🥁This is exciting.... 🚀 We've published 14 case studies of businesses told through the lens of #DoughnutEconomics. 14 stories from India, Peru, UK, Finland, USA, Canada, Slovenia, Denmark, Cambodia, Belgium, Brazil... across a range of sectors, ages, sizes.
These are stories of how regenerative & distributive strategies were enabled through the deep design of these businesses. Each embody unique ownership, governance and finance models, and other elements of enterprise design, which has proven to be crucial to unlocking ambitious action.
SELCO India: Creates energy access for under-served populations through tailored solutions.
Sharetribe: A marketplace software for entrepreneurs. Its business model focuses on democratising platform ownership.
Patagonia: A global outdoor clothing brand with revenues of $1.5b. In 2022, "Earth became its only shareholder".
Library of Things: A circular platform that enables communities, local governments and business to start and grow item sharing libraries.
SWaCH Coop: SWaCH is a social enterprise of waste pickers, based in Pune, India.
Home.Earth: A European real estate company that aims to embed inclusivity, liveability and sustainability in urban development.
Inka Moss S.A.C.: Based in Junín, Peru, Inka Moss harvests, processes, packages and exports sphagnum moss (white moss).
Scott Bader: An employee owned chemicals manufacturer, with 800 employees across 8 manufacturing sites & 19 offices.
Cardamom Tented Camp: An off-grid eco-tourism venture in Cambodia founded as an NGO-corporation-investor partnership.
Vancity: A Canadian credit union. Founded in 1946, it serves 570,000 members.
AMA Aqua: A mineral water brand under Ambev, which is a Belgian-Brazilian multinational drink and brewing company.
Dewesoft: A Slovenian company that designs advanced hardware and software for testing and measurement equipment.
Guayakí Yerba Mate: An organic beverage company based in Sebastopol, California that produces & markets yerba mate-based products.
Maison Dandoy: Founded in 1829, Maison Dandoy bakes and retails fresh biscuits in Belgium.
These were written by an amazing team of researchers & authors:
Rui Peixoto Lira Tim Frenneaux Sujay Hammannavar Asuncion Aguilar Vanessa Rosenthal Bryony Jansen - van Tuyll Wynnie Zhao Guerrilla Media Collective Jennifer Lowe Valeria Radosavljević Barbara Goffin + Renée Cullinan who masterfully copy-edited them.
And it was made possible by founders & leaders from the businesses who shaped and reviewed these:
Rachita Misra Kasper Guldager Jensen Rebecca Trevalyan Kevin Matthews Juho Makkonen Harshad Barde Huda Jaffer Reuven Shlozberg Marco Piñatelli Alex Pryor Mariana Mariano Alexandre Helson Sonja Smuc Anna Bech Nedergaard
🙏🏽Thank you from all of us at Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)!
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