2012's Most Scalable Social Enteprises

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SUMMARY:

For the past three years, the Sankalp Forum has nurtured a community of

innovation, connection and understanding amongst the various players in the

social enterprise sector. Year on year, social enterprises, investors, and stake

holders come together to share ideas, with the aim of bringing about social

change. This year is no different as 31 extraordinary enterprises showcase their

business plans to prospective investors and funders looking for market based

solutions to the challenges of poverty. Five major sectors have been selected as

focal points for the Summit (April 12-13, Taj Lands End, Mumbai ): Agriculture,

Food and Rural Business, Clean Energy and Clean Technology, Education, Health

Water and Sanitation, and Technology for Development. The forum has

expanded to cover South East Asia as well as India. Six exceptional South East

Asian companies will also be participating in the Sankalp Summit this year.

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Agriculture, Food & Rural Business

Those at the BoP living in rural areas face challenges substantially different from

those faced in an urban setting. Creating a livelihood for oneself is subject to

weather, access to technology, and one’s own health to farm the fields. The

questions that our finalists are looking to solve through their innovations are:

how do we support local farmers in an effective, and at the same time, an

environmentally friendly way? How do we use technology to increase agricultural

outputs to increase incomes? Is there a way to farm sustainably with an

increasing population demanding more at faster rate?

The following social enterprises are facing these challenges head on and aiming

to create sustainable business from the ground up.

Bhushan Agro aims to contribute towards rural transformation and 2nd Green

revolution of India by improving yield/revenue of agricultural lands in Sagar,

Madhya Pradesh.The Company is involved in agriculture using modern scientific

methods resulting in improved agricultural yield and productivity. There are

plans to set up food processing units to produce value added items. The

business model is to lease agricultural land from farmers at Rs. 8000-10,000 per

acre per year and carry farming using modern scientific methods, equipment,systematic crop rotation, and water harvesting techniques. The projected result

is an improved yield and 3 crops per year instead of the 2 currently possible in

that region. The revenue from agricultural activities per acre per year is

approximately Rs. 100,000 – 150,000.

Driptech is a water technologies company operating from Silicon Valley, with

offices in Pune and Beijing. Driptech produces affordable, high-quality irrigation

systems designed for small-plot farmers. The company distributes its products

through local governments, corporate partners, and NGOs in India and China.

Drip irrigation increases crop yields 20-50% and requires less labor and less

money spent on diesel or electricity for pumping water. With its proprietary

manufacturing technology, Driptech is able to produce and price drip irrigation

systems at least 50% lower than the nearest competition. Driptech is growing

rapidly to address the needs of the 600 million subsistence farmers who lack

appropriate irrigation.




Kautilya PhytoExtracts Pvt Ltd work closely with the farmers of Jamui, Baniapur,

Banka, Munger, Gopaljung (Bihar) and Mal, Kalinpong, Jal Dhaka (North Bengal),

taking orders from aromatic oils and medicinal plant companies and cultivating

the required crops. Kautilya supports local farmers, with a focus on delivering

the largest amount of profit to the farmers themselves.

Safe Harvest is a supplier of fresh, locally grown, high quality organic produce

to wholesalers and consumers. Safe Harvest farms its product indoors,

producing crops year round. Their proposal is to scale indoor farming so that a

wide variety of produce is harvested in quantity enough to sustain even the

largest of cities without significantly relying on resources beyond the city

limits. The enterprise aims to do so in a sustainable manner using no herbicides,

pesticides or petroleum based fertilizers and eliminating agricultural runoff by

recycling black water.

Vinfinet Technologies mission is: “Shape the future of farming in emerging

economies using sustainable technologies and make agriculture a safe and

profitable occupation.” The principle objective of 'KISAN RAJA' is to provide an

easy to use and economically viable motor communication and controlling

system that enables a user to remotely operate a pump set through a mobilephone or landline, changing the way the farmer interacts with motors.




Clean Energy/ Clean Technology

With an increased dependence on energy and an increased creation of waste,how do we as a community ‘tread lightly’? Creating and consulting businesses todo more with less is a large task, as many individuals as well as businessesbelieve that green business models are more expensive than traditional ones.How do we encourage consumers and businesses to choose green? The CleanEnergy/Clean Technology finalists at Sankalp this year are succeeding in advisingand creating businesses that result in both a profit and a small ecologicalfootprint.

Ampere Bikes designs and manufactures a wide range of reliable, cost effective

and quality Electric Vehicles (EV) for providing economical, comfortable, stylish

and well performing electric mobility solutions for all categories of people and

businesses in Asia and beyond. Ampere’s vision is to enhance and empower the

lives of people through affordable mobility solutions, worldwide. The most

popular bike is equipped with a 25 W motor battery. Once the battery is charged

for 6-8 hours, it can carry one rider a distance of 45 km. The battery doesn’t

require any maintenance.

Ecoreco was incorporated in September 2007 to manage end of life electrical &

electronic waste in an organized manner employing necessary technology &

methodology to derive commercial objective and also to protect ecology &

environment. EcoReco provides the full spectrum of activities covered under e-

waste management right from collection of e-waste from the door step of the

generators, transporting, sorting them into working / non-working equipment/

components, secured data destruction, dismantling of end of life equipment,

size reduction, sorting in to different commodities like glass, plastic, iron / steel,

aluminum, copper and other fractions, remarketing of reusable equipment,

components and various recovered commodities as well as disposal of

hazardous substances as per the prescribed rules. Ecoreco‘s facility carries out

the above activities near Mumbai.

GreenTech Aqua uses ‘Pneumatic Saturation & Condensation Process and

System’ (PSC). This technology utilizes waste heat present in exhaust gas

of fossil fuel fired power plants or other sources of waste heat as the main

source of energy to desalinate seawater. GreenTech Aqua’s technology will

generate high quality water in large quantities (greater than 7 mld per 210MW




power plant) from a sustainable source like seawater or brackish ground water.

The water generated is of high purity and can be used for industrial as well as

potable purposes.

GIBSS Green India Building Systems and Services (GIBSS) is a multi-channeled

diversified business that provides best value products along with operational,

maintenance and energy solutions to help buildings reduce costs and raise

productivity. GIBSS assists building owners in making responsible decisions,

reducing the overall building life cycle expenses and helping the building

occupants live more efficiently. They cite the benefits of a green building as,

better health and productivity, low life cycle cost, reduced liability, enhanced

building marketability, cost effective design, better environment.

NextGen help businesses measure, manage, mitigate and communicate carbon

emissions, save energy, develop a low carbon strategy and help them harness

other green benefits. They developed an in-house biogas technology for

decentralized organic waste to energy application, focusing on reliability,

hygiene and aesthetic values. This technology is currently being deployed across

IT parks, university campuses, housing complexes and hotel chains to substitute

LPG and at rural telecom tower sites for powering them.




Education

Despite one of the largest youth populations in the world, a significant gap

exists in the educational programs, systems and training centers to provide up-

to-date technical, vocational, and literacy and language skills to India’s ever-

growing employable population. By 2025, 25% of the world’s workforce will be

Indian. The necessity, of skilling these future laborers, is imminent. How then do

we teach young Indians the skills they need to get a job and not waste their

potential? Sankalp finalists in the education category are looking for ways to

leverage knowledge and skills to the hands of India’s youth.

Classle: Classle was started with a mission to solve the issue of quality

instruction faced by students pursuing higher education. Classle.net is a

resource hub for learners to search, create, share and discuss in their chosen

disciplines. An engaged community is accomplished by the participation of a

dedicated team of educators, professionals, academicians and career

counsellors. Classle.net is a learner-centric community and is a free-for-use

platform. Classle expands the availability of knowledge and learning material

and allows for the student/learner to be an active contributor. In the process, it

empowers the learner and enlists them as an important member of the learning

eco-system.

Edusports: Edusports is India's first & leading sports enterprise working with K -

12 schools for providing world-class sporting experience to millions of school

going children. Edusports through its pioneering SOAR(TM) platform offers

learning through physical activity and sports to the school children. Edusports

programmes help create “physically educated” children by involving the

participation of all stakeholders (schools, parents & policymakers). Edusports

programmes are designed around the core principles of inclusiveness (every

child must play); age-appropriateness (right skills at the right age); and all

programmes are designed specifically to work in Indian context.

EZvidya: EZvidya is an educational services organization that services the

development of modern academic curriculums, training initiatives and strategic

engagement with schools. Their products aim to improve teacher effectiveness

and accelerate children’s learning. They also consult schools on “best practices”




and have teamed with large corporations in their corporate social responsibility

programmes.

ROSE Computer Academy: ROSE Computer Academy was launched in 2007 with

a vision to spread computer literacy all over in India, with a particular focus in

rural areas. Their aim is to impart quality computer education at an affordable

rate to the youth in rural areas in order to prepare them for either starting their

own enterprise or to get a job. ROSE Computer Academy has trained more than

5000 rural youth in computer education out of whom more than 1500 have got

jobs in private and public sector companies.

Priyadarshini Taxi Service: Priyadarshini is a social enterprise that aims to

create an income generating capacity in women through a vocational training

program in taxi driving. The training provided to the participating women is free

of charge. It as an exhaustive, 3 months training, where the woman is expected

to drive at least for two hours daily, on the roads of Mumbai. Priyadarshini Taxi

service is an all women enterprise where the drivers as well as, all employees,

directors & even shareholders are women.




Health, Water and Sanitation

Providing affordable and accessible healthcare to a population of over one billionpeople is a formidable task. In India today, 80% of provided healthcare is withinthe private sector, meaning the majority of Indians today are paying forhealthcare out of pocket. The concept of the “non-touch” doctor is growingrapidly, and many people are willing to pay to use technological advances insolving their health-related problems. In addition, preventative measures arebeing taken by social enterprises that are using improved sanitation as a methodof reducing hygiene-related disease.

Eram Scientific aims to develop innovative and utility solutions by combining

cross platform technologies and domains. Eram Scientific created ‘Delight ’, the

automatic public Toilet Unit which is intended to improve the sanitation facilities

in urban geographies especially in developing nations. The unit has a unique

structure that facilitates the display of advertisement boards on its outer surface.

This can act as a source for additional income. This can also be a source of

income for the people who are given charge of operating a unit. Their focus is

on combining platform technologies to solve social problems.

India Home Healthcare provides healthcare to Indians in Chennai and Banglore

at their bedside. They give personalized care after an initial assessment,

involving immediate family members with the “Care Planning.” The teams

provide specialized care to newborns and new mothers, the elderly, orthopedic

patients, cardiac patients, and stroke and neurological related illnesses.

MediAngels is an online Hospital that connects its users to specialized doctors

from across the globe. The MediAngels panel is the most super specialized panel

ever developed with a mission to streamline the healthcare delivery supply chain

with the innovative use of technology, MediAngels is the first venture of its kind

globally. They have ePharmacy and eRecords functions as well. Patients can

upload their reports so that doctors have a full outline of their current ailmentfor an eConsult. They are linked to twenty-one thousand accredited laboratories

across India. For simple questions they can use the eQuery function. The site

also provides a knowledge center that is similar to a laymen terms medical

dictionary.

NationWide are an Indian chain of family physician and paediatric clinics that

aim to make primary healthcare affordable and accessible for every Indian.




Founded in 2010 by a team of UK-trained doctors and management experts,

NationWide envisages bringing the best international practices in Primary

Healthcare to India and spearheading a paradigm shift in India’s healthcare

delivery system. Through a network of clinics, they provide personalised GP and

paediatric services to our health plan subscribers as well as walk-in-patients.

Waste Ventures operations are oriented around three main activities - Build,

Disseminate, Foster. In order to create a new sector of waste management in

developing countries it is necessary to go beyond simply creating waste picker

corporations, but also enable others to follow a the regulatory environment forwaste management. The aim is to incubate and ensure financing for sustainable

waste picker corporations (WPC) and Publish & share best-case practices,

technology and materials to allow any organization to employ their blueprint, as

well as, create and promote an environment of best-case practices in solid waste

management.




Technology For Development

Our daily lives are increasingly becoming dependent on technology. Thedigitization of education, healthcare and financial services is spreading rapidly;the reason being, that technology simplifies our lives. The finalists chosen forthe Technology for Development sector are using affordable technology toprovide social gains for marginalized populations and to connect the bottom of the pyramid to other economic classes.

Avaz: Avaz is an Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Device

created by Invention Labs, India. It enables people with cerebral palsy to

communicate by converting their muscle movements into speech. Avaz’s unique

feature is the availability in multiple Indian languages, so essential in a country

like India that has multiple regional languages. Avaz is portable, highly

customizable and has been strategically priced right for the Indian market

through appropriate use of technology. The cost is just 1/6th of similar devices

available internationally.

B2R Technologies: B2R (Business 2 Rural) Technologies as a rural BPO

organization, envisions delivery of business value together with social value, by

way of setting up clusters of rural BPO service delivery centres to provide

business support services to clients. Their aim is to tap into the potential of ruralIndia, to create livelihood opportunities in local context and to create best-in-

class service delivery capabilities for global clients. B2R wants to facilitate and

contribute to the integrated development of other capabilities in the villages by

investing 33% of the profits (PAT) generated by B2R back into the community

within these villages.

Eko India Financial Services: The Eko model works on the fundamental premise

of giving everyone a bank account. Eko is building a low cost financial services

infrastructure to increase the reach of financial institutions to the un-banked and

to democratize financial services for the un-banked in urban as well as ruralareas: powered by innovation and technology. The endeavour is to build a

rapidly scalable model by addressing the challenges of the existing models and

by using mobile technology to help bring down significantly the network cost.

Inventure: Inventure is a micro-investment platform that allows everyday

individuals to invest in small businesses from under-served communities across

the globe. Inventure unleashes the potential of developing entrepreneurs to lift




themselves and their communities out of poverty by connecting individuals

directly with these entrepreneurs. Inventure envisions a world where business

owners, regardless of their location or background, will have access to the

financial, social and intellectual capital necessary to expand their businesses and

drive local growth.

Milaap: Milaap is an online lending platform that enables people to lend to

India's working poor. Combining the internet and human intent to create

sustainable social change, Milaap aims to catalyze the next generation of

microfinance through online microlending and fulfill varied unmet needs of the

poor that go beyond just credit. Milaap's field partners monitor the progress of

the borrowers throughout the loan cycle to ensure effective use of both, the loan

amount and the market links provided.




South East Asia

Over the past ten years, Asia has seen rapid economic growth. With a growingmiddle class, more energy is being used and better services and socialinfrastructure is being demanded. (Avantage) In addition, Asia has the largestcarbon dioxide consumption in the world, surpassing North America’sconsumption in the early 90s. (UNEP) Social enterprises in South East Asia areresponding to these new requirements from their environments and population.The Sankalp finalists were chosen for their innovative ideas, commitment toproviding employment, and to improving the environment.

Bali Recycling, Indonesia: Bali Recycling operates an integrated wastemanagement system that focuses on reducing, reusing & recycling while also

producing up-cycled products from certain waste components. Bali Recycling

extracts or produces valuable byproducts from the solid waste thereby reducing

the total waste. Another operational role is to collect and process hazardous

materials for businesses and households; they are the first operator in Bali to

provide these services.

Bombastic Plastix, Indonesia: Bombastic makes products by directly reutilizing

HDPE plastic shopping bags. Bombastic makes durable leather-like material from

discarded plastic shopping bags for the manufacturing of consumer products.

They utilize a short cycle (Supercycling™) process transforming a raw material

into a finished material. The Supercycling™ process is unique and nobody else in

the market implements such an environmentally friendly process to recycle

plastic. Their goal is to move into affordable agricultural textiles produced from

rubbish.

Hapinoy, Philippines: The Hapinoy Store Program focuses on the sari-sari stores

in the Philippines (sari-sari is the Filipino word for “many or various kinds”), small

neighbourhood convenience stores or retail-based outlets that sell mostly basic

commodities. The program starts with the infusion of capital (through the

resources of the microfinance institution program partner) and conversion of anexisting sari-sari store in a specific town to a Lead Store or in Hapinoy terms, a

Community Store. Hapinoy’s ability to reach the “last mile” through its

distribution network significantly impacts the lives of multiple stakeholders,

including sari-sari storeowners, small producers and their consumers.




Kokoboard, Thailand: Kokoboard started with the idea of using agricultural

waste to make ‘Particle Boards’ with the desire to stop deforestation and extend

the life of living green forest for future generations. Driven by environmental and

social missions, the enterprise aims to save trees and keep the forest for future

generations through innovative technology while at the same time alleviate

poverty in the rural farmer community.

Marine Gifts, Vietnam: Marine Gifts provides vocational & life skills training for

women living in and around Marine Protected Areas in Vietnam. They provide

vocational skill training to women to produce crafts, provide services and tapinto the tourism industry. Marine Gifts also works on raising awareness about

marine conservation and livelihood development of local communities. They

support community based tourism and handicraft business development in the

Marine Protected Areas.

Sunlabob, Laos: Sunlabob has successfully developed and pilot-tested several

innovative solutions for providing affordable off-grid lighting and clean drinking

water using renewable energy to many poor rural households in Laos. Sunlabob

provides renewable electricity for lighting and other applications, reducing

reliance on kerosene and/or diesel generators. They also provide renewable

electricity and integrated equipment, such as water irrigation pumps, for income

generating productive use and provide safe drinking water through locally

established micro-enterprises, reducing exposure to water borne diseases.




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