A British startup is teaching farmers how to grow crops using water from a source which won’t run out – the sea. Seawater Solutions is helping farmers on Scotland’s west coast adapt to the reality of less rain by choosing salt-resistant plants and developing saltmarshes – land flooded by tidal…
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The Balkans are known for their tasty ajvar, but not for organic agriculture. The Viennese social startup BioBalkan, founded in 2018, helps farmers in the poorest region in Europe to switch their agriculture to organic and brings organic Balkan delicacies to Austria. Organic Ajvar with social impact Ensuring quality and…
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Social entrepreneurship could change society even more in the future. Clever ideas abound. But the social startups are rarely tall. Why? Whether bittersweet or whole milk, whether 43 or 70 percent cocoa – the flavor “good conscience” should always be present at the chocolate bars of the Munich startup Fairafric.…
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From the small Butzbach make the world a bit better, and that through a simple homepage. This is what the Social Startup Magazine has set itself. The idea is to introduce companies that want to solve social or environmental problems. A desk in the study of his apartment, a laptop,…
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Researchers at the Johannes Kepler University Linz contribute their expertise in the field of plastics technology to a recycling startup. Together, an economically viable model was developed, which also brought technological progress. The existing waste management in Kenya is rudimentary and is predominantly informal. Residents dump their household waste on…
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The platform helps companies to increase their reach in social media. Now a group of companies with experience in this business takes over the majority at the start-up. The influencer platform Reachhero, founded in 2014, is majority owned by Blockescence. The parent company behind influencer networks like Mediakraft secures 67.4…
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You had the idea for Boxwise in 2016. What are you doing exactly and how did your idea come about? At the end of 2016, Bart, Maarten and I volunteered at a refugee camp in Northern Greece. We were responsible for the distribution of donations. The distribution was a mess.…
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The linchpin of the Austrian scene for social entrepreneurs is undoubtedly Impact Hub. The co-working space operators have run various incubation programs with companies that support social startups. With the partner Deloitte Austria – one of the “Big Four” business consulting companies – the Vienna Impact Hub Social Entrepreneurs is…
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