In celebration of Women’s History Month, we are spotlighting the stories of three women entrepreneurs at the helm of enterprises in the NESsT portfolio in Central & Eastern Europe and South America.
NESsT, a global impact organization dedicated to supporting high-potential social entrepreneurs that create meaningful employment and income opportunities in their communities, is proud to announce the appointment of Dana Gilland to the NESsT Board of Directors.
We spoke to our portfolio managers and entrepreneurs in the region to uncover the lessons learned and insights gained from three years of close-up acceleration and collaboration in the region catalyzing wide-ranging, innovative business models and supporting the financial independence and stability of people from diverse backgrounds.
NESsT se concentrează pe îmbunătățirea autonomiei economice, deoarece aceasta îmbunătățește autonomia comunității. Oricât de mult s-ar folosi "diversitatea și incluziunea forței de muncă" pentru a rezolva această problemă, acest lucru nu se va întâmpla. Trebuie să urmărim echitatea și justiția forței de muncă.
Faceți cunoștință cu Victor. Victor este un fierar de cupru din satul românesc Brateiu. Pe vremuri, în satul său erau 200 de crampoși romi. Acum au mai rămas doar șase. Victor spune că este mândru că poate continua să practice meșteșugul strămoșilor săi și să trăiască din asta.
The pandemic crisis has brought to light the need for our industry to make frontline investing the new normal. At the SOCAP conference this year, we heard the stories of three resilient entrepreneurs working at the frontlines to keep their businesses strong and their communities safe; and three impact funds that moved quickly to support them in these efforts.
Panelists at the ANDE Conference shared key needs of the SGB sector in the Post Covid-19 reality, which includes resilience funding that is flexible and designed to meet immediate needs and adaptation to e-commerce and digitalization. To address these needs, we need to move beyond transactional partnerships to transformational partnerships that bring unlikely collaborators on board.
Acest program de accelerare de trei ani, co-creat și personalizat, va oferi întreprinderilor sociale îndrumare practică din partea colaboratorilor IKEA și a consilierilor NESsT pentru a sprijini 12 antreprenori sociali din Chile, Columbia, Peru și Brazilia cu planurile lor de extindere a afacerilor.
As impact first investors, we have a responsibility to be more intentional in our investments and recognize how gender inclusion creates the comprehensive approach that is needed given the urgency of these issues. NESsT strives to achieve gender equality within its internal operations and encourages its portfolio companies to strive for gender parity within their operations.
Gender Lens Investing is an effective strategy to alleviate poverty and reduce gender inequality. Existing gendered inequalities such as lower labor force participation and lower wages, greater unpaid care responsibilities, limited access to resources and education contribute to a gendered poverty penalty that accounts for about 5 million more women living in extreme poverty across the world.
As an impact lender, we view our business assistance as having as much of an impact on these businesses as our capital. By this summer, NESsT’s Business Assistance Facility will have provided advisory services to 20 businesses in South America. Our services focus on two main areas: financial management and social impact measurement.
George Floyd is a victim of systemic racism that permeates every sector and layer of society. NESsT is committed to breaking the inhumane cycle of hatred and poverty for millions of black and indigenous people of color around the world. We will continue to invest in the creation of quality jobs to empower excluded and disenfranchised people; and we will support our entrepreneurs to become even more diverse and inclusive.
Femeile sunt esențiale pentru reducerea sărăciei în țările emergente și cu venituri mici. NESsTÎn prezent, 51% din întreprinderile din portofoliu sunt deținute de femei, iar 44% din echipele de conducere sunt compuse din femei. Luând în considerare dimensiunea de gen în activitatea lor, întreprinderile comunitare funcționează mai eficient și mai eficace și pot obține un impact mai mare.
