8 things responsible companies can do in their #Covid19 response, despite varied contexts and cash-flow pressures. Their actions affect the crisis impact, the recovery & their reputations. Short thread 1/10 https://businessfightspoverty.org/articles/how-businesses-respond-to-coronavirus-has-massive-ramifications-now-and-for-the-future-economy-that-emerges/ via @FightPoverty @oxfamgb

1. Maintain #workers rights & representation. Even if cutting hours & pay, do it in dialogue, involve unions, women, listen, respect, and comply with law and human rights at the minimum. 2/10

2. Value the #UnpaidCare workers do, expand flexible working, agree procedures for paid and unpaid care time, target it at MEN not just at women. Longer-term recognise the skills of parenting & caring. More here: https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/business-briefing-on-unpaid-care-and-domestic-work-why-unpaid-care-by-women-and-620764 3/10

3. Look beyond the immediate payroll: include contractors & #GigEconomy workers in plans and support. Good to see @Unilever specifically included cleaners & security guards. 4/10

4. Respond across entire supply chain. Work with suppliers & their govts to maintain safety & income of factory workers & farmers. Help suppliers & producers repurpose. Textiles to masks. Fresh shrimp to dried. Innovate logistics for food supply & cash flow for SMEs. 5/10

5. Recognise gender difference. Women experience #CoronaVirus differently. Listen, engage, co-create. Share info and support actors addressing #GenderBasedViolence. Support the most precarious workers. 6/10

6. Communicate, communicate, communicate. Keep information and dialogue flowing across the value chain. Adopt digital means for farmer extension. Use comms skills & apps for health messages & stop fake news. 7/10

7. Work with govt. Take state support now but be committed to paying fair tax forever. Co-create rescue plans, particularly in poorer countries where govt coffers are smaller. 8/10

8. Step up support for #NGOs and volunteers. Money, time, equipment, logistics. Convert existing grants to core flexible funding. 9/10

Plan for how we ' #BounceForward' not 'bounce back'. How to rebuild businesses & economies that prioritise lives and wellbeing, shifting to #zeroCarbon. From #CoronaResponse to rebuild and reform. 10/10 #ResponsibleBusiness #Covid_19

Final tweet to flag thinkers, doers, collaborators. @ClareBCoffey @Oxfam @oxfamgbpolicy @PaulPolman @planamikebarry @RachelWilshaw @dhnnjyn @ndidiNwuneli @annaswaithes @InclusiveBiz @DFID_PSD @LizRPatterson