Green Growth
We're re-imagining India’s green job revolution by investing in companies serving the millions of informal workers in the waste management system.
- Program
- Workforce
- India
Over five years, our goal is to change how work is performed in waste management and circularity.
Investing in the future of India’s green economy
Workers in India’s informal waste supply chain, including an estimated 4 million collectors, struggle to make a living while facing safety and health hazards. We’re supporting early-stage enterprises creating dignified jobs and driving innovations for better waste management.
Driving innovation in waste collection, logistics, recovery, and recycling while improving incomes, unlocking social security, and improving working conditions for workers and vulnerable stakeholders in the value chain
Leveraging technology to incentivize efficiency, create access to credit, increase formalization and improve traceability in the waste value chain, reduce drudgery, and build the resilience of waste workers and other vulnerable stakeholders
Upcycling waste to create greener products that increase incomes for upstream workers, and improve health and safety outcomes for workers and stakeholders in the value chain
Our Partners
Green Growth Accelerator
Green Growth is built upon learnings and insights from the Green Growth Accelerator. The 2022 Accelerator identified and supported early-stage enterprises focused on waste management and circularity in both textile and construction value chains.
Our track record in workforce development
We’ve invested in groundbreaking companies that create dignified, climate-focused employment for millions of workers.
SEWA Grih Rin (Sitara)
Leveraging insights from a storied nonprofit to improve the lives of India’s low-income women
Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Unlocking billions in benefits for India’s underserved
Solving India’s Environmental Challenges Through Dignified Employment
With support from Target Foundation, the Green Growth Accelerator accompanied entrepreneurs generating dignified climate-focused employment.
How 4 Waste Management Companies are Mending India’s Waste Value Chain
Discover how these social enterprises are introducing technology and dignity to waste workers, changing old systems, and cleaning up the environment.