The Need for this ImpAct report

2. Our Business

Our theory of change explains the change and impact we seek to create and how to achieve these aspirations.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world’s most vulnerable populations through loss of health, jobs, incomes, assets, and education. The crisis highlights the need for urgent action to cushion the pandemic’s social and economic consequences and help vulnerable populations recover.

The BP4GG mandate is to pilot and scale up responsible business models that will ultimately make agriculture and garments supply chains more resilient to deal with economic and social shocks, such as of the pandemic. Investments made by both FCDO and partners over a 12-month period will not only see vulnerable groups working in these supply chains being reached with support, but we expect these vulnerable groups to recover from the effects of the pandemic, and businesses continue their operations in a more responsible and transparent way.

A continuous focus on learning and dissemination by the Facility and its partners will lead to these models, or variants of them, continuing and being scaled up widely, so that positive impact on those in most need is sustained beyond.

Figure 1: BP4GG Theory of Change

Learning for improvement, scale up or replication 8.2. Businesses continue their operations in a responsible and transparent way

4. Businesses or NFP led initiatives to respond to challenges & opportunities that COVID-19 presents for agriculture and garments supply chains

3. DFID engages with business and other market players to cocreate initiatives within priority countries and sectors to address social and economic COVID-19 challenges 5.2. Initiatives that impact on policies to ensure improved standards on workplace health & safety completed

5.1. Initiatives that directly impact on health, safety & livelihoods of workers, suppliers completed

Learning for improvement, scale up or replication

2. DFID call for proposals

1. Rapid research on challenges faced by businesses in garments and agriculture due to COVID-19 that impact on vulnerable groups in DFID priority countries

6.2. Reduced impact of COVID-19 on businesses and other market actors (ISPs)

7. Innovative and scalable models create sustainable change in supply chains making them more resilient

6.1. Reduced impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups as suppliers workers, migrant workers, including women

• Human rights of workers • Safety of workers • Protection of migrant workers in host country • Payments for suppliers and workers • Income generation activities • Others

8.1. COVID-19 vulnerable groups recover from economic and social shocks

• Livelihoods of vulnerable groups maintained and improved • Health and safety improved • Other benefits