Dream Big - Execute Even Bigger
Being within telecommunications for over a decade and passionate about disruptive innovation, I soon realised my resource network was much larger than that. Hence I decided to join various circles of Networking Women and Women in Technology in particular. Very soon I got engaged into fundraising with public speaking engagement. That all built the basis to get socially engaged on a much larger scale and to finally co-found Inspire40Percent.
At Inspire40Percent (I40P) we live the vision to empower at least 40 percent of the world´s population to drive the necessary socio-economic change locally with the support of a huge global network of corporate partners, individuals as well as institutes within education, healthcare and governmental sectors. Today, we are proud to have more than 7.000 members across various industries (e. g. education, environment, healthcare) associated to our content platform and several ground projects successfully completed.
Inspire40Percent is reaching out to organizations committed to Corporate Social Responsibility & Innovation Culture. Our team of engineers, academics, professionals and partners have been working for the past several years to establish explicit link between investment in CSR, Employee Engagement and Culture of Innovation. We believe that doing well and doing good can be achieved all together. We constantly proof-concept our system thinking and strategic design together with our members, global partners as well as educational and governmental institutes. Hence, we successfully execute ground projects in those developing countries, which are on the market roadmap of our business partners.
Inspire40Percent was founded under German law late 2015, based upon a partnership with Liter of Light Bangalore early 2015, who were quickly recognised by the UNESCO the same year. Today, the organisation provides CSR consultancy in support of innovative and sustainable ground projects across the globe. In addition, our programme scope has been further developed and is being shaped by our Million Innovators Academy. The consortium is planning to transform Inspire40Percent towards an international foundation by the end of 2018.
Our Members: We all work together to refine, develop and implement innovative ideas that help address today’s complex problems. Our partners both social innovators and corporate members bring together their respective capabilities to help drive sustainable and culturally sensitive social change.
On the education side we focus on leadership skills, CSR and innovation. We are strategic partner of the Million Innovators Academy, a platform that brings together engineers, academics, professionals and innovative people across the industries. 20% of their member fees are spent in support of the development and social innovation projects of Inspire40Percent.
On the ground, for example, we partner with Liter of Light in Bangalore to develop alternative day and night-light solutions for people without access to electricity.
Our services:
They are designed to overcome education, energy and healthcare challenges by focusing on key people – women and children in the society. We aim to unlock significant socio-economic benefits to transform lives by bringing innovators and corporate partners to drive viable and sustainable change. The services provided enable and empower community living in areas previously referred to as slums.
Our Projects:
They are tailored around a Culture of Engagment & Innovation to takle the most pressing humanitarian needs around Energy, Education and Healthcare.
Empower With Endurance: Along our extraordinary sports events we do fundraising to finance sustainable development projects.
Alternative Green Energy: We upcycle waste to produce alternative day- and nightlight solutions for people without access to electricity, currently 1 out of 5 people, i. e. 20 % of the world´s population.
Education: We enable comprehensive training around leadership skills, optimization, transformation, innovation and change.
Healthcare: We challenge traditional providers to secure sustainable healthcare delivery for less than a Dollar per person per year.
Recent articles in the Indian and German press: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/01/silent-killer-kerosene-air-pollution-solar-liter-of-light-india-pakistan-philippines?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Bringing-low-cost-lighting-to-the-slums/articleshow/51182429.cms https://mitarbeiterapp.vodafone.de/article/31309648 https://www.indienaktuell.de/magazin/gesellschaft/sozialer-wandel-licht-fuer-licht-678066 I am very much looking forward to your feedback. Warm regards, Ute #ONE WORLD - ONE HOME - ONE FUTURE