Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Brightgreen Renewable Energy produces and distributes safe and smokeless charcoal made from recycled urban waste. This for-profit company is operational in Kenya. It delivers clean and sustainable energy to customers through B2B and B2B2C models. The company aims to reduce the costs associated with cooking by up to 50% and reduce the reliance of African households on wood fuel. This in turn reduces the drudgery associated with wood collection and cooking for many African women.

Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products

Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage

Type of services: Labour saving solutions

Number of customers (2020): Information not available

Number of customers (2019): Information not available

Number of customers (2018): Information not available

Financials

Profitability status:
0

Revenue USD (2020): Information not available

Revenue USD (2019): Information not available

Revenue USD (2018): Information not available

Pathways to impact

Challenge addressed:
Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce

Populations affected: “Unpaid care workers,
Infants or children ,
Elderly people ,
Persons with special needs or with illnesses”

Number of people served (2020): Information not available

Number of people served (2019): Information not available

Number of people served (2018): Information not available