Ashoka envisions a world where everyone is a "changemaker": a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change. As part of its mission, Ashoka strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world's citizens to think and act as changemakers.
www.ashoka.org
AVINA was founded in 1994 by Swiss entrepreneur Stephan Schmidheiny, who inspired the vision and values that guide the organization, and is directly supported is maintained by VIVA, a trust created to further sustainable development in the region. AVINA focuses on contributing to sustainable development in Latin America by encouraging productive alliances based on trust among social and business leaders and by creating consensus around agendas for action.
www.avina.net
Calvert Foundation, a nonprofit organization, has worked for over ten years to make community investment a safe and logical option for all investors seeking to make a positive social impact. The foundation focuses on using investment capital, rather than conventional philanthropy, to create a sustainable, scalable model that enables nonprofit organizations and social enterprises to address critical social problems.
www.calvertfoundation.org
CEMEX is a global building-materials company that provides high quality products and reliable services all over the world. The firm produces, distributes, and markets cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related building materials in more than 50 countries, and it maintains trade relationships with more than 100 nations. The company was founded in Mexico in 1906 and, since then, has grown from a local player to one of the top global companies in the industry, with approximately 57,000 employees worldwide.
www.cemex.com
The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise is part of Cornell University's Johnson Business School. Its mission is to be the world's leading knowledge hub for companies seeking to move beyond Corporate Social Responsibility, environmental management and other greening activities, and toward the successful commercialization of tomorrow's inherently clean technologies and the development of new, disruptive business models needed address the needs of the world's four billion poor at the base of the economic pyramid.
www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/
The Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI) is an innovative partnership between the William J. Clinton Foundation, the private sector, governments, local communities, and other NGOs to increase the scope, scale, impact, and sustainability of economic and social development efforts in areas where poverty is widespread. Established in June 2007, CGSGI focuses on alleviating poverty in the developing world through market-driven development that creates jobs, increases income and supports entrepreneurship.
www.clintonfoundation.org
The Fundación Corona is a family foundation, created in 1963. Fundación Corona is a private nonprofit organization that supports and funds initiatives oriented towards strengthening the institutional capacity of Colombia in four strategic social sectors: education, health, entrepreneurial development and local and community development.
www.fundacioncorona.org.co
Fundación FEMSA is a social investment instrument that supports education, science, and technology initiatives in the areas of water conservation and its sustainable use, and in the improvement of the quality of life within communities. In Latin America, FEMSA supports a number of innovative projects and technologies in key development areas, such as the sustainable management of fresh water resources and access to purified water.
www.fundacionfemsa.org
GAIN advocates for better nutrition worldwide as a cost-effective way to make people and economies stronger, healthier and more productive. To accomplish this goal, GAIN's objective centers on building partnerships between the public and private sector. GAIN seeks to enable innovative solutions to improve nutrition at a large scale by providing financial and technical support.
www.gainhealth.org
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of "impact investing"—for-profit investment made to solve social and environment problems. Their goal is to help foster a coherent impact investing industry that channels investment capital efficiently to accelerate the development of solutions to pressing social and environmental problems. Impact investing can be a powerful complement to philanthropy and government efforts to address many relevant issues.
www.globalimpactinvestingnetwork.org
The Grassroots Business Fund (GBF) is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to build and support high-impact intermediary business organizations that provide sustainable economic opportunities to the base of the economic pyramid. GBF provides these organizations with appropriate financing and targeted technical assistance to enable them to become catalysts for economic growth and social enhancement.
www.gbfund.org
Grupo MEGA was founded in 2003 to coordinate the efforts of diverse business entities in Mexico. It offers comprehensive and varied financial solutions to businesses and specialized financial consulting in matters of interest for its clients. Grupo MEGA is a responsible, visionary organization committed to Mexico’s development.
www.gfmega.com
Grupo Pegaso is a shareholder and strategic partner with many leading Mexican companies, primarily in the telecommunications sector. It supports projects with a strong social commitment and promotes Mexico's participation in the most dynamic sectors of the international economy.
www.grupo-pegaso.com
For nearly a century, the HBS faculty have drawn on their passion for teaching, their experience in working with organizations worldwide, and the insights gained from their research to educate generations of leaders who have shaped the practice of business in every industry and in every country around the world.
www.hbs.edu
The IDB provides solutions to development challenges in 26 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, partnering with governments, companies and civil society organizations. The IDB lends money and provides grants. It also offers research, advice and technical assistance to improve key areas like education, poverty reduction and agriculture. Its clients range from central governments to city authorities and small businesses.
www.iadb.org
The Inter American Investment Corporation (IIC), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, provides equity investments, long-term financing, and consulting services to small and medium-size private enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.iic.int
The IFC, as part of the World Bank Group, fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. IFC helps companies and financial institutions in emerging markets create jobs, generate tax revenues, improve corporate governance and environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities.
www.ifc.org
IGNIA Fund is a venture capital firm based in Monterrey, Mexico, focused on investing in and developing commercially- and socially-inclusive enterprises. By providing effective responses to the hugely underserved needs of low income populations, both as consumers as well as active participants in productive value chains, IGNIA seeks to empower entrepreneurship and generate social impact while creating attractive financial returns for its investors.
www.ignia.com.mx
J.P. Morgan's Social Sector Finance (SSF) unit brings financial services and financing to microfinance institutions and other enterprises servicing the base of the economic pyramid. The group serves as the center of expertise and client contact for social sector business opportunities. The geographic scope is global, with particular focus on developing countries where J.P. Morgan has presence. SSF is founded on the premise that it is possible to achieve a 'double bottom line' of both social benefits and positive financial returns.
www.jpmorgan.com
The Market Building Initiative, a joint project of the Institute for State Effectiveness and the Aspen Institute, aims to develop a pragmatic yet conceptually grounded basis of ideas for building markets and sustainable economic opportunity in fragile states.
www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/market-building
The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) focuses on sustainable poverty alleviation in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector and civil society. The MIF supports projects that are expected to have a high impact by generating employment and income opportunities for small producers and micro and small businesses. The MIF uses a number of instruments to achieve its goals including technical assistance, grants, equity and loans.
www.iadb.org/mif
PepsiCo's mission is to be the world's premier consumer products company focused on convenient foods and beverages. Pepsico seeks to produce financial rewards to investors as it provides opportunities for growth and enrichment to employees, business partners and the communities in which the company operates. Pepsico’s vision is put into action through programs and a focus on environmental stewardship, activities to benefit society, and a commitment to build shareholder value by making a sustainable company.
www.pepsico.com
We are an impact investment organization focusing on projects with potential for significant social impact and financial sustainability that seek to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable over maximization of financial return. We fight social inequality in Mexico through investments in projects aligned with our mission in three sectors: Education, Health and Economic development.
www.psm.org.mx
SNV is a Dutch social enterprise dedicated to eliminating poverty and inequality in emerging markets around the globe, with 40 years of on the ground experience in Latin America, the Balkans, Africa and Asia. SNV believes that innovation is the ability to understand how to transform ideas into actions and catalyze actions into sustainable and scalable solutions. It provides a unique blend of integrated services and solutions, based on four main "pillars of work": Consulting, Knowledge Institute, Social Investment, and Programs.
www.snvla.org
SEKN, a partnership that includes Harvard Business School and nine leading business schools in Latin America, seeks to advance the frontiers of knowledge and practice in social enterprise through collaborative research, shared learning, participant-centered teaching, and the strengthening of management education institutions' capabilities to serve their communities.
www.sekn.org
Growing Inclusive Markets (GIM) was conceived in 2006, following the success of 2004's Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor, which was prepared by the Commission on the Private Sector and Development. The current initiative grew out of a need for a better understanding of how market-based approaches to human development can 'do good' for people living in poverty while also being good for business.
www.growinginclusivemarkets.org
The William Davidson Institute is a non-profit, independent, research and educational institute based at the University of Michigan Business School. It is dedicated to developing and disseminating expertise on issues affecting emerging market economies. The Institute generates knowledge and offers unique educational opportunities to individuals as well as indigenous and Multinational companies, and provides a forum for business leaders and public policy makers.
www.wdi.umich.edu
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation focuses its investments and grantmaking to help create conditions in communities for children and families to be successful. Its work focuses on three key elements which are critical to impacting the success of children: Education and Learning; Food, Health and Well-Being; and Family Economic Security. It provides grants in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean, and southern Africa.
www.wkkf.org
The WBCSD is a CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment. Together with its members, the council applies its respected thought leadership and effective advocacy to generate constructive solutions and take shared action. The Council provides a forum for its 200 member companies - who represent all business sectors, all continents and combined revenue of over $US 7 trillion - to share best practices on sustainable development issues and to develop innovative tools that change the status quo. The Council also benefits from a network of 60 national and regional business councils and partner organizations, a majority of which are based in developing countries.
www.wbcsd.org
