From fleeing war to finding work: companies aim to help refugees find jobs
The World Economic Forum is working to expand employment opportunities for refugees and accelerate hiring through the Refugee Employment Alliance.
Agility is a global leader in supply chain services, infrastructure and innovation and a pioneer in emerging markets. It is a multi-business operator, with companies that include the world’s largest aviation services company by number of countries, a market leader in developing logistics parks in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, and companies that provide fuel logistics, customs digitization, remote infrastructure services, e-commerce enablement, digital logistics, and commercial real estate and facilities management. Agility is also an investor in innovation, sustainability and resilience, with a growing portfolio of listed and non-listed investment partners looking to reshape their industries across sectors.
By expanding female Venture Capital (VC) communities, highlighting female firms with VC funding and confronting stereotypes, more VC funding should flow to female founders.
If large corporations support SMEs through skills-building and economic transition they will help boost economic growth and support the move to net zero.