Changes in climate have always driven changes in nature. Our planet has experienced five climate-driven mass extinctions which have caused 75-96% of species loss each. It is widely believed that we are in our sixth mass extinction but the first to have anthropogenic drivers....
The linear “take-make-waste” approach to consumerism is on the way out, and circular economy solutions are coming in hot. However, the plastic pollution crisis we face requires us to make significant behavioural and infrastructural changes in terms of how we view the use...
Nico is CEO and Founder of GREE-Energy, a Water Unite Impact investee. He has 20 years of experience in developing biogas and renewable energy assets in Europe and Southeast Asia. Before founding Gree Energy, he spearheaded renewable energy projects with EON Masdar, the Ger...
Day three and my final day with the Water Unite and Wellers Impact teams, although one of our team, Louis, Water Unite's Partnership Director, is set to carry on to Malawi after Kenya with the Co-op and The One Foundation, representatives to see more on the subject of sustai...
5 BARRIERS TO ACCELERATING SDG 6 IN 2023
February 23, 2023
The water crisis is no longer the elephant in the room; government leaders, scientists and innovators have brought the plight of SDG 6, clean water and sanitation, to centre of sustainable development discussions. Between 2015-2020, 107 million people have gained access to s...
VISITING OUR INVESTEES - DAY 2 IN KENYA WITH SANIVATION
February 21, 2023
On day two of our trip, the Water Unite and Wellers Impact teams ventured out of Nairobi to head on to Naivasha, a small town to the west, where Sanivation’s waste-to-energy plant resides....
VISITING OUR INVESTEES - DAY 1 IN KENYA WITH GJENGE MAKERS
January 19, 2023
The Water Unite and Wellers Teams headed out to Kenya to visit our investees in order to gather further insights on their business models and to see where we could provide technical assistance. Whilst COVID-19 put our plans on hold, it is so important that we were able to me...
WATER UNITE IMPACT BACKS AFRICAN CLEAN WATER INNOVATOR JIBU
September 29, 2022
Water Unite Impact is delighted to announce our investment of USD 500,000 in Jibu. Operating in seven countries of East Africa, Jibu is a leading innovator in the distribution of clean drinking water to low-income populations.
Jibu operates 160 water production and distribut...
URBAN WATER RESILIENCE - LIVING IN BALANCE WITH OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
September 21, 2022
Water security is under threat and governments, leaders and stakeholders are under pressure to create viable, cost-effective solutions. 52% of the world’s population will live in water-stressed regions by 2050. However, there is no ‘one shoe fits all solution’ to urban...
GREE Energy secures pre-series A investment from Water Unite Impact to support its mission in decarbonizing the food supply chain.
GREE Energy, a company that decarbonizes food processors in emergent countries by transforming their wastewater into biogas, secures a pre-serie...
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