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Just published: Our 2021 Annual Report

In 2021, we mobilised more than €25.6 million in local sanitation investments, delivering on 2 major, multi-million euro programmes, 5 smaller projects and various consultancies, active in 9 countries, contributing to a healthier environment and improved livelihoods for more than 1.2 million people. Learn more about the impact we achieved together, and what's in store for the future.


Financing WASH: Find us at Stockholm World Water Week

There are three chances to find us and our partners, online and on-site, sharing experiences and expertise in financing for water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) systems. 23, 29, and 30th of August 2022. 
  • Connecting non-sewered sanitation to climate finance. Missing links? Webinar | Tuesday 23/August 13.00-14.20 CEST | Online only
  • Building financial sustainability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to achieve SDG 6 after COVID
    Side session | Monday 29/August 16.00-17.30 CEST | On-site, room 453
  • Sanitation financing: creating market segments for more efficiency
    Talk show | Tuesday 30/August 16.00-16.30 CEST | On-site and online

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship joins our Take-a-Stake team to support WASH & waste entrepreneurs in Asia and Africa

We are pleased to announce that IKEA Social Entrepreneurship has joined our Take-a-Stake initiative. Together, and with our partner, Yunus Social Business, we are aiming to support 100 social businesses in the WASH and waste management sectors in East Africa, India and beyond.
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India's dire plastic problem

One notable team to joining the fight against plastic waste is our FINILOOP programme. FINILOOP is partnering with cities to reduce, redesign and improve plastics management. By stimulating the usage of less plastic, looking for alternatives and keeping plastic longer in the ‘loop’, we are building on circularity to strengthen local markets.

Introducing SQUAT: A Smart Qualitative Urban Assessment Tool for sanitation & waste practitioners

SQUAT is a useful tool developed by WASTE to measure the very difficult metric of qualitative impact. As the core of WASTE’s work focuses on systems change, this is crucial for us, and many like us.
 

 
Nature-based solutions for inclusive waste management in Ethiopia

Constructed wetlands are just one example of a tried and tested solution we are working with. It is one foundational technology that we support partners to develop—one of many in our portfolio building accessible and sustainable solutions for waste[water] issues

 

Sustainability & partnerships: Tracing the evolution of WASTE's inclusive approach over time

We have together developed sustainable and inclusive solutions to many challenges. Approaching our 40th anniversary, we revisited some key players from our history of collaborations to learn lessons on how we can maintain the spirit of our founders and early work as we move forward.
Featuring: Our FINISH Mondial Uganda programme showcases work with local sanitation entrepreneurs 
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