We are delighted to share the Yunus Social Business 2018 Impact Report.
We are delighted to share the Yunus Social Business 2018 Impact Report.
Download the latest report to explore some of our highlights over the last year, including:
- Opening a new chapter in Kenya, with the help of some dedicated local partners.
- Investing and supporting some fantastic new social businesses, including RangSutra in India - providing sustainable livelihoods for over 2,500 artisans crafting beautiful fabrics and clothes.
- How a new innovative financing tool we designed is helping to reach 1,000,000 children with clean water in Uganda.
- Learn how our accelerator programme with MAN Truck & Bus is driving change with its second cohort of startups tackling logistics and mobility problems all around the world.
We’ve got so much to tell about all the fantastic things going on at YSB - download the report to find out more.
Thinking Ahead: Securitization Structure Helps to Democratise Technical and Medical Education in Bra
Our Brazilian team launched a partnership that doesn’t only look at short-term needs but prepares Brazil for an uncertain future. The partnership between Yunus Social Business, Provi, Augme Capital and VERT will help to promote skilled labour - including medicine courses - and finance students from all backgrounds to become the skilled workforce of tomorrow.
How grant funding came in at exactly the right time for waste pickers in São Paulo.
Alexandre Furlan, CEO of Instituto Muda, has been building his business since he finished college 12 years ago. São Paulo generates 20,000 tons of waste on a daily basis. Yet only 5% of the residential buildings have public recycling collection service - the majority of it goes to landfill. Instituto Muda tackles the problem by picking and sorting recycled waste and donating it to waste
Evolution or Revolution: The Role of Companies in the Purpose Economy
“Only when companies disclose their impact - negative and positive - will we live in a transparent, holistic economy.” - Paul Allard, CEO & Co-Founder, Impak Finance.
