Using Market Forces for Social and Environmental Progress
As public consciousness becomes increasingly aware of the state of the world’s poor and the effect of consumption patterns on the environment, blended value business propositions become increasingly important. While the goal of alleviating rural poverty and conserving biodiversity with market forces is now broadly sought after, in practice the process can be extremely challenging.
Identifying and acting on market opportunities that will benefit the poor and conserve wild nature is one the most important challenges facing the public sector.
Traditional business consultants have a limited understanding of the social and ecological implications of their advice; scientists are often limited by their business understanding. Consequently, many development projects focus primarily on economic outcomes and the majority of biodiversity conservation projects fail to consider market forces.
We have a broad base of experience to draw from, having spent time working in the following areas:
- Biodiversity conservation and monitoring
- Cash flow management
- Deal structure
- Due diligence in the Social Impact Sector
- Go-to-market strategy: brand development, sales channel development, sales force management
- Non-profit and for-profit
- Operational and financial analysis and management
- Supply chain management
- Using enterprise to expand economic opportunity for the rural poor
We provide high quality economic and environmental advice that will allow you to identify and act upon market triple bottom line opportunities. We like to roll up our sleeves and dig into the accounting and financials, sales and marketing management, operations, legal, and wherever else needs attention.
We make our advice economical so it can be delivered at an early strategic stage and add value. Our experience in the areas of nature conservation and business development provides a valuable resource that will benefit your organization.
