Small Planet Partners facilitates sustainability workshops for companies, consults with them about the strategic value of social responsibility and, develops profitable ventures that  center primarily around three global challenges:

• water
• food
• waste

As part of a nimble international consortium, Small Planet Partners attracts, advises and harmonizes  companies, technology and investment for social ventures that bridge the Middle East, North Africa and the West.

For clients interested in building long-term, "triple bottom line" value,  our core services  include:

• eco-innovation workshops.  Designed to enable business leaders to simultaneously create environmental, social and economic value, our workshops are based on the conceptual framework of Time Magazine’s 1999 “Hero of the Planet,” William McDonough, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things,  and are delivered in collaboration with  transformation architect partner, Palo Alto, CA-based EDG.

• program strategy and design.   Our specialty is working with early- and  growth-stage social enterprise -- and coaching large organizations to align business performance more closely to  environmental and social strategic assets. 

• development.   Typically at a crossroads, crisis or growth opportunity, clients trust us to inform their current strategy, and extend their resources to enlist the right mix of partners, investors and technical experts to get results.

• integrated marketing and sales channel development.   Clients often come to us for social media marketing and metrics expertise, yet they especially value the  holistic, media-agnostic approach we bring to  marketing and sales channel development.    Conceptual frameworks, tools and strategies aim for self-sufficiency:  clients gain the know-how to engage stakeholders,  cultivate advocates in a networked economy, and generate positive word of mouth - the #1 influence on how people buy.

• speaking.  Sample topics include:  "Corporate Social Responsiblity in a Networked, Global Economy," "The Business Case for Eco-Innovation,"   "Systems Solutions from Sustainable Supply Chains,"  "Social Media for the Social Venture," "Linking the Private Sector to Smallholder Ethiopian Farmers," and "Engaging Stakeholders in a Word of Mouth Marketplace."

Capabilities

• strategies to enhance triple bottom line results
• feasibility study and business plan preparation
• value chain analysis and development
• market linkage development
• investor and partner development strategy and communications
• investment facilitation
• business and market development
• marketing strategy and services
• social responsibility / business goal alignment
• word of mouth marketing / social media strategy for social ventures
• multi-channel, multi-media content strategy and production
• partnership & alliance development
• project / program management
• eco-innovation workshops
• speaking

Unique Expertise

• market development / trade relationship opportunities with Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
• multi-stakeholder (private/public/NGO) community-building and collaboration around e-waste
• strategic partnerships / innovative promotions
• new frontier metrics: word of mouth measurement to predictive analytics
• experience and vast contact network across sustainability, consumer, technology, music and entertainment industries
• social media, social networking, web 2.0, mobile web

How can we help you?  Contact us.