Family Office Forum Wiesbaden28. April 2015

“A charity dollar has only one life, a social business dollar can be invested over and over again.” – Prof. Muhammad Yunus

Nobel Laureate for PeaceFounder of Grameen Bank

“Making other people happy is a super-happiness.” – Prof. Yunus

A social business is a company created with a sole purpose to solve a social problem in a financially self-sustainable way.

A social business can be in any sector, in developing, or developed countries.The social business needs to put the society first, that’s all.

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Yunus Social Business GmbH spreads social business to other countries

What is Yunus Social Business GmbH?

• Yunus Social Business helps create social businesses around the world

• Based in Germany, with offices in Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, India, Tunisia, Uganda, with projects in several other countries

• A social business itself, majority-owned and chaired by Prof. Yunus, and part of the “Grameen/Yunus” family of organizations

• An energetic team with background in consulting, entrepreneurship, international development, and venture capital

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Building on more than 30 years of experience in social business

Grameen DanoneFortified yoghurts to combat

infant malnutrition300k customers per week

Grameen ShaktiRenewable energy & clean cook

stoves for villages1 million+ units sold

BASF GrameenInsecticide impregnated

mosquito netsProduces 3,000 nets a day

Grameen Distribution‘Last mile’ distribution;

essential items to villages30k+ households reached

• YSB is leveraging the extensive experience of the Grameen / Yunus family in building social businesses

• Over the last 30 years, Professor Yunus and his Grameen network founded more than 40 SBs in Bangladesh alone, examples include:

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We focus on 2 core initiatives to achieve our goals

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YSB has financed 26 social businesses across various sectors

Palmis Eneji | HaitiDistribution of clean

cookstoves and solar lamps to low-income households via

franchises5,900 customers, 17,000

tonnes of CO2 saved

Pain O’Quotidien | HaitiCombating malnutrition through

fortified bakery products distributed by local women.

250 jobs created

Seniors’ House | AlbaniaQuality residential home and care for elderly in Tirana

24 jobs, 91 elderly customers

Snack Fresh| HaitiBusiness purchasing potatoes

from smallholder farmers to make healthy snacks

27 jobs and 6,000+ regular clients and distributors

Bive | ColombiaAffordable healthcare for

low income families10000 users; 68% cheaper

than other providers

DIGO Distribution | HaitiSupplier of detergent products to improve household hygiene64 jobs and 613,000 gallons

of product sold in 2014

Sustainable Agriculture / Livelihoods

Organic Farming AlbaniaIncome for 100+ farmers in

mountainous areas and promotes sustainable farming 11 hectares of land prepared

Affordable Health & SanitationStrengthening local

economies

Kreyol Essence | HaitiLocally made beauty products for tackling income disparities.Income opportunities for 300

farmers and 20 producers

Campo Vivo| ColombiaJV started in 2014 with McCain

for strengthening farmers.Improved working conditions

and higher income for 675 farmers

ESN FATEM | HaitiPoulty farm to subsidise school

operations. Over 12.000 chickens sold and 25.000 USD generated.

26 social businesses

$7.4 million deployed

7 countries 2014

200,000+ impacted customers

1000+ jobs created and/or sustained

400+ entrepreneurs supported

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Partnering with YSB

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How to get involved with Social Business?

• Establish your own Social Business or create a Social Business joint venture with YSB

• Provide funding in the form of grants or interest-free, non-recourse loans to support Accelerator Programs or financing for Social Businesses

• Learn hands on about Social Business by participating in YSB Partner Events

• Contribute know-how and network by becoming a mentor for a Social Business

Karen Hitschkekaren.hitschke@yunussb.com+49 160 9693 6062

www.yunussb.com

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