10 Jul 2025
Power of networking helps bridge the youth skills gap
Participants in our 2025 Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator attended the Horizons: Dare to Be Brave – Jobs for the Future 2025 summit in New Orleans.
News and events
Explore the latest news and events from the Global Business Coalition for Education. From high-level meetings and expert commentary to partner announcements and project milestones, our updates keep you informed and inspired. See how business leaders and partners are driving impact and creating opportunities for young people worldwide.
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From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Unlocking Workforce Potential from Gen Alpha to Gen Z
12:30pm - 2:00am EDT
Upcoming Event
Driving Corporate Impact for Global Education
11:00am - 12:00pm EST
Past Event
Harnessing the Power of East Africa’s Youth: Skills and Employment for the Next Generation
9:00am - 1:30pm EAT
Past Event
Harnessing AI for the Future of Africa
12:30 - 2:00pm EDT
Past Event
Public Private Partnership Roundtable
Past Event
Act For Early Years: Private sector panel co-hosted with Theirworld, Sesame Workshop and ECDAN
Past Event
Unlocking better business partnerships for your nonprofit through ESG
Past Event
From early childhood to the climate crisis: Annual luncheon during the 78th UN General Assembly
Past Event
Bridging the Gap Together: Empowering Youth for Future Workforce Success
Past Event
Ukraine House Reception
Past Event
Investing in inclusion
Past Event
Crisis briefing for business: education and Ukrainian refugees
Past Event
Digital Inclusion: A challenge greater than any one company
Past Event
From Billions to Trillions: Investing in the Next Generation
Past Event
Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator Virtual Fair: An interactive event for companies, foundations and nonprofits
New report highlights the business case for corporate investment in early childhood development
The Global Business Coalition for Education offers a roadmap for businesses to support early education — for greater social and financial impact
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Businesses and philanthropy join youth in boosting skills training
Executives, philanthropy leaders and young people met with us in a challenge to prepare the next generation for good jobs.
Innovative “ESG + Education Playbook” makes debut
Business executives from around the world gathered at our event to share ideas about using our new ESG Playbook.
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We can overcome challenges to deliver quality education for every child
Leaders called for a united approach at a high-level meeting hosted by Theirworld to mark the halfway stage of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Teen tutors donate to help educate young people around the world
High school students from suburban New York had a surprise for the Global Business Coalition for Education: They started a tutoring business and raised money to support other young people.
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How the Aliko Dangote Foundation plants the seeds of early learning
Why should companies give back by supporting education for children—even those who are too young to be employees or consumers? We spoke to one of our founding members, the Aliko Dangote Foundation. We wanted to learn from successes in its Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative, an early years program in northern Nigeria.
Business investment in education can be a game-changer for young people
We spoke with Diane Le Goff, Schneider Electric’s director of youth education and entrepreneurship programs. As ESG braces for political headwinds, especially in the U.S., we asked about the importance of education and training and the value of accurate ESG reporting.
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If your company wants to make a difference, put education at the core of ESG
Our name—the Global Business Coalition for Education—hints at the core of our work but leaves a lot unexplained. Our colleague Emily Friedman has been fine-tuning our strategy. We asked her for an update that you can read in under 90 seconds.
Businesses can increase their return on investment by recruiting people with disabilities
As the U.S. and other countries reel from a shortage of skilled workers, they are missing a way to fill the gap. The answers wait in our schools, our families, our places of worship: people with disabilities.
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Making education better, one teacher at a time
Meet Shayna Fox-Norwitz, executive director of NE Basecamp, which supports educators in Rhode Island. NE Basecamp was a finalist in our Big Ideas, Bright Cities challenge in 2022.
Interviews