Social enterprise in Taiwan
Doufu Rides : Answering the needs for transportation
Doufu Rides, CEO: Xu Zuofu
Doufu Ride we imposes no limit on eligibility.
Provides service around the clock.
We also offer services for your personal activities, including travel.
Each day, more than 7,000 families need our service.
For us, social enterprise is the sustainable way to provide services.
Victory Potential Development: Delivering the promises of life
Victory Potential Development ,Founder: Zhang Yingshu
Victory is an organization dedicated to disability employment, indiscriminately of the kinds of disability.
We diversify employment opportunities.
Our workers can choose among different jobs according to his or her ability, interest, and desire.
For cultivating their confidence, and lasting sense of self-worth, this is such an important step.
OKOGREEN: Equality and transparency embody the core responsibilities of a social enterprise
Okogreen, Chairwoman: Yu Wanru
Okogreen is the first business in the Chinese-speaking world to get certified by Fairtrade International.
Through Fairtrade International, we are put in contact with producers in the Third World or developing countries.
In making purchases, we guarantee producers higher, more reasonable prices.
We import raw materials to Taiwan, process and package them here, and then distribute and sell.
I really like how the business creates social impact and helps more people in the process.
O’right Chairman: Steven Ko
O’right’s core values From obtaining raw materials, manufacturing products, transportation and distribution, usage, to waste disposal and recycling.
We assess our carbon footprint and environmental impact at all stages.
This shampoo bottle is called “Tree in the Bottle.”
If you bury it in the soil, In about 6 months, it will completely decompose ,I would encourage more entrepreneurs and youth organizations to engage in the development of social enterprises.
I think it is very worthwhile.
Sanhe Kilns: Passing traditions on through generation.
Sanhe Kiln, forth Generation Owner: Li Junhong
Sanhe Kiln I think we must push for better and wider understanding of traditional architectural materials.
We start with cultural tours of the tile kiln and create DIY activities, so that more people can have intimate experiences of our traditional culture.
Hopefully such historical memory will take root in the minds of our younger generations.
O-Power: A perfect communion between people and land
O-Power Chairman: Wang Pengchao
Mana was actually founded by the famers.
The intention for the organization was to promote organic farming in the indigenous villages.
Later, we founded O-Power.
We bring together small-scale farmers, uniting them to bargain with the larger market.
The most important aspiration of O-Power and Mana is to build a complete economic infrastructure in the indigenous villages, to sustain its vibrant community.