Social entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is in our DNA, and we believe it’s important to support and empower start-up ventures that have social and sustainable goals.
- Nutridev – NutriZaza (Madagascar)
Gret Nutridev program supports a local social business called Nutri’zaza that distributes locally produced quality fortified food to make sure it is available in all deprived neighborhoods of Madagascar. This initiative already has benefited 800 000 babies from 6 to 24 months, 70 000 children between 2 to 5 years old, 10 000 children between 6 to 14 in 20 schools of Antananarivo and 25 000 women of childbearing age.
Thanks to Eurofins' support, the Gret was able to consolidate its partnership with Nutri’zaza and approximately 9000 additional children benefitted from this initiative. - SOIL Haiti (Haiti)
The mission of Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is to promote dignity, health, and sustainable livelihoods through the transformation of waste into resources. They achieve this through developing social business models around ecological sanitation (EcoSan), a process in which nutrients from human wastes return to the soil rather than polluting fresh water resources.
With Eurofins support, SOIL was able to provide more dignified in-home sanitation services to over 6000 people in poor neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien. Eurofins also provided valuable technical expertise with the analysis of ascaris and helminth eggs in the compost to validate the composting process to remove these parasites. - Foundation for Future Generations (Belgium)
Founded in 1998, the Foundation for Future Generations is the only Belgian foundation exclusively dedicated to the transition of our society towards sustainable development. The foundation operates on 3 pillars: "Think", to promote education, "Act", to promote entrepreneurship and innovation and "Invest" to promote sustainable projects in different fields (environment, food, fair trade, energy, construction...) We supported their Seed Equity & Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SEnSE) program, an investment fund for start-ups with a sustainable project.
- Bart De Graaf Foundation – BIKKELS project (The Netherlands)
We supported the BIKKELS (project name meaning a tough and/or strong person) project, consisting of helping people with a physical limitation starting their own company so that they function independently in our society. The Bikkel is, with the necessary support, responsible for the progress and the success of his/her project and mission. Ultimately, the Bikkel is the boss of his/her business. The Bikkel was supported by the Bart de Graaf Foundation and Eurofins for the duration of one year.
