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These women in Malaysia are championing sustainability through their businesses
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With eco-consciousness sweeping the world, it is irrefutably important, now more so than ever, to stay on top of the movement or risk facing a dire future absent of any natural resources.
Prestige Malaysia in partnership with Volvo had the opportunity to pick the brains of five trailblazing women across varying fields, who are not only making leaps and bounds via their chosen careers, but find unwavering determination in using their empowered voices towards championing sustainability and the greater good.
Najmia Zulkarnain and Atiyya Zulkarnain
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FINANCIAL STANDARD
Online shopping has created new opportunities for social entrepreneurs.
As Covid-19 forces businesses worldwide to reinvent themselves, social entrepreneurs are getting creative to help communities hit hard by the pandemic - from a Ugandan medicine-on-wheels service to upcycled face masks made by vulnerable women in Peru.
While recessions and falling revenue are affecting ethical businesses too, many such companies are proving particularly adept at innovating and finding new opportunities.
“Social innovation is the DNA of social entrepreneurs,” said Vincent Odhiambo, regional director for Ashoka East Africa, a non-profit working with social enterprises - businesses aiming to do good while making a profit.