Partners
“We have been working toward our goals for a decade now and are proud to have collaborated with over 80 organizations up to date.”
Adriana Marina - Founder of Hecho x Nosotros
Animaná is a social business B-Corp that promotes the revival of the culture, the arts, and the ancient secrets of the Andes to produce high-quality fashionable clothing, championing the natural fibers of the region. Animaná promotes fair trade, local human development, and environmentally-friendly production.
Best for the World title by B-Corp in two categories: changemakers & community.
Ashoka identifies and supports the world's leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new frameworks to build an "everyone a changemaker world."
Launched by Ashoka in partnership with the C&A Foundation, Fabric of Change aims to unlock the unique power and potential of social entrepreneurs and their solutions to advance a shared vision of a fair and sustainable apparel industry in which people are empowered and the planet is respected.
Global network of women entrepreneurs who advocate for inclusive, regenerative and triple impact businesses, seeking to balance purpose and profits in the markets towards a “Caring Economy” primarily focused on the wellbeing of people and the environment.
The Ethical Fashion Forum is a platform that connects the international market for Ethical Fashion articles with their producers, who have the talents and capacities to manufacture high value-added products but do not have access to the markets that demand them.
The Economic and Social Council is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social, and environmental. It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals.
The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is a multilateral platform that facilitates greater economic integration and cooperation among its member countries and promotes sustainable development and economic prosperity
The Cordes Foundation was founded in 2006 by Ron and Marty Cordes. Following the sale of Ron’s investment management business, the couple blended Ron’s experience in financial services with Marty’s work on issues that affect women and girls to create a family foundation focused on social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and women's economic advancement.
The World Economic Forum, based in Cologny, Geneva Canton, Switzerland, is an NGO founded in 1971. The WEF's mission is cited as committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka have joined forces to create “DELA” (share in Swedish), a program that supports social entrepreneurs that work to help people at risk of exclusion. This program allows sharing knowledge, perspectives and strategies, while enables the creation of networks helping entrepreneurs generate new equality options, inclusion and improvements in the life quality of vulnerable or marginalised people.
WISE is a program that seeks to integrate the woman as an entrepreneur within the working world by creating innovative projects and of a great impact. The scope of work goes from science and technology to engineering or maths. The program tries to improve the projects' growth, increase their productivity, improve access to financial means and generate new jobs while helping to reinforce the regional economy.