number of wars and religiously charged rhetoric, ordinary Indians […]
