Stories About The Bottom Billion
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BASF, Estée Lauder, RSPO Partner to Enhance Sustainable Palm Oil Production
SUPPLY CHAIN - The goal is to improve farmer livelihoods and their sustainable production of palm oil and palm kernel oil, through continuous education and technical support on implementing and maintaining sustainable palm oil practices.
The Body Shop’s Fairly Traded Recycled Plastic Highlights Human Side of Plastic Crisis
THE NEXT ECONOMY - The Body Shop is launching its first Community Trade Recycled Plastic from Bengaluru, India. Along with fighting plastic pollution, the initiative aims to drive social change and help empower people.
Study of Diamond Mining Reveals Impact on Local Communities, Challenges Stereotypes
SUPPLY CHAIN - Trucost finds the world’s large-scale diamond producers infuse billions of dollars in benefits into communities, provide higher than national average wages and are working to minimize environmental impacts.
Prudential Pledges $180M to Promote Financial Wellness for Opportunity Youth
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Largest private sector investment to date will prepare next generation of global workforce with education and training, build financially stable communities and help break the cycle of poverty.
KadAfrica: Cultivating Young Ugandan Women’s ‘Passion’ for Fruit Farming
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Not only can girls earn money for themselves and their families, they can also access farmer training and classes on a range of subjects, including financial literacy, reproductive health, farming and entrepreneurship.
Solar Mamas: Empowering Women to ‘Flip the Switch’ to Better Health, Renewable Energy
CLEANTECH - Law firm Hogan Lovells has partnered with Barefoot College International to empower mostly illiterate women from off-grid areas around the world by training them as solar engineers, or “Solar Mamas.”
Wisdom Fund Aims to Close Lending Gap for Women
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - New impact investment vehicle provides funding to underserved women of color and low-income women entrepreneurs across the US.
Hilton Challenges Its Hospitality Teams to Step Up Soap Recycling
WASTE NOT - Hilton is ramping up its soap-collecting efforts around the world, with a goal of recycling 1 million bars for Clean the World to distribute on Global Handwashing Day (October 15).
Values-Based Investment Platform COIN Offers Portfolios Aligned with SDGs
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Backed by John Hancock, COIN offers customers eight Impact Areas to invest in with as little as $50.
Living Incomes for Farmers Key to Ensuring Sustainability of Cocoa
SUPPLY CHAIN - New Fairtrade Foundation campaign calls on the UK government and companies to end ‘shameful’ exploitation of cocoa farmers by 2030, in line with the SDGs.
How VSP Global Drives Growth, Impact Through Purpose
WALKING THE TALK - The optical health company’s goal to “provide access to affordable, high-quality eye care and eyewear to the world” guides business development, branding, product innovation and other integral operations.
Classroom-in-a-Backpack Bringing Education to the Masses in Off-Grid Bangladesh
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - Light of Hope had the rather ingenious idea of fitting a solar panel-powered classroom into a backpack.
New Reporting Standard Aims to Drive Finance Towards SDGs
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Now, projects seeking funding must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of a third-party assessor, that they advance the SDGs.
How Smart Tech Is Bringing Toilets to the Masses Across the Developing World
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - Did you hear the story of the little girl in India who called the police to report her dad over a toilet?
The Art of Failure: Lessons for Brands from the Bottom of the Pyramid
SUPPLY CHAIN - Let me tell you a few things about failure — a subject on which I’m something of an expert.
Soap Recycling Creating Win-Win-Win for Hotels, Women, Developing Communities
WASTE NOT - It was 2014 and social entrepreneur Samir Lakhani was working on sustainable aquaculture projects in the villages of Northern Cambodia. Watching a mother wash and bathe her new baby using laundry powder rather than soap is a vision that has stayed with him to this day. It was also the inspiration for his next business venture. “I noticed that nobody seemed in good overall health — whether it was an infection that wouldn’t go away or a child with diarrhea,” he told Sustainable Brands in a recent interview.
APP, MTG Partner to Turn 1K Women from Forest Communities into Herbal Entrepreneurs
COLLABORATION - The Indonesian Network of the United Nations Global Compact today announced a partnership between Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Martha Tilaar Group (MTG) — a leading Indonesian manufacturer of cosmetics and herbal medicine — to train 1,000 women from forest communities to help preserve herbal plants and become self-sufficient entrepreneurs.
The Developing World Is Taking Over Renewable Energy
CLEANTECH - Last year, the leading economies in renewable energy investment growth were not to be found in North America or even Europe — the leaders in growth were countries often described as developing, such as China, Brazil, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Argentina. These big shifts in renewables investment have, in fact, been emerging since 2004, and portend a strong outlook for continued growth in global renewable energy investment and reaching carbon-reduction targets.
UNICEF, LIXIL Partner to Provide 250M People Access to Basic Sanitation by 2021
COLLABORATION - Sanitation is one of the most pressing social and public health challenges today. 1 in 3 people worldwide do not have access to a safe toilet — and 892 million people have no choice but to defecate in the open. Every two minutes, a child dies from a preventable diarrhea-related disease — approximately 288,000 children each year. The issue also contributes to the number of girls who drop out of school, since they are especially affected by a lack of hygiene and sanitation during their period.
A Win for Cocoa Farmers and Forests: Ghana Grants First-Time Ownership of Timber Trees
SUPPLY CHAIN - For the first time ever in Ghana, cocoa farmers have obtained official ownership of non-cocoa trees on their farms. Some 150 farmers in the country’s western region will now be able to include shade trees as part of their business plans, providing additional sources of income in the form of timber while reducing deforestation and the effects of climate change.