Table 5 Description of selected social business enterprises cases
From: Business format in social entrepreneurships for Bangladesh’s water sector
| Sl. Number | Company | Sector (model) | Innovation and activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Bata and Care (Rural Sales Program: Empowering Rural Women) | Generate employment, profitability of the private sector, women empowerment (Business Partnership) | Door to door sales, Rural Sales Program, Rural Maintenance Program |
| II | Grameen Danone Foods | Poverty alleviation, Nutrition (unique proximity based social business model) | Market prices are set to make the enterprise self sustaining, distribution by local female Grameen Bank beneficiaries, Door-to-door selling |
| III | BASF Grameen Ltd. | Health, business opportunity, (social business venture) | entrepreneurial activities, Investing in people’s entrepreneurial skills, corporate responsibility |
| IV | Waste Concern | Waste recycling, energy, poverty reduction, job creation and sustainable development (Social Business Enterprise) | partnership with communities, house-to-house solid waste collection, produce organic fertilizer. |
| V | Kumudini | Medical care, education, empower rural women, manpower, environment (welfare trust) | Free treatment to poor, research and training facilities to women, producing handicrafts. strong network of artisans |
| VI | Phulki | Child rights and women empowerment (non-profit organization) | Childcare program for children, community level mechanism to reduce violence against domestic girl workers, implement the Child-to-Child (CTC) Approach |
| VII | KK Tea | Environment, poverty, sustainable development (Cooperative) | Rear organic cattle, interest-free loans, paid back in long-term installments through the selling of milk, cow dung and calves. |
| VIII | HathayBunano | Employment opportunities, (social enterprise) | A network of 32 rural co-operatives, sells toys in abroad, established a Rural Centre employment within the community to prevent worker emigration to cities, Social Compliance Standard |
| IX | Bengal Meat | Livestock, halal, hygiene (Partnership) | Beef Fattening and Market, Linkage at Farmer’s Level, livestock breeding facilities, improve feed efficiency, reduce production cost. |
