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PT. Surya Nusantara Sentosa is an automotive services company that focuses on developing the skills of the people they hire. The company began with good intentions as part of its recruitment process. Staff come from rural areas with underprivileged or orphaned backgrounds who took mechanical engineering with an automotive focus as their major. As a result, the company has a highly motivated staff who want a better life and to upgrade their family condition.
A great idea brought by the Chiya Ghar team members to serve the tea in clay pot called as Madka to promote and preserve our old tradition and culture. Back in days, tea were served in the cup moslty made of mud but industrialization had brought so many changes in our daily lives. The basic example is to use the ready-made crockeries or plastic cups which doesn’t promote the mud pottery work rather it leads to the environmental pollution. Thus, these Madka cups can be recycled and reused which is great for clean and safe environment as well as it is promoting the economic aspects of society too.
Most of us cannot find the time to go to a restaurant and even when we do, we have to go through some of our least favourites- dealing with traffic, finding the space for parking, availability of food at a restaurant. Foodmandu solves all such problems and get your food delivered from the restaurant you desire to your doorstep.
The Upreti Cotton Industry is located at Tikthali and it collects old and waste clothes, peace of clothes from the local people. Those clothes convert into cotton. It becomes cheap and reliable. Even poor people can use cotton. It helps a green environment because when waste piece of clothes convert into cotton then it does not effect to environment. This industry provides employment opportunities to poor people and helps to maintain their quality of life. Uneducated people can also earn money for their livelihood.
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Nike offers this statement on sustainability: “Our purpose is to use the power of sport to move the world forward. We believe in a fair, sustainable future – one where everyone thrives on a healthy planet and level playing field.” The former president of Nike Golf, Cindy Davis, shares the story of how Nike Golf embraced sustainability while increasing the performance of golf athletes in the design, development and manufacturing of apparel and equipment.
Basics Market is developing new ways to nurture health through food. It is connecting regional agriculture and local manufacturing with a network of small format grocery stores to make it easier and more accessible to eat and cook great food with the help of healthy recipes, cooking classes, and nutrition advice.
Carbonstop is China's first carbon management software and consulting services provider that serves to help enterprises calculate, analyze, manage and report their carbon emissions. Carbonstop had successfully developed a native version of carbon management software for China: CAMP (Carbon Accounting and Management Platform). This self-developed product has been used by more than 100 domestic and foreign customers for carbon emissions management.
"No quantitative, No management". According to international and domestic carbon accounting standards, Carbonstop can provide scientific and accurate carbon emissions accounting service to reduce carbon emissions.
In the modern era of technology, Fusion Multipurpose Company is using the traditional methods and tools for making handicrafts. Usually, 'Lokta' and 'Chali' are used for making Lokta Paper (लोक्त पपेर्), also known as Nepali Kagaj. The paper processing in the Panchthar District of Nepal has an established industry for making paper from high quality raw materials. They collect a special type of Bamboo called 'Nigalo' which are cut into small pieces to use in handicrafts. Skilled employee bound Lokta Paper and small Bamboo pieces together to form handicrafts that reflect the culture, tradition, love, affection, beauty, animals, mountains, etc. that reflect Nepal's unity in diversity.
The innovation is the business model. The founder, Dean Cycon, took a unique approach to coffee that was not being done in the early 1990s. He wanted to do people-centered development and found that coffee was an incredible vehicle for positive change. Through coffee, Dean's Beans is able to help eradicate poverty, provide a wage that puts food on the table, establish community health centers, provide education opportunities, promote gender equality and women's rights, offer decent work and economic growth opportunities, reduce inequality and build more sustainable communities, promote responsible consumption and production, and care for the environment.
Trades of Hope is an innovative business model based on home party sales that provides a solution to empowering female artisans around the world and empowering compassionate entrepreneurs in the United States. They pay fair market value for products from their artisans, thus giving them the opportunity to provide for their family and prevent numerous injustices that typically plague the worlds most vulnerable. Through home parties held by Compassionate Entrepreneurs in the U.S., they can sell the products and, therefore, provide additional income for themselves and their own needs. Thus, the innovative model helps lift women and their families out of poverty or provide supplemental income that helps meet basic needs, provide education, improve health, and many more benefits.
We Can Code IT is a coding bootcamp with locations in Cleveland and Columbus Ohio. The founder, Mel McGee, started this educational organization with a mission to create role models in the tech industry by enrolling minority and underrepresented populations.
Sana Hastakala was established with financial and technical support from UNICEF to promote and sell Nepalese handicrafts. The innovation is simple and has worked for Sana Hastakala for the past 37 years. They buy their products from almost 80 handicraft producers from all over Nepal and use the internet to increase market share, provide information about handicrafts and their overall products, and have a store at Kunpundole, Lalitpur where the physical handicrafts are sold.
By transitioning the entire Illinois fleet for its catch basin program from 16 gas guzzling SUVs to seven high efficiency Prius hybrid vehicles and bike administration of product, Clarke is demonstrating a direct commitment to climate action (SDG 13), life on land (SDG 15), and good health and well-being (SDG 3). An early adopter of this bike administration approach, Clarke has both shared the approach with contemporaries and, within the company, used the learnings to explore other possible innovations.
With more than 200,000 U.S. military service members discharged every year—and often under-employed thereafter, the Academy of Advanced Manufacturing seeks to train 1,000 veterans per year, creating a pool of certified job candidates for in-demand advanced manufacturing roles across the United States. This first-of-its-kind program was launched in 2017 to give individuals 12 weeks of comprehensive education focusing on the technology and soft skills they need to translate their current experience into sustainable employment in the fast-growing and increasingly sophisticated manufacturing industry.
Walbec Group was a Wisconsin pioneer in targeted outreach to minorities typically under-represented in construction trades. Early outreach efforts led to a growing web of relationships, greater collaboration around employment development, and sought-after participation in regional initiatives to reduce employment inequalities for women and minorities.
Serenbe is a wellness community developed in relationship to nature. Serenbe addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a sustainable community, life on land, and health and well-being. Quinn Nygren, Marketing Manager and the youngest of three daughters, states, “we only build on 30% of the land, so 70% is permanently protected green space”.
“Where women empowerment makes fashion sustainable,” is the core of WAL. With this clear vision and passion to serve, in 2016, Sophie Tsuei set up WAL.
One of the biggest challenges social benefit organizations are facing is sustainability. Just because you have a great mission doesn’t guarantee that you’ll be around for years. Harsh to hear but this is the reality! Sophie had to face a tough challenge from the outset, “How do we create a sustainable business model while at the same time make a great impact to the society when so many non-profit organizations with great vision are struggling financially?”
Less than 20% of Puerto Rico’s current fresh produce consumption is local. As an island, this situation can be precarious in an emergency as recently seen during Hurricane Maria’s aftermath. Many small local farmers do not have a consistent venue to sell their products, as large farms and multinational companies have taken over the market.