by Abriel | Jun 7, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
The development of plastics has led to a revolution in packaging and consumer goods, and enhanced convenience for billions of people. Yet, an estimated 8 million metric tonnes of plastic leaks out into our oceans annually, causing major environmental, economic and...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Social enterprise Jaga-Me was born when two of its co-founders met at a hackathon event and brainstormed an Uber-like model for healthcare services. It is an online platform that links independent healthcare professionals to those receiving care at home. The idea for...
by Abriel | Jun 6, 2018 | 2018, Decent Work & Economic Growth, What Inspires You?
Ms Cai Shiyin was the Chief Technology Officer at GE Infrastructure’s Asia Pacific office for eight years before she co-founded Dialogue in the Dark, a social enterprise which carries out corporate leadership training. On 5 June 2018, Ms Cai, 42, whose personal...
by Abriel | Jun 4, 2018 | 2018, Partnership For The Goals, What Inspires You?
When Ms Janice Chiang was in a village near Mombasa, Kenya, for her summer internship, she was taken aback by how much her thinking differed from the locals’. A Kenyan university student in her team was tagged as a spy by the other village boys and, to stay...
by Abriel | May 30, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Teodoro Costa, for his fifth birthday party in 2017, had an odd request for his friends and family: He didn’t want any presents. Instead, he asked them to donate money to a “gift fund”, with half the amount going to a cause he felt especially...
