A platform for LGBTQ+-friendly travel
As well as providing a database of safe and welcoming hosts, the company also helps LGBTQ+ individuals access free emergency housing
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Providing indigenous communities with funding for forest stewardship
A certified carbon offsetting programme is helping businesses reach net zero while promoting forest conservation
Clean cooking and female empowerment in Sierra Leone
This social enterprise was started to promote gender equality and energy access with its green cookstoves
A world-first metric to tackle child labour
A startup is building a specialist AI-powered index for child labour that updates in real time
Socks with a social conscience
A knitwear company provides stable employment for justice-impacted individuals and supports their personal and professional growth
Making a difference to people and planet with an innovative recycling scheme
Community members in South Africa leave their recyclables out for collection in exchange for digital currency
Helping entrepreneurial African women access financial services
An app that grew out of an online community is offering savings products, grants, and information to Africa’s female entrepreneurs
Artisanal gifts and accessories from upcycled plastic
An Indian social enterprise is creating unique fabrics by combining plastic waste and traditional handicraft techniques
Recycled plastic bricks tackle homelessness
A Nigerian company is fighting homelessness with a cheap, modular construction system that uses bricks made from repurposed plastic waste
Modular systems provide water and solar power to rural areas
OffGridBox is an all-in-one system that provides solar energy and purified water to make communities more resilient in the face of climate change
An inclusive approach to upcycling low-value plastics into new products
A Vietnamese company is creating new opportunities for plastic recycling and waste workers
A role-playing game helps to develop understanding of discrimination
The VR element helps players experience multiple viewpoints