Postcards: Thailand’s tourism social enterprises help locals hit by coronavirus
NANCHANOK WONGSAMUTH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how tourism-related social enterprises in Thailand are weathering the coronavirus storm…
Can ethical businesses bring a breath of fresh to Asia’s polluted cities?
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Ethical businesses are developing new ways to tackle air pollution – a major public health threat in developing nations – by making affordable air purifiers for the most vulnerable people in the worst hit countries like China and India. Nine out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants, […]
Major Thai coffee brand vows to repay 200 debt-ridden farmers
Chiang Rai, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A major Thai coffee brand has vowed to repay about 200 farmers who were forced to take out loans while waiting nearly three years for payment, leaving them with spiralling debts. Doi Chaang Coffee – which has more than 50 franchises in South-East Asia – said it would pay about […]
From medicine to recycling, six African start-ups doing business for good in 2019
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation As Africa tunes into the burgeoning movement of business for good, young people across the continent are finding innovative solutions to problems from illiteracy to pollution. There are no figures for how many social enterprises have been started across the continent, but the sector is growing with the emergence of tech […]
Social enterprise restaurant founded by Jamie Oliver closes
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A restaurant set up by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to train unemployed young people as chefs has closed after 13 years amid increased competition. Fifteen Cornwall, which was set up as a social enterprise or company that seeks to do good as well as make a profit, said in a […]
Britain’s do-good businesses expect election certainty to create opportunities
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s new government could provide “the opportunity of a generation” for the nation’s ethical business sector by ending years of political and economic uncertainty that held it back, experts said following the election result. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party triumphed in a landslide election victory on Thursday with a […]
INDONESIA: “SURFER GIRLS” TURN THE TIDE ON SEXISM
BEH LIH YI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a social enterprise is helping girls find their feet – and not just on a surfboard…
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: BUILT TO SCALE? GROWING PAINS HIT CAMBODIA’S BUSINESSES FOR GOOD
MATT BLOMBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a social enterprises – including one made famous by the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, last year – navigate the perils of growth…
Doing good found to take its toll as more social entrepreneurs report burnout
San Francisco, US/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Passionate and dedicated to the cause, businesses leaders on a mission to help society and the environment are increasingly coming up against an unexpected hurdle – burnout. Globally social entrepreneurship is on the rise, with more businesses being set up with the aim of making a profit that […]
WOW!: CAFE BREWS UP HOPE FOR NEPAL’S TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
GOPAL SHARMA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the Maiti Cafe in Kathmandu is helping trafficking survivors…