Insight

TRANSFORM is a unique model that unites the strengths of the public and private sectors in support of new market-based solutions to today’s most complex global development challenges. It is a model that has been tried and tested over the past decade, with Unilever, the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and EY at the helm. We are guided by a handful of core principles.

Refill models hold great promise, presenting many benefits to communities by reducing waste and often offering goods at lower costs.

Sara Plast is a Pune-based business that has pioneered portable sanitation solutions in India for over 20 years. But it wasn’t until 2014 that we stumbled on a major issue facing our community: public sanitation facilities simply weren’t accessible, approachable or appealing to women.

This report looks at how the TRANSFORM programme, and teams within it, operate. It outlines the collective learnings from the core partners and also discusses the meaning of partnership in the development space.

In this report, we want to look at what happens when a business plan meets reality and how some of these remarkable ventures have recovered and adapted.