Do you know an #UnusualPioneer? Nominate a corporate social intrapreneur for a scholarship for the Unusual Pioneers platform until Feb 28th.
Do you know an #UnusualPioneer? Nominate a corporate social intrapreneur for a scholarship!
Do you know an #UnusualPioneer?
Nominate a corporate social intrapreneur for a scholarship for the Unusual Pioneers platform until Feb 28th. The Unusual Pioneers is a joint initiative by Yunus Social Business, Porticus, and Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, sister organisation of the World Economic Forum.
Who qualifies?
- Exceptional corporate social intrapreneurs who have been working to solve a major social or environmental challenge with a business model.
- The initiative must have a demonstrable impact on people and/or planet
- Scholarships are granted to social intrapreneurs where impact is created in emerging economies
Nominate here until Feb 28th:
Who are the Unusual Pioneers?
The Unusual Pioneers is a joint platform from Yunus Social Business, Porticus, and Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (sister organisation of the World Economic Forum) inspired by our ongoing research collaboration to dig deeper into ‘corporate social intrapreneurship’. The program builds on these findings and provides access and resources for social intrapreneurs to help them scale their solutions.
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
Our Week In Davos
The first exciting announcement for us this year at Davos was the release of UBS’s World Economic Forum white paper “5 ways wealth managers can support the UN Sustainable Development Goals: our lessons from 2017” documenting innovative solutions to solving inequality.
YSB partners with IKEA to drive impact by supporting local social enterprises
YSB is thrilled to announce our partnership with Ingka Group (the largest IKEA retailer) and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship B.V. to launch the Social Enterprise Partnership Programme (SEP). The programme supports local social enterprises to scale their existing businesses and create more inclusive and sustainable communities while meeting IKEA business needs.
