Beyond Innovation: How business can drive change with a social focus

September 9th, 2024

CSIRO’s Indo-Pacific Plastics Innovation Network (IPPIN) has empowered ventures, bridging the gap between research, entrepreneurship, and investment to end plastic waste.

But innovation alone won’t solve this challenge. We need something deeper: a focus on people. That’s why IPPIN champions a GEDSI approach—integrating Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion into business models.

Learn how IPPIN participants like UPGREEN Vietnam and Print Square incorporate GEDSI to drive business and how you can too!

 

Handcrafted products made from recycled plastic by UpGREEN Vietnam.

Lao’s Print Square start-up company transforms discarded plastic bottles into prosthetics for land mine victims.