international social enterprise
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Could 3D printing help tackle poverty and plastic waste?Startups are turning plastic waste in developing countries into filament for 3D printers while employing local waste pickers
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Asma has been a refugee for 36 years; now a fashion startup has offered a lifelinePalestinian refugees in Jordan are one of the longest standing refugee populations. SEP Jordan has trained 500 to make embroidered products
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Inside story: the fashion labels that hire prisoners and help reform livesFrom the Mexican business making tattooed bags to a UK organisation selling embroidery to Stella McCartney, social enterprises are working with prisoners
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Rio's favelas to Brighton's North Laine: the entrepreneurs tackling food wasteChefs and entrepreneurs aim to tackle the $1tn global food waste problem and change attitudes in the process
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Is the Library of Things an answer to our peak stuff problem?New social enterprise lending everything from spades to wetsuits is one of a new breed of organisations pitched as a democratic alternative to Uber and Airbnb
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Greggs and M&S join movement to donate leftover food to solidarity fridgesA growing number of businesses and individuals are depositing edible food that will otherwise go to waste, and anyone can take it
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Australian consortium launches world-first digital energy marketplace for rooftop solarPilot program will allow homeowners to tap into a network of ‘virtual’ power stations made up of smart grids of rooftop solar and batteries
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Only 14% of plastics are recycled – can tech innovation tackle the rest?A new group of companies is innovating on the problem of plastics recycling by tackling everything from styrofoam to Ziploc bags
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'This building is its own power plant': your stories of renewables in the cityFrom New York to Frankfurt, readers shared their experiences of renewable energy projects in cities around the world
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What next for renewables in cities? – the expert viewA complex range of factors is shaping how and why cities adopt renewable energy, from costs to the need for stable power supplies
sustainability hubs
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Business and the sustainable development goals
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Circular economy
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Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Health in cities
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Innovations in renewables
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Palm oil debate
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Redesigning cities
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Social entrepreneurs
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Social equality
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Smart cities
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Spotlight on commodities
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The new bottom line
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Transport
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Values-led business
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What if? economics
Victoria to spend $5m in Australia's first social enterprise strategy
Primary funding: the social enterprise turning profit into pencils for schoolchildren
It takes a village to raise a child, but tech giants could play a role in educating one