Blog Posts: small and medium enterprise (SME)

A company selling refurbished photocopiers creates jobs while reducing electronic waste.

A renewable energy company provides clean electricity and job opportunities to India’s rural poor.

A company sourcing Brazil nuts creates both environmental benefits and solid profits.

Bringing clean energy to India's rural poor consumers creates cascading economic and social benefits, in addition to profits.

Is it possible to do good in the world while also making a profit? A growing group of investors, known as “impact investors”, believe that it is.

Kirsty Jenkinson talks about how New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, helps environmentally-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets compete in a global economy.

The under-served rural Indian market offers opportunities for investors to support the sustainable energy solutions of the future.

WRI’s new report, in collaboration with CDF-IFMR, looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India.

SBA Hydro is just one of the many companies starting to bring clean energy to India’s rural poor.

This piece is adapted from a speech that was delivered on June 25th at the 5th Asia Clean Energy Forum: Meeting the Technology Transfer Challenge. The forum, hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Resources Institute, is the premiere knowledge sharing platform on best practices in policy, technology, and finance for clean energy in the Asian region.