Kirana stores (small grocery and general shops in India) account for approximately 88% of the country's retail sector and make a significant contribution to its GDP. However, they struggle with limited access to working capital and formal financing, making it difficult to sustain and grow their businesses.

In Ghana, shea nut post-harvest processing is traditionally carried out over fires by women workers at home. They also need to travel long distances on foot with heavy loads to and from collection sites, limited by what their bodies can carry. This approach often results in inefficiencies, environmental impacts, and health risks for local communities.

According to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) study, 79 percent of all plastic waste ever produced accumulates in dumps or the natural environment. Unsustainable waste management disproportionately affects low-income communities, where workers face hazardous conditions due to labour-intensive manual sorting.

To encourage better hand hygiene practices and help children routinely wash their hands with soap and water, HappyTap, a TRANSFORM impact enterprise that produces and distributes a portable sink for low-income communities, has increased the distribution of their handwashing stations

As part of TRANSFORM’s support to Baeru, India’s first ocean plastics recovery startup that is pioneering marine litter recovery initiatives along India's coastal frontiers, EY Ripples, the Corporate Responsibility arm of EY, provided Baeru with personalised business support.

Mr. Green Africa (MGA) is a Kenya-based enterprise, leveraging business as a force for realising sustainable social, environmental and economic impact through the collection, conversion and selling of post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR) waste.