SEED

SEED was founded at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg by UN Environment, UNDP and IUCN as a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. SEED is based on the understanding that the promotion of social and environmental entrepreneurship is pivotal for environmentally friendly and socially inclusive development and poverty reduction.

SEED works directly with growing enterprises and aspiring entrepreneurs in their Enterprise Support programmes to strategise, optimise, and award achievements in eco-inclusive entrepreneurship. All of the participating enterprises receive a comprehensive SEED Support Package of tailored business and capacity-building support, networking, and profiling at the national and international level.

The Enterprise Support programmes include the following:

• SEED Starter - The SEED Starter programme guides participants from the early stages of ideation to the generation of a viable business plan used to launch an eco-inclusive enterprise.
• SEED Replicator - The SEED Replicator targets entrepreneurs without a business idea as well as early-stage entrepreneurs who are trying to identify partnership opportunities and grow their impact.
• SEED Catalyser - The SEED Catalyser guides enterprises to refine their business models and optimise their environmental, social and economic impacts and investment readiness.
• SEED Accelerator - The SEED Accelerator programme develops the investment readiness and operational excellence of established eco-inclusive enterprises looking to scale up.