Age Co UK
A social enterprise arm of Age UK providing financial services and products designed for older people, with all profits reinvested into charitable support. Combines commercial insurance, funeral planning, and home services with a mission to improve later life for everyone.
Improving quality of life for older adults
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- Employment, Health, SDG 03 Good Health and Well-being, SDG 08 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Impact Mechanism
- Direct Service, Reinvest Surplus
- Legal Structure
- Standard Limited Company
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Service Fees
Read the full analysisApollo Agriculture
A Kenya-based agri-fintech that bundles seeds, fertiliser, credit, and training for smallholder farmers — all accessible via mobile phone. Machine learning powers instant loan decisions, helping subsistence farmers become profitable commercial growers.
Transforming smallholder farming through bundled finance and inputs
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Agriculture, Financial Services
- Geography
- Kenya, Africa
- Impact Area
- Agriculture, SDG 01 No Poverty, SDG 02 Zero Hunger
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact, Capacity Building
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Service Fees
Read the full analysisAravind Eye Care
The world's largest eye care provider, performing hundreds of thousands of surgeries annually. Paying patients cross-subsidise free care for those who can't afford it — a high-volume, high-quality model that eliminates needless blindness.
Eliminating needless blindness through cross-subsidy
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Geography
- India, Asia
- Impact Area
- Health
- Impact Mechanism
- Cross Subsidy, Direct Service
- Revenue Source
- Service Fees, Product Sales
Read the full analysisAuticon
An IT consulting firm that exclusively employs autistic adults as technology consultants, turning neurodiversity into a competitive advantage. Clients get exceptional analytical talent while consultants gain meaningful careers with tailored workplace support.
Creating employment for autistic adults through neurodiversity-as-strength
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- ICT
- Geography
- Germany, Europe
- Impact Area
- Employment, Diversity and Inclusion, SDG 08 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
- Impact Mechanism
- Employment Model, Direct Service
- Legal Structure
- Standard Limited Company
- Revenue Source
- Service Fees
- Funding Source
- Impact Equity
Read the full analysisBuy Me Once
An online marketplace curating durable, long-lasting products to shift consumer behaviour from throwaway buying to mindful purchasing. Founded after a Le Creuset pot inspired the question: why aren't all products built to last?
Reducing waste by championing products built to last
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- Waste, SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact, Systems Change
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales
- Funding Source
- Crowdfunding
Read the full analysisd.light
Designs and distributes affordable solar-powered products for households without reliable electricity, reaching over 200 million people across 70+ countries. Pay-as-you-go financing makes clean energy accessible to families living on less than $5 a day.
Replacing kerosene with affordable solar power
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Clean Energy
- Geography
- Kenya, Africa
- Impact Area
- Energy, SDG 07 Affordable and Clean Energy, Climate
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales
Read the full analysisDesign Joy
A subscription-based design agency run by a single designer, offering unlimited design requests for a flat monthly fee. Demonstrates that productised services can scale quality creative work without scaling headcount.
Productised design through subscription model
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Creative Industries
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Legal Structure
- Standard Limited Company
- Revenue Source
- Service Fees, Subscription
Read the full analysisLinking Your Thinking
A premium knowledge management education platform teaching the LYT methodology for organising digital notes and ideas. Serves 1,600+ students across 60+ countries through workshops, digital products, and a lifetime community.
Teaching connected thinking and knowledge management
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Education
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Area
- Education
- Impact Mechanism
- Capacity Building
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Membership Dues
Read the full analysisM-KOPA
Pioneered pay-as-you-go asset financing in Africa, enabling low-income customers to acquire solar systems, smartphones, and other essentials through mobile money micropayments. Over 5 million customers served across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa.
Financial inclusion through pay-as-you-go asset financing
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Financial Services, Clean Energy, ICT
- Geography
- Kenya, Africa
- Impact Area
- Financial Services, Energy, Climate, SDG 01 No Poverty, SDG 07 Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 13 Climate Action
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Service Fees
Read the full analysisMultiverse
An apprenticeship platform that creates pathways into tech careers for people without traditional university degrees. Employers pay for high-quality training programmes, while apprentices earn while they learn — closing opportunity gaps at scale.
Democratising access to tech careers through apprenticeships
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Education, ICT
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- Education, Employment, Diversity and Inclusion, SDG 04 Quality Education, SDG 08 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
- Impact Mechanism
- Capacity Building
- Revenue Source
- Service Fees
Read the full analysisNess Labs
A neuroscience-backed community and content platform helping knowledge workers achieve mindful productivity without burnout. Combines research translation, community learning, and coaching into a membership model.
Mindful productivity grounded in neuroscience
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- Health, Education
- Revenue Source
- Membership Dues, Advertising Sponsorship, Service Fees
Read the full analysisOddbox
A subscription service delivering fruit and vegetables rejected by supermarkets for cosmetic reasons, sourced directly from farmers at fair prices. Rescues produce at the farm level — cutting food waste while offering customers fresh food at ~30% below typical prices.
Rescuing wonky produce from farm-level waste
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Food Beverage
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- Waste, Climate, SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 Climate Action, SDG 02 Zero Hunger
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Subscription
Read the full analysisOpenSource Ecology
Develops open-source blueprints for essential industrial machines — from tractors to 3D printers — that anyone can build for a fraction of commercial cost. A nonprofit pursuing technological sovereignty through collaborative design and education.
Democratising access to industrial machinery through open-source design
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Education, Manufacturing
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Area
- SDG 04 Quality Education, SDG 09 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact, Capacity Building
- Legal Structure
- Nonprofit Inc
- Revenue Source
- Philanthropy, Service Fees, Product Sales
- Funding Source
- Grant, Donation
Read the full analysisPatagonia
A purpose-driven outdoor apparel company that donates 1% of all sales to environmental causes and has given over $100M annually to climate action. Proves that commercial success and environmental activism can reinforce each other at billion-dollar scale.
Environmental conservation through business
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Apparel
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Area
- Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Climate, Oceans and Coastal Zones, Pollution, SDG 06 Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 Climate Action, SDG 14 Life Below Water, SDG 15 Life on Land
- Impact Mechanism
- Capacity Building, Policy Advocacy, Product Service Impact, Reinvest Surplus, Research Innovation
- Legal Structure
- Trust
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales
Read the full analysisPlausible Analytics
A privacy-first web analytics tool that provides useful traffic insights without cookies, tracking, or personal data collection. An open-source, EU-hosted alternative to Google Analytics — proving ethical analytics can be a sustainable business.
Privacy-respecting web analytics
- Stage
- Growth Stage
- Industry
- ICT
- Geography
- Estonia, Europe
- Impact Area
- SDG 16 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Subscription
Read the full analysisRidwell
A subscription pickup service for hard-to-recycle household items — batteries, textiles, plastic film, light bulbs — that would otherwise end up in landfill. Makes responsible disposal effortless by collecting from your doorstep and routing materials to proper recycling.
Making hard-to-recycle household waste effortless to handle
- Stage
- Growth Stage
- Industry
- Circular Economy
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Area
- Waste, SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Subscription
Read the full analysisTerraCycle
Collects and recycles hard-to-recycle waste through brand-sponsored take-back programmes, paid recycling boxes, and a reusable packaging platform. Operates in 21 countries, turning materials that would otherwise go to landfill into raw inputs for new products.
Eliminating waste through recycling innovation
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Circular Economy
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Area
- Waste, Pollution
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Service Fees
Read the full analysisThe Big Issue
The UK's leading street newspaper, enabling homeless and vulnerably housed people to earn income as micro-entrepreneurs — buy for £2, sell for £4, keep the profit. Since 1991, over 108,000 vendors have earned £154M+ through the model.
Creating income pathways for people experiencing homelessness
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Creative Industries, Financial Services
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- SDG 01 No Poverty, SDG 08 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, Employment, Financial Services
- Impact Mechanism
- Employment Model, Direct Service, Capacity Building, Policy Advocacy
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Advertising Sponsorship, Subscription, Service Fees, Philanthropy
- Funding Source
- Donation, Grant, CSR Sponsorship
Read the full analysisThe Pathless Path
A book and content platform exploring alternative approaches to work and career beyond the traditional employment path. Combines personal narrative with research to help people design self-directed, meaningful working lives.
Reimagining work beyond the default career path
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Creative Industries
- Geography
- United States, North America
- Impact Area
- Education
- Impact Mechanism
- Capacity Building
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Service Fees
Read the full analysisToast Ale
Brews craft beer from surplus bread that would otherwise go to landfill, with all profits funding environmental charities. A circular economy model proving food waste can become both a viable business and a vehicle for environmental action.
Circular economy through food waste brewing
- Stage
- Growth Stage
- Industry
- Food Beverage
- Geography
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Impact Area
- Waste, SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 Climate Action
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Legal Structure
- Benefit Corporation
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales
- Funding Source
- Impact Equity
Read the full analysisTony's Chocolonely
An impact-driven chocolate company on a mission to end exploitation in the cocoa industry. Pays above-market prices to farmers, invests in cooperatives, and uses its deliberately unequally divided bar to make supply chain injustice impossible to ignore.
Ending exploitation in cocoa supply chains
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Food Beverage
- Geography
- Netherlands, Europe
- Impact Area
- SDG 01 No Poverty, SDG 08 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact, Direct Service, Systems Change
- Legal Structure
- Benefit Corporation
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales, Licensing Royalty
Read the full analysisToo Good To Go
A marketplace connecting consumers with restaurants and shops to rescue surplus food at a discount. Businesses recover costs, consumers save money, and millions of meals are saved from landfill — operating in 17 countries with 100M+ users.
Reducing food waste through marketplace dynamics
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Food Beverage, ICT
- Geography
- Denmark, Europe
- Impact Area
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 Climate Action, Climate, Waste
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Legal Structure
- Benefit Corporation
- Revenue Source
- Platform Commission, Subscription
Read the full analysisVEJA
Ethical sneakers made with fair-trade rubber from the Amazon, organic cotton from Brazil, and full supply chain transparency. Proves that desirable design and responsible production can coexist at scale — without any conventional advertising.
Transparent, fair-trade supply chains in fashion
- Stage
- Scale Stage
- Industry
- Apparel
- Geography
- France, Europe
- Impact Area
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 Climate Action, SDG 15 Life on Land, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Pollution, Waste, Climate
- Impact Mechanism
- Product Service Impact
- Revenue Source
- Product Sales
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