Sustainable Development Goals

SE examples

Discover MuayThai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdDgs7tbyas
A social business initiative for underprivileged youths to lead a life of dignity and
independence by developing character and positive values through MuayThai.

The Butterfly Project

https://youtu.be/SWH67JalJ5Q
An initiative to support young social entrepreneurs in Uganda.

SMW Wheels
https://youtu.be/kqbrEkUUmOw
A deferred payment cycle rickshaw social venture company that offers a unique solution to
cycle rickshaw drivers to become owners of their own vehicle.

Anthropose
https://youtu.be/qaDDg5EaGso
An eyewear company that sponsors a free cataract surgery for every ten pairs of sunglasses
they sell.

Free Bird Café

Freebird Cafe works mostly with indigenous people and refugees, offering language classes
and other forms of support.

Hapinoy
https://youtu.be/rgxSC3vyOqM
Hapinoy creates opportunities for sari-sari store (small neighbourhood retail shops) owners
to learn, to grow, and to provide for the changing needs of the community.

Sheroes Hangout
A café founded to empower acid attack survivors. It is the world’s first café chain run by
female acid attack survivors.

Garda Pangan
Aims to raise awareness around the issue of food waste in Indonesia.

Java Mountain Coffee

Produces biodegradable coffee capsules and the used coffee grounds are donated to a local
farm for composting. Finances the set-up of women-only coffee cooperatives.
H18
https://youtu.be/JqEl07_VaLs
H18 Foundation is an upcycling project based in Milnerton, Cape Town, creating work for the
unemployed women of Joe Slovo. The core objective of H18 Foundation is to empower,
enable, upskill and uplift unemployed women from Joe Slovo.

Circo Para Todos

https://youtu.be/dNnRTehja8k
An organisation that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Colombia by teaching
them circus arts as a profession.

Sealand
https://youtu.be/AASEOi3FYJs
Sealand makes upcycled bags built to last a lifetime. Sealand is based in Cape Town, a
dramatically beautiful city in South Africa where oceans and mountains vividly meet.

Caledonia Cremation
A social enterprise that offers a single, simple, dignified Direct Cremation for £995 – equal for
anyone anywhere across Scotland, rich or poor. It helps families arrange their own cheaper
more personalised celebration away from the crematorium and we invest in counselling, an
advice helpline and education around bereavement, funerals and death.

Rags2Riches
This social enterprise partners with local artisans across the Philippines to create eco-ethical
fashion and home accessories out of upcycled, overstock cloth and indigenous fabrics.

Café with No Name

Situated in Thamel, 100% of the profit made by this café goes towards projects supporting
street children in Nepal.