“If you want to get people behind the fight for climate change it has to be easy and simple to contribute.” South Pole Group is a leading provider of global sustainability solutions and services. The company has delivered climate-proven solutions and policy advisory to a wide range of public, private and civil society organisations for over a decade. Areas of expertise cover key sustainability-related areas of corporate sustainability, investment climate risks, sustainable supply chains,...

“I shouldn’t have been there in the capacity that I was.” KickStart International is an award-winning, nonprofit social enterprise with a mission to lift millions of people out of poverty. They do this  through their “MoneyMaker” human-powered irrigation pumps. These low-cost ($70 and $150) pumps are bought by small-scale farmers who use them to access wells or nearby water sources to irrigate their plots and grow crops year-round. As a result, farmers transform their farms into profitable...

“Violence against women is the most extreme expression of unequal gender power.” Take Back the Tech! is a collaborative global campaign with a simple call: for everyone - especially women and girls - to take control of technology to end gender-based violence. Initiated in 2006 by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the campaign has been taken up, adapted and owned by individuals, collectives and organisations globally. In 2014, Take Back the Tech! was awarded the inaugural...

“We are in the middle of an economic, environmental and social crisis. And most of us don’t do anything to tackle that.” PUR Projet is a collective organisation specialised in "Insetting via agroforestry". Insetting means offsetting the social and environmental footprint of a company within its own supply chains and sphere of influence. The forestry projects generate multiple benefits for local communities, while regenerating the ecosystems companies depend upon to make their supply chains...

“The real problem for countries emerging from conflict is the economic situation for young people.” Mozaik Foundation was founded in 2002 and aims to contribute to the economic and social stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Mozaik is a leading social enterprise in the region and its mission is to create an army of young and enterprising people until 2023, who will create jobs and who will be role models for the 70% of young people who dream of leaving the country. Mozaik Foundation...

“Had I not played the piano, things might have been very different.” Africa Check, founded in 2012, is the continent’s leading independent fact-checking organisation. Its mission is to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in key countries across Africa, as well as to foster a wider practice of fact-checking across the continent. It exists in the belief that people all over the world make decisions based on the best information available, and that misleading or false information...

“The official death toll is 10,000, however MSF estimates it to be 30,000-100,000.” The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) assists Haitians in enforcing human rights to escape poverty and vulnerability. IJDH, along with its local partner, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), litigates cases in Haitian, U.S. and international courts. They train progressive Haitian lawyers, document human rights violations and works with grassroots activists in Haiti, North America and...

“700 million people can’t read a newspaper today in India.” PlanetRead’s mission is “Literacy for a Billion”. It’s a registered non-profit which innovates, researches, implements, scales and engages policy and corporations around cost-effective and scalable solutions to support literacy. PlanetRead has implemented Same Language Subtitling (SLS) on mainstream song-based TV programming in eight major languages, on Doordarshan, India’s state television network, and Zee, one of India’s top...

New Media Advocacy Project (N-Map) is one of the world’s leading media and human rights groups. It advances human rights and social justice by using video and other media to strengthen legal advocacy in courts, legislatures and communities. At its heart, N-Map’s work addresses the need for greater participation in the legal and political process by those who have been directly impacted by abuse and injustice. Furthermore, communities most affected by violations are often unable to access key...

Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Mother's Delivery Kit is a social enterprise, established to promote and enhance safe births, instigate behavioural change and economically empower women. Since its founding in 2014, Mother’s Delivery Kit, has sold almost 100,000 kits, trained over 2,000 birth attendants and set up a technology platform to connect hundreds of women to the lifesaving information and quality healthcare personnel at childbirth. Mother’s Delivery Kit supply birthing kits to health...

United Invitations connect migrants who want to improve their language skills with people who are fluent in the native language over a home-cooked dinner. The dinner is always free of charge, in someone’s home and takes place with no further obligations than to share one meal. It is a non-governmental, non-profit, politically and religiously independent initiative and participation is open and free for all. United Invitation's theory of change is that we can get around social exclusion and...

Circle of 6 knows how hard it can be to reach out when you need help, or to talk about things that are awkward, confusing, or worse. Their goal is to make the world a safer and healthier place with technology that enhances friendship and trust. In 2011 the White House created the “Apps Against Abuse” challenge to inspire citizens to build a mobile tool to prevent sexual violence on college campuses. Taking a public health approach, Circle of 6 tested with students and learned from the...

FoodCloud is a not for profit social enterprise that, through a software platform, connects businesses with surplus food with charities in their local community. It is based in Dublin, Ireland, but also operates across the UK. On a global scale it is estimated that approximately 30% of food produced for human consumption is wasted across the food supply chain. Farmland the combined size of China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan is used to grow food that is subsequently thrown away. This happens while...

Fab Lab Barcelona’s mission is to provide access to tools, knowledge and the financial means to educate, innovate and invent using technology and digital fabrication to allow anyone to make (almost) anything, and thereby creating opportunities to improve lives and livelihoods around the world. Design for the real world; Fab Lab Barcelona believe in bringing products to life that solve real needs and are part of a spiral production strategy and align different disciplines within the lab in the...

GhanaThink Foundation is a youth-led NGO based in Ghana & the US. Its primary goal is to mobilise and organise talent for the benefit of Ghana. GhanaThink's landmark initiative is the Barcamp Ghana program, where people come together for a day of learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. The mission is to build a network of changemakers and entrepreneurs. GhanaThink also seeks to support the ideas generated at the Barcamps into projects, programs or ventures. With almost 60 events...

Puntos de Encuentro (Meeting Points) is a Nicaraguan feminist non-profit organisation that was founded in 1990. Operating under the premise that "the personal is political" and social change is mediated by attitudes, values ​​and behaviours of individuals; Puntos de Encuentro decided to create an independent and pluralistic space where they could work their own agenda on women, youth and adolescents. The mission is to foster a favourable social environment, with individual and collective...

WFP Innovation aims to accelerate high impact innovations to achieve Zero Hunger across the globe. Based in Munich, Germany, but sourcing ideas from across the world, the accelerator supports entrepreneurs working on eradicating hunger using human-centered design and a lean start-up approach. The Accelerator helps to identify and scale-up high-impact and transformative innovations both from within and outside WFP, inviting and collaborating with the private sector, civil society and WFP...

“The most common thing our customers tell us is; Wow, I didn’t know the sun was so powerful.” Since 2013, One Earth Designs has been setting a new standard for clean energy and global business as one of the top ranked responsible businesses on B Corp’s Best for the World List. They developed SolSource as a solution for cooking and saving fuel while working with nomads in the Himalayas. Today, the solar-powered stoves are used by customers in over 60 countries. Their flagship product,...

“We’d written 26 grant proposals and had 26 rejections.” Grassroot Soccer is an adolescent health organisation that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire and mobilise youth to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier more productive lives and be agents for change. Grassroot Soccer’s principles are that (i) young people have a vast potential to create meaningful change and play a significant role in overcoming their greatest health challenges, that (ii) soccer is...

Vera Solutions is a social enterprise that uses cloud and mobile technology to help social sector organisations better track their impact and streamline their operations. Since 2010, Vera has worked with more than 175 organisations across 45 countries, from community-based organisations and social businesses to international NGOs and funders. Vera is a certified B Corporation and has been honoured with fellowships and awards by Echoing Green, the Mulago Foundation, Dasra, Entrepreneur...

“The criminal justice system is unfair and corrupt, simply a failed system". As a social leader and entrepreneur, Saskia is breaking the endless cycle of crime in Mexico. She founded Reinserta in 2013 and her passion is to decrease insecurity in Mexico by improving the living conditions of people in jails as well as improving the reintegration processes. Saskia majored in Psychology at Universidad Iberoamericana, and specialised in criminology, kidnapping and forensic psychology at the...

Admir was born in Bosnia where he experienced war and trauma before arriving to Sweden as a ten-year-old refugee in 1993. He arrived to and lived in a segregated area in the South of Sweden and his social affinity became important to Admir, and inspired him to dream and think that everything is possible. The idea for Sports Without Borders Sweden came through his own integration experience. In 2008 Admir was awarded “Kompassrosen” by the Swedish King’s Foundation. In 2012 he was the Swedish...

Combining over twenty-five years of experience in the technology and non-profit sectors with a degree in social anthropology with international development, Ken Banks is the founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS. He is a published author, having released Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation: International Case Studies and Practice (2016) and The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator (2013). Ken was awarded a Stanford University Fellowship in 2006, and named a Pop!Tech Fellow in 2008....

At the age of 15, Alaa moved from Saskatoon, Canada to Zawia, Libya. She enrolled into medical school and founded The Voice of Libyan Women (VLW) in 2011 at the age of 21. With a strong focus on challenging societal and cultural norms and utilizing traditional and historical role models, Alaa champions women’s participation in peace processes and conflict mediation. She's been nicknamed “The Libyan Doogie Howser” by Jon Stewart and applauded by Oprah for her innovative approach to security....

Regina is the founder and CEO of Soronko Solutions. She was recently unveiled as the 2016 Vlisco Brand Ambassador. She won Startup Entrepreneur of the year at the 2016 Ghana Startup Awards. Regina was featured on CNN as one the 12 most inspirational women who rock STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She has been awarded Young Entrepreneur of the year by the GPA Awards from Africa 2.0 and the JCI Ghana Outstanding Young Person award for scientific and technological...