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GEW Inclusion: Minimizing Barriers + Maximizing Inclusion
Entrepreneurship is a positive force that drives innovation, creates wealth and improves lives in communities, cities and countries alike. But not everyone has the same opportunity. Race, age, gender, or where one lives should not be an obstacle to entrepreneurship. Anyone, anywhere should be able to realize their dream and start a business quickly, inexpensively, and without barriers. At The Leap Co, we are ensuring that there is diversity and inclusion in impact investing.
GEW Inclusion: Minimizing Barriers and Maximizing Inclusion
At The Leap Co, we are ensuring that there is diversity and inclusion in impact investing.
Jamaica Recycling Symposium
Suzanne Shaw of The Leap Co, presented on opportunities for the circular economy at the Jamaica Recycling Symposium held in Kingston, Jamaica.
Delivering the STAR Project
The Leap Company is project managing Jamaica's newest social transformation project targeting Jamaicas high violence producing communities.
Taking the LEAP: A Commitment to Sustainable Change
An interview with Saffrey Brown from The LEAP Co. on COMMUNITY - Saffrey Brown is a social enterprise expert with over 20 years of experience in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the UK. She currently serves as the Head of Innovation for The Leap Co.
LEAP’s Top 4 Tips for Developing a Public Private Social Partnership
As we look to future developments in Jamaica, we must recognize the need for stronger multi-sectoral partnerships that are more robust, transparent and rooted in evidence-based methodology. As Jamaica moves forward, we need to ensure social interventions are measurable, sustainable, and scalable and that social investments provide the desired impact over the long term.
The Leap Co joins Global Eisenhower Fellows for a Webinar on Opportunities in a Post COVID19 World
The COVID-19 crisis has affected societies and economies around the globe and will permanently reshape our world as it continues to unfold. While the fallout from the crisis is both amplifying familiar risks and creating new ones, change at this scale also creates new openings for managing systemic challenges, and allows us to find new ways to build back our societies.
LEAP's Top 5 Trends for Social Enterprises in 2020
In the 2010s, we worked on building a robust and thriving social enterprise ecosystem in #Jamaica.
The Leap Co partners with the World Summit Awards to find local digital innovation with global relevance.
Start-up award for digital innovation with social impact! Apply now for Jamaica! World Summit Awards recognizes the world’s best in digital innovation with impact on society!
Saffrey Brown to Represent Jamaica at Global Eisenhower Fellowship
The Leap Co's Saffrey Brown has been selected to represent Jamaica in the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowships' Global Programme in 2019. Brown, Co-Founder and Head of Innovation at The Leap Co. and former General Manager of the JN Foundation, is one of 25 global leaders who will participate in the seven-week, 8-10-city exchange in the United States between October 3 and November 15 this year.
Is the Caribbean Ready for Electric Vehicles?
Can the early adoption of electric vehicles in the Caribbean have positive economic impacts? Are there synergies to be exploited with the expanding renewable energy market? What enabling conditions would be needed to foster a transition to electric mobility? These are some of the questions that this blog article seeks to address.
Jamaican entrepreneurs featured in Forbes magazine
Some Jamaican entrepreneurs, leaders and personalities involved in the island's sustainability and renewable energy movement were recently featured in the internationally renowned business magazine, Forbes. The coverage came in the form of two articles entitled “Make Jamaica Green Again: 10 Powerful Women Leading The Sustainability Movement” and “6 Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs Lighting Up Jamaica”.
6 Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs Lighting Up Jamaica
Forbes reports that there are many Jamaicans promoting the benefits of renewable energy for their island and these are just a few entrepreneurs working in the private sector. Meet a few of them here.
We are looking for a dynamic Intern
Is this the right challenge for you? If you are interested in helping to create a new approach to business and sustainable development within the region, and you have a passion for innovative solutions, then this opportunity might be a great fit.
Environmental economist, social innovator launch start-up
Sustainable energy expert, Dr. Suzanne Shaw and social development innovator, Saffrey Brown have teamed up to form start-up company, The Leap Co. Incorporated in 2018, the Kingston, Jamaica based company will develop and invest in scalable ventures built on profitable models that deliver solutions to environmental, social and economic challenges.
Saffrey Brown: The social innovator and advocate
Saffrey Brown was not yet a teenager when she was thrust into advocacy and volunteerism while living in Trinidad and Tobago.
Business as a Force for Good, Changing Tides, by Saffrey Brown (2016)
Many people would say that 2016 has been a bad year for… well, pretty much the entire world. It stands out as: The Year of Brexit, Trump, the Alt-Right, Aleppo, North Korea nuclear tests, the Bastille Day attack in Nice, the worsening refugee crisis in the Middle East, economic collapse in Venezuela, and the list goes on.
Creating an enabling environment for economically competitive renewable energy development
The regional think tank, Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), is urging Caribbean governments to diversify the incentives being offered in the renewable energy market.
