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Tugende, is a social business based in Uganda that offers motorcycle-taxi drivers (boda boda drivers) the opportunity to rent their bike and ultimately own a motorcycle. As of 2022, Tugende has served 52,000 customers. [4] Yunus Social Business provided financing to Tugende in 2017. In 2021, Tugende went on to raise US$9.9 million in Series A ...
The Yunus Centre, in Dhaka, Bangladesh is a think tank for issues related to social business, working in the field of poverty alleviation and sustainability. It is 'aimed primarily at promoting and disseminating Professor Yunus' philosophy, with a special focus on social business'. [ 1 ]
Social business was defined by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and is described in his books. [1] [2] In these books, Yunus defined a social business as a business: Created and designed to address a social problem; A non-loss, non-dividend company, i.e. It is financially self-sustainable and
The Yunus Centre, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a think tank focused on social business, poverty alleviation, and sustainability. Founded in 2008 and chaired by Dr Yunus, it promotes his philosophy of social business and serves as a resource center for related initiatives.
Lamiya Morshed is a Bangladeshi social development professional, known for her work in the fields of microcredit and social business. [1] On 14 August 2024, she was appointed as the principal coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Chief Adviser's Office in Bangladesh.
On 12 October 2005, they met in La Fontaine Gaillon, a Parisian restaurant. There Yunus proposed to form a joint venture between Grameen and Danone with the objective of supplying nutritious food to poor children of Bangladesh. As proposed by Muhammad Yunus, Franck Riboud agreed to participate in the project to be styled a social business. [2]
Justin Guay, an energy lending expert and former Washington representative for the Sierra Club, says the Tata case violates the uneasy social contract surrounding coal in the developing world. “The quid pro quo is that society gets cheap abundant electricity, but it comes at quite a bit of cost,” he says. “They justify those costs because ...
Impossible People (previously Impossible.com) is an altruism-based mobile app which invites people to give their services and skills away to help others. [4] Created by Lily Cole, the app allows users to post something they would like to do or need so that others can grant their wish.