Velkommen til SOCIAL IVÆRKSÆTTERPRIS 2015........................................
AWARE APS..................................... aware ApS is a smartphone application that provides information about hazardous ingredients in food, beverages, and personal care products. By scanning a barcode users will see if a product contains toxic, carcinogenic, allergens or environmentally hazardous ingredients. The first time a product is scanned with aware, users must upload an ingredients list image whereby data is automatically generated based on text recognition (OCR) and returned to the user within seconds. Ingredient data is based on the international GHS system (Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals), and provided in forms of Hazard Statements: H301 Toxic if swallowed, H315 Cause skin irritation, H350 May cause cancer etc. Motivation The founder of aware ApS (Anders Kousgaard Engineer in Biotechnology) was only about 10 years old when he invented a solution for the dripless thermos, which was published in the newspapers about 15 years ago. Since then several ideas have emerged including aware, which is now established as a company. The team behind aware is highly enthusiastic about the idea, and is supported by the Danish Technological Institute (DTI), the Department of Culture and Society at Aarhus University (AU) and Videncenter for Fødevareudvikling (VIFU) among others.
CANOPYLAB........................................ CanopyLAB has created an innovative learning platform, which helps facilitate contact between NGO s, cultural institutions, social enterprises, and young people between the age of 14 and 30. Every day CanopyLAB empowers youth to believe more in themselves and their ability to change the world and their method is simple. They first provide youth with skillbased online courses. Then they help them launch social projects and campaigns aimed at improving their local communities. Finally, they financially support some of the promising and important initiatives CanopyLAB s students have launched. After the launch in January 2015 CanopyLAB have entered into partnerships with the Danish Immigration Museum, Humanity in Action, Danish Students Abroad, United World Colleges, United Youth Journalists and Uganda Rural Fund. These partners use online education as a tool to get youth to connect or reconnect with the partner organization s mission, empower youth to create social projects in their local communities, and provide the students with concrete skills to increase their employability and self-confidence. Motivation The founders of CanopyLAB have spent most of their lives travelling the world, meeting new people, volunteering and looking for new adventures. CanopyLAB combines all of their passions, and now they have made a social business out of it.
CROWDMOVE..................................... CrowdMove s vision is to change the world by empowering people to share their thoughts. CrowdMove helps companies improve their products and services by empowering their customers to share their opinion on what they experience via a mobile application, and at the same time CrowdMove gives people an alternative way to contribute to charity without actually donating money. The way CrowdMove does this is by converting consumer feedback into reports that they sell to the companies, and convert half of that revenue into charitable causes - at the moment it is used for planting trees. The remaining half of the revenue is reinvested in CrowdMove to be able to further develop and get more traction that will translate into an even larger impact that CrowdMove can make in the future. Motivation CrowdMove is working with social entrepreneurship because they are passionate about creating positive change in our society. They are a tech startup because they believe that in order for a startup to leave a significant footprint in society, it has to be highly scalable. So they are making use of technology in order to expand faster to be able to help society more.
DONAGO.................... Donago er en mobil sundhedsplatform til erhvervslivet, der både gør det sjovt for medarbejdere at være aktive i dagligdagen, samtidig med at en virksomhed kan støtte et godt formål. Donago har udviklet en iphone og Android applikation, der automatisk tæller medarbejderens skridt. Medarbejderens daglige skridt konverteres herefter til et bidrag til et velgørende formål. Medarbejderen har selv mulighed for at vælge hvilken sag denne ønsker at støtte. Donago gør det sjovt og udfordrende at være aktiv, hvor medarbejderne hver dag kan vinde over hinanden (individuelt eller i hold) ved at tage flest skridt, og derved sikre flest penge til det velgørende formål vinderen har valgt at støtte.
Motivation Donago blev tidligt i processen klar over at det sociale aspekt var altafgørende for virksomheden, både i forhold til at motivere andre til at blive mere aktive i dagligdagen, men i lige så høj grad i forhold til Donagos forretningsmodel. Stifterne motiveres nemlig ikke af at tjene en masse penge, men i højere grad af at kunne gøre en forskel for andre præcis som brugerne af applikationen gør. Med Donago vil de gøre en forskel for danskernes sundhed og verdens NGO er, der hårdt har brug for flere penge til deres arbejde i verdens brændpunkter. Et altafgørende element for Donago i deres arbejde er rent faktisk at kunne se den forskel de gør for begge parter, og det er det, der driver Donago som social virksomhed.
FOOPLA........................................ Foopla is a tool for conscious consumers that allows them to help save the local shops in their neighborhood. It is a platform that connects the local shops to the Internet and thus allows consumers to order food online from any store in Foopla s vast network, and pick it up on the go whenever it suits them - it could even be just 15 minutes after placing the order. Shop owners with no IT training can still join the platform easily and for free. It helps the local shop owners improve the convenience of shopping locally, and as a result it helps them become more attractive to an increased number of customers. Motivation According to the founder of Foopla the massive social problems of our society, like war, extreme poverty, human trafficking, homelessness, mass-surveillance, and social unrest cannot be resolved within the framework of industrial capitalism. Therefore Foopla finds it wasteful to dedicate resources towards purposeless pursue of profit. Foopla considers themselves a part of a movement of social entrepreneurs in Denmark and abroad who prove that a better future is within reach - since they have the tools, the knowledge and the energy to make the changes happen.
GENLYS........................................ Genlys er social ansvarlighed, bæredygtighed, godt design og hjælpearbejde i et stearinlys. Ideen er at folk indleverer deres stearin rester, hvor frivillige så står for at smelte dem om til nye lys. Derefter bliver de pakket af indsatte i Aarhus arrest i en emballage af specialdesignet genbrugspapir. De færdige genbrugslys bliver derefter solgt af frivillige i Kirkens Korshærs genbrugsbutikker, men i fremtiden vil de også være at finde i livsstils- og designbutikker for at nå ud til et bredere publikum og gøre opmærksom på Kirkens Korshær og deres hjælpearbejde. Motivation Udgangspunktet for Genlys var hvordan stifterne som designstuderende på Aarhus Arkitektskole kan gøre en forskel for hjemløse. Her blev de hurtigt klar over, at det konkrete problem er langt mere komplekst end det at mangle et hjem. De kontaktede derfor Kirkens Korshær, der gør et stort stykke arbejde for at hjælpe ensomme, psykisk syge, misbrugere og hjemløse i Danmark. Kirkens Korshær får en stor del af sine indtægter fra egne genbrugsbutikker, som er drevet af frivillige fra alle samfundslag. Genlys vil derfor gerne tage del i denne gode gerning og hjælpe med at skabe aktiviteter, der kan bidrage økonomisk og socialt til organisationens arbejde.
KIDUP KidUp - Let s Teach Our Children To Share The World......................................... KidUp er en online delingsplatform for børneudstyr, hvor det både er muligt at leje andre forældres børneudstyr såvel som at udleje sit eget altså en slags AirBnB for børneudstyr. KidUp er baseret på deleøkonomiens fremdrift, hvor vi som samfundsborgere bevæger os væk fra en mere egocentrisk mentalitet over imod en mere socialorienteret mentalitet. KidUp tror på, at deleøkonomien kommer til at ændre vores hverdag. Derfor er det vigtigt, at vi hjælper hinanden med at lære vores børn at dele verden. Motivation Det at opbygge en forretning og samtidig kunne præge og udvikle den samtid vi lever i, mener KidUp er et enormt privilegium og en bærende motivationsfaktor for deres virksomhed. KidUp har skabt et værktøj, som giver magten tilbage til forbrugerne og giver dem mulighed for at ændre deres forbrugsvaner til at blive mere bæredygtige både socialt, økonomisk og miljømæssigt. Det at blive forældre siges at være det største i en menneskes liv og KidUp gør dette billigere, sjovere og mere socialt ansvarligt.
KNITHOUSE................................ Ideen med Knithouse Denmark er at skabe Skandinaviens største webshop med garn og opskrifter til håndstrik. Den skal drives af flygtninge i Faxe kommune, mens hele overskuddet skal gå til Red Barnet. At strikke er moderne og det anslås, at der sælges for 800 millioner kr. garn om året ex moms i Danmark. Alligevel findes der ikke et stort site med garn og opskrifter, sådan som man ser det i andre lande, formentlig fordi de fleste store webshops, også med kvindeprodukter, er lavet af mænd. Der er derfor et hul i markedet som det er oplagt i at dække. At lave en stor webshop kræver ekstremt mange arbejdstimer, men det kræver ikke at man kan flydende dansk. Det er derfor oplagt at bruge flygtninge til at drive både selve shoppen samt lager og pakkeri. De vil indgå i en eksisterende arbejdsplads i Haslev, hvor stifterens anden webshop ligger. Motivation Stifteren at Knithouse Denmark har tidligere lavet en succesfuld webshop, men ville med et nyt projekt gerne kunne gøre en forskel for lidt flere mennesker. Derfra kom idéen til Knithouse Denmark, der - hvis alt går som det skal - vil kunne give så mange penge til Red Barnet, at rigtig mange børns liv vil blive bare en smule bedre. Samtidig ville Knithouse Denmark give mennesker, der har forladt alt hvad de ejer på grund af krig og fattigdom, et arbejde, som de måske endda vil finde meningsfyldt.
Once natural disasters strike regular communication and power lines are often damaged, leaving response and relief coordination a time consuming task, as mobile phones and radios are useless. Reachi is a resilient communication system for disaster areas that links Red Cross relief coordinators and its locally placed volunteers during disaster response. It consists of a network of dedicated response devices that utilize a matured mesh technology, guaranteeing signal without need of vulnerable, physical structures. The devices are designed for the context, as they are disaster proof and run on solar power. REACHI........................................ With Reachi the local volunteers are empowered and the professional Red Cross is given the missing overview of the crisis and the needs brought by it. Reachi will enable faster response, relieving the affected people and potentially saving lives. Motivation As industrial design engineers the founders of Reachi are passionate about improving peoples lives by solving problems. To them the greatest reward is to witness the impact the solution has for the affected people that is what motivates them and why they are social entrepreneurs.
WARMI............................ Warmi s product is a unique bicycle basket made from durable materials locally grown in Uganda. Many women in Uganda are disadvantaged by societal norms and a lack of capital. At the same time Warmi experienced a lack of good-looking and functional bicycle baskets in Denmark, so the company decided to combine the two to benefit both groups. Through employment, including training and facilitation, Warmi connects talented Ugandan handicraft women with the Danish market. The aim is to create aspirations for the future and empower these women through training and education, as well as economic stability. Motivation The founders believe in development through entrepreneurship, and that it is possible to build bridges with positive impact in this globalized world. The idea of a social cause being an integral part of the business model and increasing the social impact with profits is very appealing. Social entrepreneurship is a way for Warmi to use their knowledge and drive effectively.