Apple: The cohort will participate in a blend of virtual Learning Labs, seminars, and self-directed customer experiments to support the development of their business models and impact. At the end of the program, they will be invited to pitch to a curated audience of sustainable energy ecosystem stakeholders at a Demo-Day.
Apple-backed Energy for Livelihoods Accelerator, run by Acumen, has chosen 15 entrepreneurs to improve the lives of people in poverty while also protecting the environment. The program will last for 12 weeks and will help social entrepreneurs scale and refine their businesses. The entrepreneurs will participate in virtual learning labs, seminars, and self-directed customer experiments.
Apple on Thursday announced it has joined nonprofit impact investment fund Acumen to support social enterprises in India to improve livelihoods through clean energy innovation.Through the 'Energy for Livelihoods Accelerator', Acumen experts .
Through the Energy for Livelihoods Accelerator, Acumen experts will help social entrepreneurs scale and refine their businesses to transform the lives of people living in poverty, while also protecting the environment.
The partnership with Acumen for Energy for Livelihoods Accelerator ties in to a tech giant’s much wider focus on environment and climate targets, which Apple CEO Tim Cook has already termed ‘non-negotiable’