Agape Connecting People

hires and trains inmates, ex-convicts, single mothers and people with disabilities. It has established a call centre within the prisons to rehabilitate inmates. Website

Affordable Abodes

works with villagers and farmers to provide affordable, resilient, and sustainable housing solutions for low income families. Website

Greenhope

A green technology company that works with cassava farmers to produce biodegradable plastic replacements. Website

PichaEats

provides opportunities for refugees in Malaysia to start a new life by being employed by the catering service platform. Through PichaEats, refugee families who are forced to flee to Malaysia can get a chance to rebuild their lives, regain their dignity, and provide for their family. Website

Wateroam

is a water-innovation social enterprise that develops the simplest and most portable community water filters for disaster relief and rural development. Website

Liberty Society

A transparent, ethical, and eco-friendly fashion brand that empowers refugee mothers through tailoring training, a community of support, and source of income. Website

DANAdidik

is a crowdfunding platform for financing healthcare students in Indonesia, connecting students in need with sponsors/lenders. Through its platform, healthcare professionals students can obtain affordable loans to pursue tertiary education and training. Website

PT. Mahoni Edukasi Digital

provides a platform that is a computer lab / virtual library solution targeted at schools and students in low-income communities, with patchy internet access. Teachers can access a wide range of education materials through the platform at low cost. Website

Regenesys BPO

employs survivors of slavery, helping them walk the last mile of restoration through employment in technology.

Impacting more than 900 survivors of slavery through employment in Technology. Website

Seadling

Seaweed biotechnology that strengthens communities, creates jobs and revives abundance in our ocean by developing innovative seaweed products. Website

IWA-KE

helps land owners and aquaculturists to produce quality fish, matching them with the market, technology, and capital. Instagram

LIVFUL Asia Pacific

LivFul is an unconventional life science company that prioritizes health access and impact before the maximization of profit. We discover, develop and distribute health innovations alongside our global partners, including governments, NGOs, academic institutions and businesses from the micro to multinational scale. Our goal is to enable and empower shareholders and partners to work together through a trusted network to ensure that everyone has access to the best health innovations and therefore the opportunity to live free, live well and live to their full potential. Website

Babylon Vertical Farms

Babylon’s business model is to grow the vegetables ourselves, in our very own vertical farm in the city, harvest them from our innovative vertical grow towers, package it, and deliver it to our target customers, up to 30 kilometers from us, all within 3 hours from harvest. We currently stock our products on the shelves of Village Grocer and Ben’s Independent Grocer. Website

WeCare.id

is a medical crowdfunding platform, enabling underserved patients to fund medical treatments through direct donations, and a membership model which allows a cross-subsidize scheme between patients and donors that allows both to redeem healthcare benefits & become healthier together.

Impacting more than 35,000 users and 700 hospitals during COVID-19. Website

Dignity for Children Foundation

has been providing education and care to underprivileged children for the past 20 years. From a classroom of just 20 students, they have educated more than 8,000 students, with 1,700 enrolled this year. Website

Earth Heir®

works with over 100 artisans from women’s cooperatives, indigenous tribes and refugee groups, across six states of Malaysia.By combining traditional artisanal skills with modern, contemporary design, Earth Heir is a true celebration of Malaysia’s varied heritage art forms and unique cultural narratives. Website

Soul Inc

I’m Soul Inc addresses, at the fundamental (soul) level, the problems of modern day living – high stress and burden of caregiving. They lead to isolation and loneliness, widely acknowledged as causes of diseases like stroke, dementia, low self-esteem, depression and poor mental health. Covid19 exacerbates this problem. Through highly engaging, innovative programs and technology, I’m Soul Inc is an award-winning social enterprise that enables ALL to MAKE MUSIC to enhance health and well-being, bond communities and create jobs of joy and dignity. No musical background needed. Website

Ink Animation

Ink Animation (Ink) is a 2D animation outsourcing studio providing international award winning animation services for children’s series, independent feature films and adult animation. Ink works in Cambodia with aspiring artists from disadvantaged backgrounds to service US and European production studios and producers.

SevenTeaOne

Provides training and employment for B40 single mothers and teens with autism spectrum disorder. Website

Langit Collective

aspires to bridge urban and rural economies. Langit promotes unique and heirloom agricultural produce by smallholder farmers from East Malaysia to larger markets. Our products are sourced directly from farmers and procured at a fair price - a minimum of 35% of the retail proceeds go directly to the farmers. Website

Yayasan Selamat Pagi Indonesia

Good Morning Indonesia High School is a free high school where all living costs and education costs are fully borne by the Foundation and implemented by the school. Good morning Indonesian high school does not accept and ask students or guardians of students to incur any costs because students who are accepted at High School Good Morning Indonesia are families of YATIM PIATU or can not afford those who need education at high school level. Website

Kestrel BioScience

Kestrel’s mission is to produce and supply affordable high-quality diagnostic test-kits to improve the quality of life of the marginalized. Countries targeted include developing countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and even to African countries where dengue and malaria are rampant. Website

BaliHoney

wants to embrace all parties ranging from the government as forest rulers, commodity farmers, experts, stake holders and honey seekers and beekeepers to corporate businesses to produce and market Indonesian beekeeping products with international quality standards that still preserve nature. Website

VSStory

is an award-winning Storytelling & Strategy Company, supporting businesses to position themselves as the solution for the world’s problems—and not the cause. Leading experts specialized in ESG communications; stakeholder strategy & authentic engagement; VSS brings your story to light — so you can captivate loyal customers, inspire employees, and turn a vision into reality. Website

Winnow Solutions

Our mission is to connect the commercial kitchen, create a movement of chefs and inspire others to see that food is too valuable to waste. Website.

Pope Jai (SG)

We empower individuals by providing a whole suite of relevant F&B training skills and employment in a real work environment. We employ from eight different beneficiary groups—these form 90 percent of the staff in our restaurant: persons with special needs, physical disabilities, mental health issues, the hard of hearing/deaf, the visually-impaired, youth-at-risk, vulnerable and the disadvantaged. Website

Super Solar / YWAM Myanmar

YWAM stands for Youths with a Mission. They are an organisation that aims to reach out and tackle the needs of the poor. They have been serving the community through various means in hopes that the lives of the people can be improved. The team has come up with a host of projects to try and tackle the ever-present issue of poverty. Their hope is that one day Myanmar will be developed into a first world nation, liberating those trapped in the cycle of poverty. Website

Soristic Impact Collective

Through research and impact evaluation, we seek to help corporate, social enterprises and charities to achieve higher impact in their work/programmes. Website

Evo&Co.

2019 was our first take off and gain success for reducing 15,127,277 plastic items (8,437,488 Plastic Straws; 4,729,850 Plastic Bags; 1,284,662 Plastic Bottles; 675,277 Plastic Tableware). Website

SCOPI

Sustainable Coffee Platform of Indonesia (SCOPI) is a non-profit organization incorporated in the form of associations for market participants in the coffee sector and stakeholders concerned about coffee development in Indonesia. Website

Sinclair

is driven by the mission of making workplaces healthier. With our low-cost, high-impact outpatient plans, SMEs owners and soon, employers of foreign domestic workers can provide primary medical care to their employees. And when the employee stays healthy, employers earn a cashback, making our plans convenient, affordable and worry-free. Website

Bioform

Our goal is to make our world a safer place for us and the next generation to come while leveraging our deep expertise in food product safety, product development, and new innovation in materials to create a whole new dining experience (style, aesthetic, feel) while ensuring our products provide safety, durability and peace of mind for you and your family. Website

Baca Villa

Baca-Villa is a socially responsible company in Organic plant nursery through its own organic certified farms in Cambodia for our International customers. Website

Vulcan Augmetics

We make Augmetics; high functioning prosthetics designed to be upgradable and customizable to cater to and achieve your goals to a degree BETTER than those without them. Website

SuiBu Eco Farm

(Managed by Ecovative Enterprise)

An Urban integrated farm to empower the poor and marginalized.

Du Anyam

Working closely with the talented women of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Du Anyam creates wicker products through the most authentic craftsmanship. With the goal of economically empowering and improving the health of these women in rural areas around Indonesia, Du Anyam is a brand built upon the values of its founders. Website

Good Return

Good Return is a DFAT-accredited international development agency that works across the Asia Pacific region to deliver economic and social development programs for the financially and socially excluded. We hold Australia Financial Services License 504804 granted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. With over 17 years of experience in financial inclusion, Good Return focuses on building financial capability, creating responsible financial services and investing for impact. In our work supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem, we partner with local financial institutions to increase their lending so that social enterprises working in agricultural value chains can access the finance they need. Website

1516 Energy

516 Green Design is specialized in designing and building innovatively green and eco-friendly constructions with small investment. The company focuses on developing wind energy, solar energy systems and infrastructures for low-income customers, average-income customers in areas without electricity or being not enough electricity to serve the customers’ basic life. Website

Tohe

Through our free weekly creative art playgrounds, we “preserve” and encourage the playfulness within little kids, especially disadvantaged kids. The little ones’ artwork is divided into topics, materials and distinctive styles. Website

Nature Farm Fresh Myanmar

Distribution of toxin freed chili, turmeric, and gingers to Myanmar People for preventing the risk of liver cancer and Dissemination of Solar Dyers technology in Myanmar brings Economic and Social Transformation through Food Safety. Website

Plastikinia

is a Waste Management Platform & Loyalty Program. It allows people to put or drop waste to us through our platform, then from each rubbish deposited will be exchanged into Points, and these Points can be used to collect Prizes. Website

Straw Innovation

is seriously looking into the management of rice straw and taking unprecedented action by offering a commercially attractive and optimum process to convert rice straw into biogas or clean energy source. Working with farmers in Laguna, Philippines, it plans to set up a low cost technology for making biogas from rice straw and selling it as clean cooking fuel. Website

Wahyoo

an Indonesian-based startup aims to digitalise traditional small food businesses (Warung Tegal or Warteg in Bahasa Indonesia) by providing a B2B app for owners to order and have their supplies delivered for free, connect to brand partners for advertisement placements, and a offering free renovation programme. Website

Iron Nori

We believe that F&B is an industry that is highly demanded by Singaporeans; its workers exhibits camaraderie, and when properly managed, its employees can be more understanding of PWD. We eat together with PWDs during staff meals, and we are not academically inclined, nor overly meritocratic! We understand and empathise. Website

SDI Academy

SDI Academy blends digital media, in-person training and rigorous data collection to design and deliver high-quality courses which up-skill immigrants and help them assimilate into the mainstream. Website

ProfilePrint

is the first global tea marketplace, featuring local and international tea brands, as well as exclusive and rare teas sourced directly from tea farms. Website

Ecosoftt

is a Singapore based, globally-networked innovation catalyst that specializes in decentralised management of water, wastewater, and environmental services. Website

Ibupreneur

believes mothers are the anchor of households. To ensure impactful and lasting changes, we provide a singular, online marketplace to connect their talents to the society. We ensure the world appreciate their passion, creativity and hard work. Our Ibupreneurs will earn income as we sit one-on-one with them to execute their entrepreneurial activities with the right learning tools for business processes. Website

Dialogue in the Dark (DiD)

offers a unique and effective platform to raise awareness and facilitate inclusion of all segments in the community, regardless of race, religion and disabilities, as they are no longer visible in the dark. Website

Maideasy

Our mission is to provide better working conditions for the cleaners in the domestic industry made them decide on the bold move to employ 100% Malaysian cleaners. And to provide a living wage to cleaners with better safety standards for cleaning services. Website

Masala Wheels

Malaysia’s First Social Enterprise Food Truck, Masala Wheels sells affordable and flavorful Malaysian cuisine and uses its food truck as mobile empowerment for targeted community groups. Website

Nature Renascent

Cultivated from the passion to save the environment, NR is a lifestyle company that specialises in beautifully handcrafted paper and textile goods made from agricultural waste such as pineapple leaves, banana stems and bamboo shoots. Website

Silent Teddies

Silent Teddies Bakery in Kuala Lumpur is an initiative by the Community Service Centre for the Deaf (CSCD) to equip Deaf youths with entrepreneurial skills that will enable them to be independent. All efforts will be done into supporting the CSCD programmes and its school for Deaf children. Website

Kairos Agriculture (Vanilla Planting)

is a social enterprise that seeks to build integrated eco-farms that are sustainable, scalable and reproducible. Our current anchor crop is vanilla. We also plan to cultivate other premium crops. Website

PWD Smart Farmability Enterprise

We created the world's first organic vegetable terrarium that is self-watering, and can sustain a family to eat fresh vegetables for >3 months. The box is acknowledged by DPIM, MACMA, Rotary Club, PERKESO, and Hospital Sg.Buloh. Website

PT Sinergi Karya Nusa (Lemungsure)

We at Lemungsure have been empowering farmers and connecting them to open markets while addressing key environmental issues in Kebumen, Central Java since mid-2018. Lemungsure aims to improve the livelihood of 1 million farmers in Indonesia over the next 5 years. Website

BlueBee Technologies Sdn Bhd (ERTH)

ERTH is a digital platform that pays households and businesses to recycle their old electronics including free pickup by thousands of freelance collection Heroes. Website

Light of Hope

An impact startup focused on improving the lives of the under-served, off-the-grid communities by utilizing clean renewable energy technologies. Website

Local Alike Co

Local Alike is a travel company that offers a wide range of community-based tourism and responsible tourism experiences.Our excursions are fun and immersive. Not only travelers get to take part in off-the-beaten-path experiences, but also contribute to the preservation of environment, culture, and local ways of life. Website

Aspire 55

Asia’s first virtual retirement village, is a wellbeing community that offers a combination of social, health and care services but enables members to continue living in their existing homes.  We support our members via two physical clubhouses, and we look to provide an alternative to the conventional notion of retirement villages.
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SG Assist

SG Assist builds a sustainable ecosystem of care by crowd-sourcing real-time requests from those in need, while generating micro-job opportunities. We match requests from individuals in need to help from around the corner, while allowing loved ones, who might not be nearby, to stay informed throughout the process.
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Grub Cycle

We give excess vegetables and fruits a second life by selling them at an affordable price to low income household. Website

The Asli Co.

The Asli Co. empowers Orang Asli mothers to earn an income from home by making modern handicraft (ie Kuih Insipired Soaps, handmade cement pots). During this pandemic, we have pivoted to producing essentials like sanitizers and reusable masks. Website

PantangPlus

is an online booking platform for confinement care. We match post natal therapists with customers based on location and packages chosen. We curate our therapists. Our therapists are from independent B40 women, certified by Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia. Currently we have more than 200 registered therapists. Our coverage area is nationwide include Sabah and Sarawak, and some of overseas countries. Website

Komuniti Tukang Jahit

is an accredited social enterprise that empowers B40 women; consisting of stay-at-home mother, single mothers and underprivileged women. KTJ provides up-skill sewing trainings and job opportunities for them to earn a sustainable income while working from home to care for the family and children. In return, we make and produce beautifully made corporate gifts for corporate client and customers. Website

LeapEd Services

is Malaysia’s first homegrown Education Service Provider and established social enterprise. LeapEd aims to develop holistic students with 21st century skills and schools that embed sustainable school improvement practices. Working closely with its strategic partners and the Malaysia Ministry of Education, LeapEd focuses on student-centred teaching and learning to realise the individual potential of every learner. Website

Me.reka

Me.reka Makerspace is an alternative education space that aims to teach the skills of the future to the youth of today, in order to build a talent pool that is resourceful, engaged and informed enough to take on the challenges of the future. Me.reka combines the principles of sustainability with STEAM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) through an engaging, alternative and skills-based approach. All Me.reka’s projects are developed in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Website

PinkCollar Employment Agency

Pinkcollar is a professional recruitment agency for migrant domestic workers with ethical hiring and sourcing practices. Website

Worming Up

We run waste management consultancy, focused on using insect farms as a means for biowaste disposal. An insect rearing system was developed to culture Black Soldier Fly, a kind of beneficial insect which can degrade lots of biowaste. We feed the maggots with biowaste and later harvest their bodies as nutritious animal feed and their frass as organic fertilizer. WormingUp aims to bring an end to food waste. There are four keys in the projects which are awareness on food waste issue to the local Kuching community, donations of surplus food to the needy, recycling food waste using composting and upcycling food waste into high quality bio-protein by using the fly technology that brought in from overseas. Website

Discover Muaythai

Discover Muaythai is a Social Business initiative for underprivileged and at-risk youths to lead a life of dignity and independence by developing character and positive values through DMT Academy. Website

Fugeelah

Little pleasures, big impact - Fugeelah is a social enterprise created in honour of refugee children seeking education at the Fugee School Malaysia. Website

Bayu Harvest

Bayu’s goal is to connect smallholder farmers from Borneo with buyers from all over the world. Our platform and the resources we provide to farmers enable their transformation from producers into entrepreneurs. Website