UN Sustainability Goals
Our Commitment
The UN sustainability goals serve as a universal framework for addressing pressing global issues such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and environmental degradation. By aligning investment projects with these goals, Decusatio with our trusted partners, aim to maximise positive impact while promoting sustainable growth and development. This alignment not only enhances the effectiveness and scalability of initiatives but also fosters collaboration and synergy among stakeholders, thereby amplifying our collective efforts toward achieving meaningful outcomes.
Goal #3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
Specifically looking at Target #3.7 ‘By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information, and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes’
Blossom Care Solutions is a service provider that specialises in providing access to sanitary care products along with reproductive health education and awareness, with one of their main goals being to improve access to sanitary pads amongst young girls in township markets.
Goal #4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Specifically looking at target #4.a ‘Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all’
The adverse effects of Period Poverty on young girls and women in South Africa include the use of unsafe sanitary products that increase health risks like infections and medical complications, around 7 million South African girls lack access to and can’t afford safe sanitary products resulting in them missing school. Blossom Care solutions currently has over 23k young girls on the programme receiving monthly sanitary pads to aid them in school attendance so that they may have equitable education learning opportunities, just as their male peers. Blossom has distributed over 1.8 million pads to date within township schools. Along with donations, Blossom also provides these young girls with education on their sexual and reproductive health
Solana also goes hand in hand with target 4.4 ‘By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.’
Under the #4 Education goal with their training academy where they train both men and women to be expert qualified solar technicians who are majoriively absorbed into the Solana business to become the solar installers for the solutions they offer. SES was also developed under Solana, which is an initiative in De Aar run by entrepreneurs as directors.
Goal #5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Specifically target 5.5 ‘Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.’
Blossom’s slogan is ‘For Woman By Women’ with goals to aid in job Creation for women which are sustainable via a deliberate women-centered approach, as well as support small, Black-owned businesses through franchising the Blossom manufacturing facilities on a national level.
Goal #6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Specifically target #6.a ‘By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.’
Kaackai’s story began based on a simple premise that anyone can have access to clean water. A group of entrepreneurs, engineers and designers sat around the table, and KaacKai was born. KaacKai’s proud users recycle their waste or ‘kaka’ using our pods to recover clean water that can be reused or simply discharged back to nature without contamination.
Goal #7
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Specifically target 7.1 ‘By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services’
Solana Energy can do it’s part by offering solar solutions on a national level with residential and commercial solutions, with reliable tier 1 modern solar solutions which are super affordable with the innovative rental model options
Goal #8
Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
YES is the highest impact private sector youth employment programme in South Africa. As a private sector-led initiative, YES addresses the country’s youth unemployment crisis by empowering businesses to create jobs for our unemployed youth. YES is a non-profit organisation that receives no government funding. They work with leading businesses in various sectors to provide 12-month quality work experiences for unemployed young people to become future managers, skilled professionals, and entrepreneurs who will drive the economy forward. In return, businesses receive one or two levels up on their B-BBEE scorecard and/or integrate into their ESG strategies
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