Impact Stories
Building a circular economy through digital waste management in Ghana
AppCyclers is a Ghanaian social enterprise using web technology, data analysis, and community engagement to improve the collection, management, and…
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) 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.
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Future of Work
Raise Living Standards
Protect & Regenerate Nature
Waste-Free World
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Academic Research Studies
How to Lift up Communities by Empowering Women
Empowering women and girls so they can realise their potential doesn’t just benefit them, but also their wider societies. At…
Academic Research Studies
Encouraging Recycling Behaviours in the Global South
With the lack of proper waste management systems, poor recycling infrastructure, low human awareness and participation, the world is beginning…
Impact Stories
The shared rewards of skills-based volunteering to support impact enterprises – stories from Sukky Agbomeji and Kevork Arslanian at EY
The UN SDGs outline an extensive list of urgent and complex world challenges that require long term but rapid solutions….
Enterprise projects
TRANSFORM's impact enterprises are tackling some of the world's most pressing development challenges in an inclusive, sustainable and innovative way.
Project Rubicon by Well Told Story
With TRANSFORM, Well Told Story is running Project Rubicon to design and test an inclusive connectivity model that provides more…
Recity Network
Flexible plastic accounts for between three and five percent of municipal waste in India, measuring 3.6 million tonnes annually. Flexible…
Green Bean
Green Bean Manufacturing designs and creates agro-processing machinery and equipment for animal feed, coffee and spices in Ethiopia . Despite…
Dyuty-network by Bopinc
Women in rural Bangladesh do not have access to products and services commonly available for people in cities. This is…
Alner
Indonesia is the second biggest contributor to plastic waste, worldwide. In low-income areas, most daily essentials such as detergent, shampoo…
Bliss Group
New and expectant mothers need quality products, advice and support when it comes to maternal and child health. However, in…
Spring Health
Every day, 1,600 people die in India due to water-borne and water related diseases. Spring Health provides affordable, safe drinking…
HappyTap
Washing hands with soap is the cheapest and easiest way to prevent diarrhoea and infectious disease. However, less than one…