Transform your corporation into a force for good.
What our
partners say
“Social business is an incredible breath of innovation. We find new ways to produce our product. We look at the company from a society standpoint – inside out and include the idea of social value creation in strategic planning.”
Emmanuel Faber, Former CEO, Danone
Leverage your company’s expertise to build exciting social-business solutions.
Create the value chain of the future by integrating social businesses.
Empower your employees to build inspiring social-business solution.
The time to act is now
With numerous social and climate indicators at critical levels, companies are coming under increasing pressure to both do well and do good. Going forward, companies will be judged on their contributions to people, planet, and society on top of their financial performance. Companies will need to demonstrate their relevance.
Why it matters
Turning your company into a force for good is not just a moral imperative. It also makes business sense. Companies that are purpose-driven increasingly outperform their competitors on all relevant business metrics.
Social-intrapreneurship benefits
Improves employee engagement, job satisfaction, employee skills or talent attraction.
Leads to mindset shifts, culture change with the potential to kick off corporate transformation.
Spurs business innovation.
Reaches new markets or new customers.
Improves corporate brand equity.
Meet the team at our upcoming events
Tue 1 Feb 2022 at 15:30 CET
Bringing Corporate Purpose to Life with Peter Lacy and Paul Polman
Picture an economy wherein businesses invest more in the global system than they take out. Though organizations are increasingly adopting "net positive" pledges to develop and monitor climate results, we have still a long way to go. What will it take to make this vision come true?
Tue 1 Feb 2022 at 15:30 CET
Bringing Corporate Purpose to Life with Peter Lacy and Paul Polman
Picture an economy wherein businesses invest more in the global system than they take out. Though organizations are increasingly adopting "net positive" pledges to develop and monitor climate results, we have still a long way to go. What will it take to make this vision come true?
15 Sep 2021 at 15:00 CET
Unusual Talk: A Path to Women Empowerment In Nigeria
How did a simple door-to-door sales model enable local women in Nigeria to gain economic independence?
Tue 11 Jan 2022, 11:00 CET
Unusual Talks: Customer Centric Social Innovation w/ Futurice
We’re taking a closer look at tools and methods that will help you put the user’s needs in focus. Our speakers Johannes Stock and Laura Araujo from Futurice and Juddy Gichuki from Safaricom PLC will share hands-on experiences from years of service creation and discuss how to break down silos and build successful and sustainable solutions that people love.
Our Partners and Clients
These are selected partners and clients that trust in our work and mission.
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Business As Unusual: Releasing the Playbook For Designing Social Intrapreneurship Programs
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It goes without saying, we are living through unprecedented times.
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Take Part In Our Social Intrapreneurship Survey
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Arbusta: training, employing and developing youth in Colombia in the tech industry
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Our first investment for the Kenyan Fund: BURN Manufacturing!
Why Now? Is the Social Business Movement Reaching A Tipping Point?
Join Yunus Social Business on the Global Climate Strike this Friday!
How being a Mentor in the MAN Impact Accelerator has shown me what matters most (Guest piece by Tom
Connecting (& Celebrating) Our Social Entrepreneurs: The Annual Portfolio CEO Forum in Bangalore
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Accelerating Female Entrepreneurship in Brazil: Launching AMEI in São Paulo.
The MAN Impact Accelerator opens applications for a third batch!
Investment Readiness Programme in Colombia with The Boston Consulting Group
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Meet the Entrepreneur: Roshan Miranda from Waste Ventures India
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Professor Yunus joins the Open Value Foundation in Spain, celebrating their partnership with Yunus S
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We've been featured in the Hauck & Aufhäuser Magazine (German)
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