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Insightsreach52 is a social enterprise working to redesign healthcare systems to reach the global population without access to essential health services. By running health awareness campaigns, offering medical and screening services, and improving access to affordable healthcare products,
InsightsHappyTap is a social enterprise transforming hand hygiene practices by distributing portable sinks that require little to no capital investment. By making handwashing more convenient, accessible, and desirable, HappyTap encourages lasting behaviour change in low-income communities. Following its launch in Vietnam, with TRANSFORM’s support, HappyTap expanded its solution to households in Bangladesh.
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Insightsreach52 is a social enterprise working to redesign healthcare systems to reach the global population without access to essential health services. By running health awareness campaigns, offering medical and screening services, and improving access to affordable healthcare products,
InsightsHappyTap is a social enterprise transforming hand hygiene practices by distributing portable sinks that require little to no capital investment. By making handwashing more convenient, accessible, and desirable, HappyTap encourages lasting behaviour change in low-income communities. Following its launch in Vietnam, with TRANSFORM’s support, HappyTap expanded its solution to households in Bangladesh.
InsightsLocalisation refers to the shifting of power, leadership and ownership of funding to the countries and communities where the funding is being implemented.
InsightsIn our Insights Series, TRANSFORM shares successes and learnings from our projects to help the SME and entrepreneur community gain knowledge and learn from our projects.
NewsTwo Bangladeshi small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Deshifarmer and Techno Plastic Solutions, have been selected out of more than 50 applicants to receive up to BDT 10 million each in funding to scale their work and impact.
InsightsIn our new Insights Series, TRANSFORM shares successes and learnings from our projects to help entrepreneurs gain knowledge through our projects.
InsightsIn collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), TRANSFORM, an impact accelerator led by Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and EY, has developed a toolkit to help WASH enterprises grow their business by understanding and leveraging the relationships that exist within and around their organisations
InsightsTRANSFORM collaborated with the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics to study and increase recycling behaviours in the India and Kenya. participation.
InsightsTRANSFORM worked with the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics to gain a deeper understanding into the context specific barriers to recycling behaviour – whether it be stigma, effort, awareness or accessibility – and identify opportunities to increase recycling participation.
NewsUnilever, British High Commission and EY announce KES 81 million in funding to five Kenyan Start-UpsFive Kenyan start-ups have been selected to receive KES 81 million in funding, out of 1,500 applicants in an open call for innovative solutions to social and environmental issues.
BlogAs 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.
BlogBased in Mosquera, Colombia, Conceptos Plasticos is a driving force when it comes to building the circular economy.
InsightsIn our new Insights Series, TRANSFORM shares successes and learnings from our projects to help entrepreneurs gain knowledge through our projects.
InsightsAs the TRANSFORM programme’s first thematic evaluation on plastics, the purpose of this evaluation is to explore the results that five enterprises have catalysed, how TRANSFORM contributed to these results, and to discuss insights and recommendations for other enterprises, donors, and investors interested in and/or working in this value chain.
InsightsTRANSFORM has funded and supported 18 SMEs that focus on building the circular economy, ranging from those pioneering technical innovations to those improving the lives and working conditions of informal waste-workers.
BlogSmall and micro merchants represent the beating heart of Latin America’s economy. They provide local communities – often individuals from low-income households – with access to essential goods and services.
BlogColombia is a country known for its rich culture and vibrant communities, in part driven by its informal economy – 60% of its workforce.
InsightsTRANSFORM funds and supports 78 enterprises, of which 18 focus on waste, ranging from those that focus on technical innovations, to enterprises that improve the livelihoods and working conditions of informal waste-collectors.
InsightsSustainable growth, that works for both people and the planet, is among the biggest challenges of our time. No single organisation, individual or government has the power to solve it alone.
InsightsTRANSFORM has been working to understand the current realities and future possibilities for Kenyans in the informal economy.
ReportThe importance of the informal economy in Kenya cannot be overstated; it accounts for 24% of Kenya’s GDP and also employs five times more workers than the formal economy.
InsightsAs 2024 gets underway, the TRANSFORM team is mixing celebration with determination. We have reached a new milestone, with the programme positively impacting more than 15 million lives. These people are the customers, employees and communities who have benefitted from the enterprises TRANSFORM supports.
InsightsAt TRANSFORM, empowering women, specifically women entrepreneurs, is a fundamental aspect of our work.
InsightsSustainable growth, that works for both people and the planet, is among the biggest challenges of our time. No single organisation, individual or government has the power to solve it alone.
ReportIn collaboration with Brink, local Kenyan research partners, and informal economy workers, we discovering more about the informal economy in Kenya and will be making collective recommendations for its future.
ReportTRANSFORM spoke to 100 people at five enterprises in India, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Kenya to understand how impact SMEs can improve lives for low-income women and their families.
NewsTRANSFORM Climate Challenge is a specialised initiative that aims to identify and support enterprises working on climate resilience, with a special focus on innovations addressing plastic circularity challenges in Bangladesh.
NewsTRANSFORM and Social Alpha aim to support Indian social enterprises working towards sustainable technologies and solutions along the plastic packaging value chain.
ReportAfter 18 months of implementation, TRANSFORM shares their top four learnings on how to work with utilities to create water and sanitation businesses
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The TRANSFORM India Challenge is an initiative that aims to identify and support impactful enterprises working to improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers OR plastic circularity and recycling solutions.
TRANSFORM is an impact accelerator led by Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and EY.We are looking for impact enterprises in Ghana or Nigeria to apply for our West Africa challenge.
TRANSFORM is an impact accelerator led by Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and EY. We are looking for impact enterprises in South Africa and Zambia.TRANSFORM is an impact accelerator led by Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and EY.We are looking for impact enterprises in Ghana or Nigeria to apply for our West Africa challenge.TRANSFORM is an impact accelerator led by Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and EY.We are looking for impact enterprises in Ghana or Nigeria to apply for our West Africa challenge.
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InsightsMr. 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.
InsightsTRANSFORM is joining SAP, Unilever and MovingWorlds at this year’s Social Enterprise World Forum.