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As one of the commitments to develop a sustainable health-care system, GE continues to innovate in improving community access to quality health-care service. GE has launched Vscan Access, a portable ultrasound equipment with tailored design to the needs of Indonesian market, as a tool for early detection of pregnancy risks. Based on data obtained from InfoDATIN of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, in 2012 the maternal mortality number in Indonesia is still high, at 359 per 100,000 live births.
Taos Ski Valley believes in a commitment to the sustainability of their community and surrounding region. These values are led by the Taos Verde Initiative which focuses on improving their net positive impact on energy, stewardship, water, waste, and community engagement.
RBN Puspo Budoyo is a place for preserving the art-tradition and heritage. RBN Puspo Budoyo is always trying to run a primary goal in the preservation of this culture. By carrying out several activities, their utilization can be felt by many parties, especially to the community of the artists, so that they feel a lot of benefits from these activities. RBN Puspo Budoyo runs some programs and helps active artists and senior artists who are not productive to get money. And also, any remaining funds collected from the performance event are given back to the artists through several programs. The profit also comes from the learning of the traditional music art and traditional dances. The revenue generated from this traditional music lessons are used to subsidized talented students who are less capable of paying. Every one that involved in the activity in this place are giving benefit to others.
Renewable energy is energy generated from renewable resources, such as sunlight, wind, waves, geothermal heat and water. Renewable resources are replenished and will never run out. Other sources of energy are finite and will some day be depleted. Indonesia is a rich country with natural resources that can be converted to generate power such as mountain river and sunlight. Energy produced from moving water is commonly referred to as hydro energy, and it is one of the oldest sources of energy on the planet.
Produce bins from recycled material (cans, tins, drums). The raw material derived from the waste industries around Bandung areas.
From recycled material (waste) to wealth.
Green Circle Salons is making clear of their standards towards the transition of going green within the salon industry. As more people move towards using environment-friendly products, it furthers innovation within the industry.
Turning paper-based waste into valuable products. Lots of paper-based waste from company or other organizations are not managed well. With simple machine and method, paper-based waste could be transformed into paper-based valuable products. Nara Kreatif founder, with his education background as a mechanical engineer, designed and built machine to produce the paper-based products.
Paper-based product sales, support school education and residence (dormitory) fees of abandoned and homeless children. The founder is concerned about the abandoned and homeless children in Jakarta. He wants to help them so that they could live independently in the middle of society. So at the Nara Kreatif, he is teaching and training them on how to produce the paper-based products and how to sell it.
Ba Huan is really one of the typical examples of social enterprise which stick to the triple bottom line business model encompassing: People, Planet and Profit.
Endless Textbooks, founded by Karley Chynces, is a mobile application where students at a given university or within a community can connect and sell textbooks to each other. Endless Textbooks is looking to alleviate the debt students accumulate from buying expensive textbooks every semester. The founder believes in the philosophy that lessening their debt will give more students the opportunity to get a quality education for less and the opportunity to become part of the work force. Endless Textbooks is partnered with Alfalit, a non-profit organization who is looking to end illiteracy on a global scale. Together, they will be sending textbooks to developing countries so students there too can get the opportunity to learn.
SOLEP - Soluciones Ecológicas de Puebla specializes in the elaboration of organic fertilizer; which in addition to solving a problem of pollution, contributes to the regeneration of organic matter in the soil. In collaboration with a transportation company, they offer waste management services to all industries, universities, shopping centers and large generators of organic waste with authentic social and environmental awareness so that together they spread an awareness of social responsibility and commitment to the environment.
Compañía Mexicana del Desierto prunes agave plants to obtain ixtle for the manufacture of yarns for a great variety of 100% biodegradable products for different consumers and industries, taking advantage of agave plants without damaging them by only cutting the leaves.
The company employs men and women from communities living in areas of extreme poverty in the Mexican desert while generating great opportunities for the farmers of the region, empowering them, giving them sources of employment in various processes, and also generating business opportunities for all those in the supply chain.
Sistema Biobolsa is a process that transforms the manure of animals into biogas and a potent, natural fertilizer that nourishes the soil and increases crop yield on small farms while improving energy security and protecting the environment. Transforming animal manure into a natural resource improves the quality of life.
Manggari is a successful jewelry design and manufacturing company founded in 2004 and based in Mexico. Manggari believes that the success of its brand, and the importance it has had, is based on the work of all the women who collaborate in it.
The Manggari team is made up of all women, with different stories but one that motivates them: being able to obtain a stable income, care for their families and additionally have the possibility to generate extra income for themselves, relatives, or some people in their community.
The scheme in which the collaborators of Manggari work is the following: in the mornings the collaborators work in the workshop designing and manufacturing jewelry, and they are on a weekly payroll with all the legal and social benefits.
Quali, is a group of cooperative social enterprises that operate an agroindustrial chain of nutritious foods elaborated with the amaranth seed. They are promoted by the civil association called Alternativas y Procesos de Participación Social A.C.
Quali's agroindustrial group generates jobs, increases income, and improves the nutrition of the local farmers, supports the production of amaranth with the purchase of grain at a fair price, is responsible for the promotion for the sale of products made by the Agribusiness, and improves the quality of cropland through the ecological regeneration of the soil, since the farmers had only low-quality lands dependent on rainfall, which generated extreme poverty and inequality.
Each family that is part of the cooperatives receives advice, technical assistance, access to machinery and support for the marketing of their products.
The production chain of the "Alternativas" group benefits more than 1,100 families from Mixteca, Popoloca, and Nahuas.
The Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator is dedicated to promoting sustainable practices within the fashion industry. The BF+DA provides mentorship to growing start-up companies and a small scale facility for initial production.
Pearson has decided to use their platform to address the issue of education inequality. By following the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, Pearson has instituted the following pillars to address this issue: being a trusted partner, reaching more learners, and shaping the future of education.
The idea is to keep the lake RAWA PENING as a source of life for the local community, by turning water hyacinth into high value furniture products. This Innovation brings positive impact not only for the business but also to the surrounding population involved in the production process and for the environment by reducing water hyacinth in a responsible way. It is a simple process with a huge impact.
Doing business through symbiosis mutualism will increase and ensure the probability for the company to grow. The Batik Soga business model is good and inspiring. The way they collaborate with the partners can be used as a model to equalize the economic growth of local communities.
In 2007 Agus Arifin established AAI (Agus Arifin Institute) foundation engaged in community empowerment, through education TPQ (Taman Pendidikan Al Quran) and the development of databases of books for Usthad / scholars of religious study in the village / town needs references.
In running the foundation, the revenue comes mostly from the area of Agriculture, the Printing and Publishing, and the Media production (as the supporting program).
The main vision of AAI is to contribute in raising up youth generation with a high quality world's class of education, with a balance of mental, intellectual and spiritual mental aptitude. It is also important to raise up a young generation who is capable in adapting to the environment, skilled, and free from poverty and ignorance. Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. This foundation is not only caring about children's education, but also social environment such as natural environment, and humanity issues.
Construction is activities that change the environment. Green construction concept is a strategy to encourage eco-friendly business activity, in order to support environmental preservation and sustainability business.