We facilitated the Inclusive Business Models Workshop, in partnership with the International Business Leaders Forum, primarily to raise awareness of how the private sector can contribute to human development by following inclusive business policies.

The aim was to inspire participating organisations to build capacity within their companies in order to adopt inclusive business models and grow a community of practitioners to take these practices forward.

The workshops attracted many companies of all sizes, NGOs, government organisations and it helped the participants to understand the perspectives of different stakeholders along the value chain and recognize the barriers to entry.

Our own inclusive-business model evolved out of our partnership with Nishtha under the Social Sector Initiatives Program which was launched in 2005, Nishtha works towards making women self-reliant as farmers by teaching them organic methods of cultivation. Many of the organic products that Nishtha´s women groups produce are bought by us and used in the restaurants of The Park Kolkata. This way, we believe we have built capacity in a community of women and helped them convert it into a business opportunity that works for the community, as well as for the Corporate.