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Cutting-edge, rigorous theoretical and applied research & consulting

Focus on Research

Cutting-edge, rigorous theoretical and applied research & consulting

Leading the way with scientific research

GWCFRI provides the most cutting-edge and rigorous theoretical and applied research and consulting on issues relating to employee, supplier, and/or social diversity, food access and security, and plant-based biologics. The co-founders of GWCFRI have worked for Fortune 500 Companies before starting their own successful women/minority business enterprise (W/MBE), which provides them a unique perspective as both an employee of, and a supplier to large corporations. Furthermore, they have created micronutrient fortifications for both domestic and international relief agencies to improve food access, security and health outcomes. GWCFRI consultancy is based on sound science, coupled with practical insights that deliver measurable outcomes. Let us see how we can help you…

Areas of Research & Consultancy

Supplier Diversity, Access, Development, and Inclusion

A diverse supplier is a business that is at least 51% owned and operated by an individual or group that is part of a traditionally underrepresented or underserved group. Common classifications are small-business enterprises (SBEs), minority-owned enterprises (MBEs), and woman-owned enterprises (WBEs). Over time, the definition of diversity has expanded to businesses owned by other minority groups such as LGBTQIA, veterans, and proprietors with disabilities. These organizations are the fastest growing in the United States and Europe but are some of the most understudied. In a practical sense, many Fortune 500 companies struggle with incorporating them into their supply chains in an inclusive, synergetic, and meaningful way.

Employee Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Encompasses the symbiotic relationship, philosophy, and culture of acknowledging, embracing, supporting, and accepting those of all racial, sexual, gender, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds, among other differentiators and how these characteristics can be utilized to create a competitive advantage for the organization both internally and externally.

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG)

These are the pillars in ESG frameworks and represent the 3 main topic areas that companies are expected to report in. The goal of ESG is to capture all the non-financial risks and opportunities inherent to a company’s day to day activities. Although ESG may be non-financial in nature, they can and often do, have a direct impact to reputation and the financial health of an organization.

Environmental Social Corporate Governance

Food Access and Food Security

Determined among consumers by the spatial accessibility and affordability of food retailers—specifically such factors as travel time to shopping, availability of healthy foods, and food prices—relative to the access to transportation and socioeconomic resources of food buyers. Some people and places, especially those with low-income, may face greater barriers in accessing healthy and affordable food retailers, which may negatively affect diet and food security.

Plant-based Biologics

Plant-based biologics can be defined as a Schedule D (biologic) drug produced using plant molecular farming. GWCFRI plant-based biologics research is focused on utilizing tobacco, carrots, and/or alfalfa to produce therapeutic proteins. These proteins are highly effective in combating life-threatening diseases like HIV, Alzheimer’s disease, heart problems, diabetes, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. These proteins can be used in the production of biotech medicines, drugs, and treatments. In short, plant-based biologics is a technology that develops therapeutic proteins in a safe, effective, and affordable way and is considered as a perfect substitute to traditional techniques that uses microbial fermentation or animal cell culture which can be much more expensive, have harmful impacts to the environment, and extend production and processing timelines.