What is SEED?

The SEED Initiative is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy.

Founded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, SEED supports innovative small-scale and locally driven entrepreneurships around the globe which integrate social and environmental benefits into their business model.

What SEED provides?

SEED offers two main types of support to social and environmental entrepreneurs:

  • Resources
  • Tools

Download the SEED flyers

  • SEED flyer

Are you an entrepreneur?

Asses the performance and impacts of your enterprise with SEED's tools.

Are you a policy maker?

Click here to learn more about social and environmental entrepreneurs and their impacts on poverty reduction.

“Sustainable Development in Action” Post-Rio+20 Google+ Hangout - Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 12 PM (EST)

Google+ Hangout on sustainable development post-Rio+20 - Join the conversation!  

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SEED partners with the UNDP CLIMBIZ Initiative to launch the Black Sea Challenge for social and environmental entrepreneurs

The UNDP Black Sea Climate and Business Initiative (CLIMBIZ) is a regional partnership focused on...

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SEED invites institutions to tender for the running of the SEED Awards 2013

SEED invites relevant institutions to tender for the running of the SEED Awards 2013. 

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SEED participates at the Rural Housing Loan Fund Annual Workshop

SEED, the German Development Bank (KfW) jointly with the Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF) in South...

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2011 SEED winners Vivus is finalist of "She Will Innovate" competition - Vote to support this Initiative until 7 November 2012

Vivus, the 2011 SEED Winner that has developed an innovative rural transportation system enabling...

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    SEED partners with the UNDP CLIMBIZ Initiative to launch the Black Sea Challenge for social and environmental entrepreneurs

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    SEED invites institutions to tender for the running of the SEED Awards 2013

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    SEED participates at the Rural Housing Loan Fund Annual Workshop

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    2011 SEED winners Vivus is finalist of "She Will Innovate" competition - Vote to support this Initiative until 7 November 2012

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Meet the 2011 SEED Award Winners

Meet the 2011 SEED Award Winners: 35 innovative start-up ventures in: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka,  Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Click on the red stars in the map to view a full description of a specific SEED Winner, or visit the SEED's Winners' database to learn more about ventures that implement the green economy at grassroot level.

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