Tuesday, July 13, 2021
business
Thai Start-Up Solving Fashion’s Waste Problem Beats Over 1,000 Applicants To Win Prestigious Seed Award
Thai Start-Up Solving Fashion’s Was.
Winners of the SEED Awards will be awarded matching grants of between EUR 10,000 - 15,000 (382,000 – 573,000 baht), and will receive tailored one-to-one advisory services for up to a year to scale their operations, as part of the renowned SEED Accelerator programme.
A Thai start-up which helps solve the problem of industrial fashion waste by upcycling dead-stock fabrics, has today been hailed as one of the winners of the SEED Low Carbon Awards (SEED Awards). SEED was founded as part of a global partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
21st January 2021
Thailand’s government has pushed through legislation to support social enterprises drive the country’s economic and social progress, but more needs to be done as gaps between investors’ position and government agenda remain.
Access to funding and a lack of public understanding of their impact are major obstacles for social enterprises in Thailand, despite government efforts to support the sector, a new study reveals.
The research,
The State of Social Enterprise in Thailand, commissioned by the British Council and UNESCAP and conducted by the Social Enterprise Thailand Association and the Thailand Development Research Institute with support from Social Enterprise UK, is based on a survey of 146 Thai social enterprises and interviews with government agencies, universities, intermediaries and other organisations representing social enterprises in Thailand.