LEILA JANAH FOUNDER + CEO
email: leila@samasource.org

BUSINESS
&
SOCIAL IMPACT

THE WORLD, TODAY 1B people
living under $2/day 300,000 avoidable maternal deaths 783M people without clean water 2.5B without sanitation/toilets

TRADITIONAL CHARITY

TRADITIONAL CHARITY “I think it
is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.” Mother Teresa

TRADITIONAL CHARITY

TRADITIONAL CHARITY

TRADITIONAL CHARITY U.S. Economic Assistance,
Current $ 1946 - 2012 $10,000,000,000 $20,000,000,000 $30,000,000,000 $40,000,000,000 FY1946 FY1956 FY1966 FY1976 FY1985 FY1995 FY2005 source: https://eads.usaid.gov/gbk/data/index.cfm

of development-related aid transferred from
rich countries to Africa alone in the past 60 years $1T TRADITIONAL CHARITY

of the African population -
still live on less than a dollar a day 50% TRADITIONAL CHARITY

TRADITIONAL CHARITY “The trouble with
the aid- dependency model is, of course, that Africa is fundamentally kept in its perpetual childlike state” Dambisa Moyo

TRADITIONAL BUSINESS

TRADITIONAL BUSINESS “It is not
very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.” Adam Smith

TRADITIONAL BUSINESS PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT
PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT The Wolf of Wall Street © 2013 Paramount Pictures

TRADITIONAL BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL personal
development pay bills skills career family children PTA meetings church volunteering

TRADITIONAL BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL personal
development pay bills skills career family children PTA meetings church volunteering priority nights & weekends

BUSINESS
+
SOCIAL IMPACT

1794 First strike organized by
a union Printers in NYC 1946 Fair trade supply chains first developed by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) 1960 Corporate Social Responsibility starts being widely used BUSINESS & SOCIAL

TRADITIONAL BUSINESS
DEEPER

GREENWORKS

BUSINESS & SOCIAL of consumers
believe the singular purpose of business is to make money for shareholders 6% source: 2013 CONE COMMUNICATIONS/ ECHO GLOBAL CSR STUDY

BUSINESS & SOCIAL of young
workers want to work for a company that care about how it impacts and contributes to society 80% source: 2013 CONE COMMUNICATIONS/ ECHO GLOBAL CSR STUDY

BUSINESS & SOCIAL of consumers
likely to switch brand with one associated with a good cause source: 2013 CONE COMMUNICATIONS/ ECHO GLOBAL CSR STUDY

B CORPORATIONS
3.5B in revenue

B CORPORATIONS

TRANSPARENCY FOR ‣ Employees ‣
Supply chain ‣ Beneficiaries ‣ Environment TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Andrew Biraj/Reuters

BUSINESS
&
SOCIAL IMPACT

Donors should require social &
environmental return TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Non-profits should develop earned revenue
strategies TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

credits : Canergie Science Center
members 3.3M annual sales 700M TRADITIONAL NONPROFITS

Source: Goodwill Industries - 2011
people employed, training & support services 4.2M collective revenue $4B TRADITIONAL NONPROFITS

IMPACT SOURCING

IMPACT SOURCING

IMPACT SOURCING
6,397
workers

“The advantages are clear in
working with an organization like Samasource. If you can get the same quality and cost effectiveness that other services provide but have the added benefit of doing good in the world and supporting an organization that does that, it’s a no-brainer” Steve Heck CTO, Getty Images IMPACT SOURCING

IMPACT SOURCING
300+
students

IMPACT SOURCING 89% of Samasource
workers leave program to attend higher education or earn higher wage

IMPACT SOURCING $1,500 average income
generated per person

BUSINESS & SOCIAL
$1 $1.55

IMPACT SOURCING Rockefeller Foundation invested
$100M in Digital Jobs Africa

IMPACT SOURCING Still a long
way to go ‣ 100,000 workers ‣ potential to employ 3M people and account for 25% of outsourcing industry within 10 years

FASHION & LUXURY Luxury Goods
Market 240B global luxury goods market 65% gross margins

THE IDEA Laxmi is a
new luxury brand that delivers beauty in action through the creation of products that transform our skin, our planet, and people for the better. 2 JaneChen,SocialEntrepreneur BEAUTY IN ACTIONTM

BUSINESS MODEL • RARE, 100%
NATURAL AND ORGANIC INGREDIENT BLENDS • DESIGN EXCELLENCE AND LUXURY BRAND EXPERIENCE • UNCOMPROMISINGLY TRANSPARENT VALUE CHAIN • SOCIAL IMPACT + REPUTABLE NGO PARTNERS 16

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Maiyet, TOMS, PACT, Raven + Lily, Laxmi, Punjammies… SUPPORT THE FUTURE GIVE WORK

LEILA JANAH FOUNDER + CEO
email: leila@samasource.org