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Apply three components of the inclusive business playbook — purpose, strategy, and value indicators — developed by EY and Acumen to increase inclusion across your business
Adopt practices to advance inclusion, change systems of exploitation or exclusion, and contribute to a more inclusive world
Use tools to document and apply key learnings to start your journey towards inclusive business success

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Course Syllabus

01

WELCOME TO THE COURSE

Video: Why Build Inclusive Businesses?

Video: Creating Long-Term Value

Resource: Workbook for the Course

02

THE INCLUSIVE BUSINESS FRAMEWORK

Video and Exercise: Inclusion in Your Context

Video: The Inclusive Business Framework

03

GUIDING VALUES

Video: Saral Designs’ Organizational Values

Exercise: Identify Your Values

Video: Coliba’s Values in Action

Exercise: Your Values in Action

04

PURPOSE: FIND YOUR NORTH STAR

Video: Biocon’s Purpose

Exercise: Reframing Purpose

Case Study: Recycling Lives—Putting People First

Exercise: Define Your Purpose

05

STRATEGY: WORK BACKWARD

Case Study: Tony’s Chocolonely—A Roadmap Toward Change

Case Study: Chobani – Nutritious Food For All

Exercise: Work Backward

Video and Exercise: Make an Inclusive Business Decision

06

VALUE INDICATORS: REDEFINE SUCCESS

Case Study: Grab – Triple Bottom Line

Case Study: Biocon—Creating Value for Society

Exercise: Measure Social Value

07

YOUR JOURNEY FORWARD

Exercise: Create Your Action Plan

Video: Advice from Chobani CEO

Video: Your Journey Forward

Change Your View Of The World

Draw inspiration from thought-provoking readings, videos, and reflections.

Enjoy Lifetime Access

Revisit courses, refresh your knowledge, and brush up on your skills at any time.

Receive a Certificate of Recognition

Attain a "Statement of Accomplishment" recognizing your successful completion of a course.

Gain New Skills

Increase your impact by putting new skills into practice.

"

Running a successful business and serving society aren’t mutually exclusive. Far from it, they’re interdependent."

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw,

Founder and Executive Chairperson, Biocon

Course Description

Our current economic system excludes low-income and historically marginalized people from sharing and prospering in economic, social, and political opportunities. While business has a critical role to play in building a new, more inclusive economy that alleviates poverty and reduces inequality, achieving this vision requires business leaders who can drive inclusion across all areas of their company.

Together with EY, Acumen has developed the inclusive business framework — a collection of seven principles, practices, and skills for business leaders who want to increase inclusion and achieve both social impact and profit. Focusing on three components of the framework — purpose, strategy, and value indicators — this course teaches how to identify opportunities to drive inclusive change in and through your business.

You’ll learn from successful business leaders who have put this framework into practice and take actionable steps to begin redefining the operative elements of your business to prioritize inclusion and shared prosperity.

*Note: To learn the four additional components of the Inclusive Business framework, sign up for our Inclusive Business: Reimagine Key Operations course.

This course consists of 1.5 hours of videos/readings and 2 hours of reflections/application.*

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Jacqueline Novogratz

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Hamdi Ulukaya

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Mark Broadhurst

Senior Vice President of Communications & Impact,
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Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder and CEO,
Acumen

Hamdi Ulukaya

CEO and Founder,
Chobani

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