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Another multinational company, Siemens, has made a strategic commitment to developing products and services for bottom-of-the-pyramid markets. In India, Siemens is establishing...

A $550,000 investment into start-up microfinance institution Utkarsh Microfinance by the International Finance Corporation has enabled the MFI to reach 60,000 rural...

Citi India partnered with 12 NGOs in 2011, committing almost $2 billion, to promote economic empowerment through enterprise development, youth education and...

The Guardian’s Sustainable Business Blog presents an article by Lalitha Vaidyanathan, Managing Director of FSG Social Impact Consultants. Vaidyanathan discusses the need...

A recent LiveMint article discusses how wider distribution of mobile telephones can help empower women in low-income women in India. Having already...

As part of its efforts to develop more sustainable and efficient water usage practices, raise awareness of water issues, and increase access...

In a recent New York Times article, Thomas Friedman discusses how Indian companies that are directly addressing the needs of low-income populations,...

A recent LiveMint article emphasizes that India needs to re-consider the way it develops different forms of infrastructure such as education, health,...

Mitsui&Co has invested $12 million in Suvidhaa Infoserve, an internet-based payment collection system, which is also backed by the International Finance Corporation....

India launched ‘Aakash,’ the world’s least expensive tablet in October to enable thousands of low-income students access to computers. The tablet, which...

It has been a year since the microfinance crisis in Andhra Pradesh, and microfinance institutions are increasingly encouraged to focus on their...

The Christian Science Monitor details the work of Paul Polak, a serial social entrepreneur, who has designed products and services for the...

A recent report released by the International Finance Corporation, “Accelerating Inclusive Business Opportunities: Business Models that Make a Difference,” outlines seven inclusive...

PepsiCo continues to cater to India’s low-income populations through new product and services development and new solutions to rising inflation. Most recently,...

French dairy group, Groupe Danone, has recently set up an Indian business unit to promote products that target the mass markets or...

India is creating the world’s largest biometric database, which will hold the information of the identities of its 1.2 billion people. The...

Sarvajal, an organization in India, has developed solar-powered water ATMs for customers with pre-paid cards in rural India. Sarvajal’s operational model involves...

The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) is promoting sustainable sanitation in rural India through a $2.5 million grant to improve hygiene and sanitation...

In this article, Milaap Social Ventures, an online social microlending platform for the poor in India is profiled. Milaap enables the general...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has selected FINO as a Technology Pioneer and one of the 25 most innovative start-ups globally. With...

Lafarge, a French company that focuses on cement, concrete, and construction materials is considering expanding in the low-cost housing market in India....

Beyond Profit, an Indian magazine focused on social enterprise, discusses the problems of waste management in Indian municipalities. The article highlights the...

In a working paper titled ‘Profit or Purpose: The Dilemna of Social Enterprises’ by Professor MS Sriram from IIMA, Sriram questions the...

A social enterprise competition held at IIT Madras in India and organized by Genesis awarded approximately $5,000 to Aquaregia, a company that...

Gurgaon-based Lok Capital venture fund in India has recently invested $3 million into rural business process outsourcing (BPO) firm RuralShores Business Services...

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For any enterprise intent on making a social, environmental and/or economic impact, describing the impact created by its operations and services is...