NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

The e-MFP WASH Action Group is delighted to kick off a series of webinars on Climate and WASH. In this first webinar, taking place on 5th October, Aqua for All hosts a session on financing climate-smart WASH which will include an introduction to Aqua for All’s ambition to bridge the WASH financing gap. It will then provide background on the intersections between WASH, climate change and inclusion, to set the stage for our main topic: financing climate-smart WASH. The webinar will include case studies and short engagements with the audience for further insights and feedback.

Time: 8:00 AM ET / 2:00 PM CEST

In the 1950s, Toyota pioneered “lean manufacturing,” a practice adopted by manufacturers around the world. But lean doesn’t just apply to manufacturing giants. The methodology is just as valuable to businesses of any size and sector that have processes, whether to manufacture a product or to deliver a service. Join the Performance Measurement & Improvement team at the William Davidson Institute as we provide an overview of how the Toyota Production System lean thinking can be applied with businesses in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to improve processes and reduce waste. In this webinar, we’ll show how to empower your company with lean tools and data to strengthen problem solving and bottom-line performance.

Time: 10am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 8pm EAT/10:30pm IST

Green Energy Africa Summit 2023

In 2022, the U.S. experienced 18 separate climate disasters, each costing more than $1 billion in damages. This tally greatly underestimates the true cost of climate change – and its impact on workers. In a new study, the national nonprofit Commonwealth is examining the impact of climate change on workers, their financial security, and, ultimately, the places they work.

Companies have become increasingly cognizant of their impact on climate change in the environment in recent years, but a new area of study is the impact of climate change on workers – and its implications for worker productivity, employers’ bottom lines, and employees’ financial security.

Join us on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET to better understand the impact of extreme and unusual weather on workers living on low and moderate incomes – and, in particular, the impact on their financial situations.

In this conversation, our friends at Commonwealth will bring together experts for a first look at this original, new research about the realities of how climate change is currently and will continue to affect workers’ health, well-being, and living situations and host a robust discussion on what actions employers, policymakers, and financial institutions can take to mitigate this impact.

Time: 3:00 PM ET

Grameen Foundation centers its work on three outcomes: increased agency, income and entrepreneurship opportunities, and resilience against shocks. For this year’s International Poverty Day event, we want to explore resilience: What happens after the life of a program, and do the women we serve continue to see real change? Four years ago, we worked with Comfort, a single mom of five who was struggling to feed her family and manage a small cocoa farm. She was seen as an outcast in her community. She couldn’t afford to send her children to school. We invite you to learn more about Comfort, how we worked with her, and what her life has been like since.