When 24-year-old Anand Shah was flying out of India back to America, another Indian sitting next to him on the flight was complaining. “The taxi drivers, they fleece you. The food, the water… oh, I was sick for four days out of ten.” Born in the USA and trained at Harvard as a biologist, Shah
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As a young man, he passed through the world’s most prestigious institutions of higher education. When he graduated, he did what he felt was expected of him, and went to work at a prestigious management consulting firm. But the more he thought about the world and what it needed, the more he realized his life
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Go Went Gone is a new social enterprise run by a group of friends trying to promote hand-woven Thai silk products to meet modern trends. BK talks to founders Eak Suwannarat, Arpamas “Jajaa” Benyapad and Saksit “Tar” Pattarapragrit to find out the story behind their brand motto of “Arts, Journey and Giving.” How did Go
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“Once poverty is gone, we’ll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations.” This is the vision of Professor Muhammad Yunus. It is also the vision of the UN member states that created the Sustainable Development Goals. Ellie Ward explores the role of social enterprise in this historic international pact. As of January
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At the Net Impact Conference in Minnesota, global corporations discussed how programs to improve life for people at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ may also help spur economic growth, improve supply chains and increase market share More than a billion people around the world lack access to clean water. Some 2.5 billion live without basic
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Education social enterprise training teaching assistants to help struggling learners will double its impact to support 100,000 pupils a year with expert business help. Thousands more primary school-age children who struggle with basic literacy and numeracy skills are set to get the help they need to catch up with their classmates.  The support comes from
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Born and raised in Mexico City I was very enthusiastic when I heard that my high school alma mater, Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC), had a new major in social entrepreneurship, or as they call it “emprendimiento cultural y social”. During my last visit home, I was eager to meet with the program director to better understand the
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A traditional approach to agriculture has helped Indonesian farming communities grow diverse crops and compete in global markets The first time Helianti Hilman visited the indigenous farmers of the West Java town of Garut, she was asked to remove her shoes before entering their fields. Her surprise grew when the farmers quizzed her on her
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Four major companies with 54 hospitals and $4 billion in annual purchasing power launched an online marketplace Tuesday to steer the health care industry in an environmentally beneficial direction. Greenhealth Exchange lists products — from IV tubes to cafeteria food to waiting room sofas — screened to meet specifications regarding the absence of toxicity and a
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