Responsibility Does Not Stop at Company Gates
adelphi has been working with private sector actors on climate change adaptation around the world for more than 5 years now. In our projects, which we conduct for various partners, we often observe advances in the field of adaptation that are surprising to development practitioners. For example, for the Private Sector Adaptation to Climate Change […]
Partnering to Scale Impact of Sustainable Entrepreneurs
A woman using a solar energy charger, supplied by Kumudzi Kuwale, 2014 SEED Africa Award Winner By Helen Marquard, Executive Director SEED & Anais Mangin, Project Manager SEED Are locally-driven social and environmental enterprises too small to have an impact? We at SEED don’t think so, and Organic Africa demonstrates that. In 2007, when everyone […]
Early-stage Impact Investing: A Call For Action
(www.seedinit.org) The exponential growth of small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) in Africa, Asia and Latin America has contributed significantly to the burgeoning green economy. Every year more and more small and green entrepreneurs are creating innovative ways to produce sustainable products and services that are having wide-reaching social and economic impacts on the world’s […]
Looking for Local Solutions that Make a Difference
By Anais Mangin, Project Manager adelphi The emergence of the green economy and social and environmental entrepreneurship is now viewed more broadly as a road to economic development. By integrating social and environmental benefits in their business model, entrepreneurs at the grassroots can provide promising solutions to local sustainable development issues, including environmental protection, sustainable […]