Social Impact

Profiling Ten Grameen Social Businesses

By Ulrich Villis, Rainer Strack, Muhammad Yunus, and Saskia Bruysten

Article November 06, 2013

Grameen Danone Foods

Grameen Veolia Water

BASF Grameen

Grameen Intel Social Business

Grameen Yukiguni Maitake

Grameen GC Eye Care Hospital

Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing

Grameen Shakti

Grameen Distribution

Grameen Fabrics & Fashions

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The Power of Social Business

Lessons from Corporate Engagements with Grameen
Jochen Ebert on Danone’s Social (Business) Experiment
Professor Muhammad Yunus on the Power of Social Business

The Power of Social Business: Lessons from Corporate Engagements with Grameen , a report published by The Boston Consulting Group and Yunus Social Businesses, is based on an analysis of ten social businesses that operate in Bangladesh today and the lessons they offer to social and commercial businesses alike. Each social business tackles a different social problem affecting people at the bottom of the economic pyramid. These exhibits spotlight each of those businesses, sharing their focus and their accomplishments to date.

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