Impact Stories
Building a Sustainable Future with Conceptos Plasticos
MEET CONCEPTOS PLASTICOS Based in Mosquera, Colombia, Conceptos Plasticos is a driving force when it comes to building the circular…
For over a decade, TRANSFORM changed lives by tackling global challenges through innovative enterprise
About TRANSFORM
Established in 2015, TRANSFORM was a joint initiative led by Unilever, the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through the Global Research and Technology Department (GRTD), and EY. Together, we set out to help impact entrepreneurs test and scale commercially self-sustaining, market-driven solutions to some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
TRANSFORM brought public and private sector organisations together, combining resources, expertise and networks to support locally led innovation. Through this approach, we worked alongside impact enterprises and researchers to create value for communities, entrepreneurs and partners alike.
Over the course of the initiative, we supported over 160 impact enterprise and research projects across 19 countries in Asia and Africa, reaching more than 21 million people.
The initiative came to an end in 2026 having delivered its vision, and its legacy continues. We’ve captured our insights and learnings in an open-access playbook. We hope the TRANSFORM model lives on through others who adapt it, apply it and take its impact further.
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Academic Research Studies
Sustaining the future of micro-retailers: the vital role of tech-enabled e-commerce in emerging markets
Micro-retailers, including small family-owned shops and convenience stores, have significant economic importance in emerging markets and developing economies. Despite the…
Impact Stories
Maya’s investment story: Why this impact enterprise was set up for success
Last month, TRANSFORM enterprise Maya received $2.2 million in funding for regional expansion of their Bangladesh-based accessible healthcare platform. Their success story…
Impact Stories
Future of Work: In Images – Maurine
MEET MAURINE Growth means many things to Kisumu-based agronomist Maurine. There’s skillfully nurturing the growth of her seedlings, and then…
Enterprise projects
TRANSFORM's impact enterprises are tackling some of the world's most pressing development challenges in an inclusive, sustainable and innovative way.
Loowatt
Globally, more people have a phone than a toilet. Over 700 children under age five die every day of diarrhoeal…
The Social Factory by Oxfam South Africa
South Africa currently recycles 21 percent of plastics while the rest stays on the market or is disposed of in…
Alner
Indonesia is the second biggest contributor to plastic waste, worldwide. In low-income areas, most daily essentials such as detergent, shampoo…
Deshifarmer
Deshifarmer is an agri-tech platform that equips farmers with climate-smart tools and knowledge while connecting them directly to consumers. In…
Green Bean
Green Bean Manufacturing designs and creates agro-processing machinery and equipment for animal feed, coffee and spices in Ethiopia . Despite…
Pit Vidura
In dense informal settlements, most toilets are pit latrines and are emptied by hand. The untreated waste is then dumped…
Reeddi
Access to electricity is critical to the social and economic development of communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, in Nigeria there…
Cinch
Rising input costs, climate change, and limited water resources have led to the division of farmland in Sub-Saharan Africa into…