Presentation at the World CSR Congress, Taj Lands End Hotel, Mumbai, India, 18 February 2015
Updated: 5 November 2015 for Presentation at WINDaba,“Powering the winds of change”
Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa.
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Investing in the Girl Child: School as Sustainable Enterprise
1. by Dr Jeremy B Williams
Investing in Girls: School as Sustainable Enterprise
@TheGreenMBA
@jeremybwilliams
jembwilliams profjeremybwilliams
gs4g.org
WINDaba, Cape Town, South Africa, 5 November 2015
11. We need 1.5 planets to sustain
current consumption patterns …
Overstepping Ourselves
As our Ecological Footprint continues to exceed Earth’s
biocapacity, we overdraw from our future.
74% 114% 156%OF BIOCAPACITY OF BIOCAPACITY OF BIOCAPACITY
16. The ROI on girls’
education is well
documented
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20. A community provides landAnd labour
Materials to build the school are
sourced locally
Energy is entirely renewable:
solar, wind; or biomass
High quality
curriculum via InternetRainwater harvesting for water supplyAll wastewater disposed of on site
Used for fruit and veg cultivation and
livestockAnd tree planting
GS4G is a focal point for the whole
community
21. VISION
Empowering all girls to realise equal
opportunity through education that
is ecologically, socially, and
economically self-sustaining.
22. MISSION
Provide community prosperity through
local investment of labour and
materials to establish a sustainable
educational campus for girls.
In return, the education delivered will
enable the inter-generational cycle of
gender inequality to be broken, and
provide knowledge that will provide
the foundation for sustainable
development of communities.
23. VALUES
The enterprise will revolve around
the three values of:
1. ecological sustainability
2. gender and inter-generational
equality
3. the belief that giving a girl the
education and the ability to
make informed decisions about
her life will ultimately benefit her
community and society more
broadly.
26. Set up GS4G
Foundation
Make debt/ equity
investments in GS4G
campuses including
student loans
Recycle returns to
make new investments
Scale up creating
economic, social and
environmental impact
27. Set up GS4G
Foundation
• Corporate investors
• Social Stock Exchanges and patient capital funds;
e.g. Acumen
• Crowdfunding
• Fundraising chapters
• Carbon offset programs
• Donor agencies; e.g. UN agencies
28. The World’s Most Sustainable Companies, 2014 (Forbes Magazine)
Corporate investors
37. Make debt/ equity
investments in GS4G
campuses including
student loans
• The GS4G Foundation would retain majority ownership to
ensure mission integrity for a period of 10 years
• Return on equity may be set at capital preservation (or close
to 0%) for a period of time
• Debt in the form of social impact bonds
• To be sustainable enterprise every campus of GS4G must
become economically viable
• Operational costs to be covered from proceeds of on-campus
entrepreneurial activities
• Student loans from the GS4G Foundation repaid upon
employment following graduation
38. Scale up creating
economic, social and
environmental impact
• Location selection is critical and local knowledge essential
• Extensive community consultation an important first step and the
rationale for an all girls’ school accepted
• Local community must supply the land and the labour in return for
equity
• Best practice sustainable building design, sourcing construction
materials locally
• The campus would be a focal point for the community in providing a
catalyst for sustainable development; i.e. food and water security,
employment and business development
• Volunteer networks would be tapped to import skills and knowledge
unavailable locally
39. Recycle returns to
make new investments
• GS4G is not a charitable organisation, but a business with a
different mission; i.e. it seeks to maximise economic, social and
environmental welfare not profit.
• Development is freedom from hand-outs. A person’s dignity is
not served by charity, and GS4G is about contributing to the
creation of strong, self-sufficient and resilient communities.
• Successful GS4G campuses can provide financial returns to the
GS4G Foundation and also provide mentorship for new
campuses.
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41. “Goal 5: Achieve gender
equality and empower all
women and girls” …
following energetic
campaigning from groups
like Girl Effect
The UN’s Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
have been succeeded by the
Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
44. Companies with at least Rs 5 crore net profit or Rs 1,000 crore turnover or Rs
500 crore net worth will have to spend 2 per cent of their three-year average
annual net profit on CSR activities in each financial year, starting from FY15.
Mandatory expenditure on “CSR”
45. "Girls' education is the single best investment
that any society can make."
Carol Bellamy, Former UNICEF Director