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1st Social Business Meets Angel
May 2, 2011
During the kick-off event of “Social Business Meets Angel” on May 2, 2011, six social entrepreneurs gave a short pitch presentation of their organizations and talked about current challenges.
Social Businesses
Clear Karma
ClearKarma.org provides cell-phone applications and a website featuring information for people with food allergies. Those affected can immediately access information about the impact their consumer choices have on their health without having to read the fine print on the packaging. Clear Karma also proposes healthy alternatives by presenting organic and fair-trade products.
Coffee Circle
Coffee Circle GmbH is fully devoted to fair coffee consumption. The start-up offers gourmet coffees that are bought directly from selected coffee farmers. For every kilo that’s sold, it donates 1 euro to development projects that directly affect the coffee farmers – which is 5 times the amount given by “Fair Trade.”
Zentrum für gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt
The Zentrum für gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt (Center for Societal Progress) is an independent think tank that develops new ideas, concepts, and strategies related to political and social issues in order to improve the conditions for social progress, prosperity and welfare. Key issues are growth, education, health, and legal reform.
PeePoople
PeePoople has developed a disinfectant and biodegradable plastic bag for the disposal of excrement, which is used in Asian and African slums. They thus make a contribution to improving hygiene conditions in the fight against poverty and epidemics in African and Asian megacities.
Glovico
Glovico.org is a language school where native speakers of Spanish and French from Latin America and Africa teach their native languages via Skype. It provides teachers from Africa and Latin America with a platform to earn an income by teaching language courses.
DENEFF
Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffzienz e.V. (German Energy Efficiency Business Initiative; DENEFF) is the first independent, multi-industry network of German frontrunner companies in the field of efficiency. The goal is to collectively represent their political interests and speed up market development of energy-efficiency products and services by shaping policy effectively, consistently, and in a reasonable manner.
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