As a crucial driver for innovation and sustainable development, entrepreneurship plays a vital role in growing solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. They are especially significant in developing Southeast Asian economies, where micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) contribute up to 97% of national employment in the region.

At an ANDE session, ONOW demonstrated DayTwo, a lightweight tool that turns daily transactions into usable financial histories, helping lenders assess risk and helping entrepreneurs access growth capital.

We featured ANDE members and their entrepreneurs in our communications series ‘Exploring Digitalization Journeys’. This blog meets ONOW Myanmar, a social enterprise committed to delivering financially sustainable positive change in the lives of the entrepreneurs they work with, to hear how they digitally support entrepreneurs in Myanmar.

Good intentions don’t build durable climate solutions. Systems do.

We featured ANDE members and their entrepreneurs in our communications series ‘Exploring Digitalization Journeys’. This blog meets entrepreneurs of Mercy Corps Indonesia, an international non-profit organization founded in 1979 that has helped people in vulnerable areas; 42 countries and has helped more than 19 million people improve their quality of life.

UNDP’s two-front approach, strengthening internal DEI systems while embedding inclusion across programs, offers practical MEL tools, accountability mechanisms, and syndicate strategies SGB support organizations can adopt to create lasting, inclusive ecosystems.

We're exploring how ANDE members in East and Southeast Asia navigate through the digital world in our new video series ‘Exploring Digitalization Journeys.’

The Heifer International expert emphasizes inclusive, sustainable development that strengthens women, youth, and marginalized groups to build resilient livelihoods and systemic agricultural change.

Our latest SGB Finance Series session explored how Impact-Linked Finance is rewarding enterprises for achieving measurable social outcomes. Check out the key lessons shaping the next wave of innovative finance.

Commercial agriculture is responsible for at least 30% of deforestation in Asia, but the world needs agriculture to feed a growing population. Most farmers in East and Southeast Asia work on a small scale and stay poor. But farming as a business has enormous potential to generate income for people living in rural areas if it’s done responsibly, sustainably, and at scale.