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Groupe SOS works internationally to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Groupe SOS’s NGOs and social businesses work with local actors in more than 50 countries, support local civil society organisations, accelerate the next generation of social, solidarity and environmental businesses, share the best social and environmental innovations and put finance at the service of the Sustainable Development Goals.


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Sustainable Development Goals pursued

Operating in more than 50 countries

International offices
Direct intervention
Partnerships

Four levers for systemic change towards a fairer and more sustainable economy

Supporting local civil society organisations

Planète Urgence

2 million trees planted each year while strengthening the economic resilience of the most vulnerable communities

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Santé Sud

6,000 health professionals trained each year

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PLAY International

1 million beneficiaries of education through sport since 1998

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Ecoles de la Bienfaisance

150 children accessing excellent pre-school education

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Afghanistan libre

An organisation working for the education of girls and the work integration of Afghan women (put on standby in 2021)

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Accelerating the coming generation of social, solidarity and environmental enterprises

People Power Inclusion

30 projects serving entrepreneurs in West Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East

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PULSE

550 entrepreneurs with high social and environmental impact supported

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Ateliere Fără Frontiere

400 vulnerable people recruited and trained in environmental integration projects

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Sharing the best social and environmental innovations

Impact Tank

5 research groups bringing together researchers and businesses around impact measurement

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Secrétariat de l’Alliance Pact for Impact

Coordinating an international alliance working for the recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy

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Groupe SOS Consulting

50 companies, institutions and governments assisted each year

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French Impact

30 regions involved in catalysing social and environmental innovation

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Impact Campus

5,000 students made aware of the environmental and social transitions

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Putting finance at the service of the Sustainable Development Goals

Impact Business Angels

70 impact business angels investing in the best green and social start-ups

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Fonds People Power Inclusion

Financing micro-entrepreneurs coached by People Power Inclusion

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PULSE Fund

Financing social, solidarity and environmental enterprises supported by PULSE incubators

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Groupe SOS Participations

Groupe SOS takes minority shares in the best green and social start-ups

Sustainable Development Goals pursued

01 – No poverty

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No poverty
02 – Zero Hunger

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Zero Hunger
03 – Good health and well-being

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Good health and well-being
04 – Quality education

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Quality education
05 – Gender equality

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Gender equality
07 – Energie propre et d’un coût abordable

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Affordable and clean energy
08 – Decent work and economic growth

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Decent work and economic growth
09 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10 – Inégalités réduites

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Reduced inequalities
11 – Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable cities and communities
12 – Responsible consumption and production

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Responsible consumption and production
13 – Measures related to climate action

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Measures related to climate action
14 – Life below water

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Life below water
15 – Life on land

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Life on land
16 – Paix, justice et institutions efficaces

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Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
17 – Partnerships for the goals

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Partnerships for the goals

The International Advisory Board

Groupe SOS International Directors

Kevin Goldberg
Kevin Goldberg

CEO
Kevin Goldberg has been Managing Director of Solidarités International since 2021. He previously worked at Groupe SOS, in charge of development and partnerships, and then at the management of the group’s International Action section. He is a graduate of Sciences Po Grenoble, the College of Europe and the University of Paris Dauphine. He is currently the President of Groupe SOS International.

Chebeka Hachemi
Chebeka Hachemi

President and founder of the NGO Afghanistan Libre, Chebeka Hachemi, a French Afghan woman, was the first female diplomat of the Afghan provisional government, appointed in 2002 after the fall of the Taliban, first secretary of the Afghan Embassy to the European Union in Brussels, then Advisor Minister, based in Paris. She is the author of “L’Insolente de Kaboul”.

Jeroo Billimoria
Jeroo Billimoria

The Founder of several NGOs and a social entrepreneur, Jeroo Billimoria is the Executive Director of Child and Youth Finance International. A graduate of the University of Mumbai, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and The New School, she created in 2019 Catalyst 2030, a global network of social businesses and non-profit organisations that work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Diane Binder
Diane Binder

President and co-founder of Action Emploi Réfugiés, Diane Binder is a social entrepreneur who was responsible for SUEZ’s international development in Africa and the Middle East. Today she is the Executive Director of Regenopolis and works with institutions and organisations such as the European Investment Bank, the Agence Française de Développement, the World Bank and the OECD. She has been a member of the French Presidential Council for Africa since 2017.

Owen Marsh
Owen Marsh

Owen Marsh, a committed co-founder of the non-profit Ambitions Transitions, leads operations at Each One, a training organisation that guides migrants towards employment. He has been a director at Groupe SOS since 2017. After working in the office of the Chairperson of the Executive Board of Groupe SOS, he was in charge of revenue management at Accor, and then of strategy at Air France.

Bruno Chatelier
Bruno Chatelier

Bruno Chatelier, co-founder of DDB share, an endowment fund for the promotion of social businesses, became in 2016 Vice-President of the NGO Zazakely Sambatra in Madagascar, where he previously supported innovative entrepreneurial projects. Since 2009, his commitment to the Social and Solidarity Economy is reflected in his work as he participates in social innovation as well as in projects dedicated to the environmental and social transition.

Presidents

Yasmine Hamraoui (French Impact)
Yasmine Hamraoui (French Impact)

Yasmine Hamraoui is the President of French Impact, a non-profit that accelerates innovative social and environmental initiatives in France. Director and then board member of the Réseau Entreprendre, she is now Associate Director at Impact Partenaires, a pioneer in impact investing.

Marie-Jo Moinier (Santé Sud)
Marie-Jo Moinier (Santé Sud)

Marie-José Moinier is the President of Santé Sud, an international NGO that aims to make health accessible to all by strengthening the capacities of private and public actors in local health systems through a community health approach. She is a laboratory technician and quality control specialist, regularly working in the field in Africa.

Arnaud Mourot (PLAY International)
Arnaud Mourot (PLAY International)

Arnaud Mourot is the European Managing Director of Ashoka, an NGO network of change agents that promotes social innovation. He is also the Founder and President of PLAY International, an NGO that uses sport as a lever for education and social change in Africa and Europe.

Patrice Papet (Planète Urgence)
Patrice Papet (Planète Urgence)

Patrice Papet is the President of Planète Urgence. He used to be General Manager in charge of organisation, human resources and corporate project for France Télévisions, as well as Deputy General Manager of Radio France and Director of human resources for France 3 and Air France.

Nicolas Messio (PULSE et PPI)
Nicolas Messio (PULSE et PPI)

Nicolas Messio is currently Strategy Director of the Radisson Hotel Group and oversaw business transformation for Disneyland Paris. Previously, he was the Director of Altermundi, a Groupe SOS company that pioneered the fair-trade market. He is the President of PULSE.

Guest experts

Sir Ronald Cohen
Sir Ronald Cohen

Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative of the Harvard Business School and the Portland Trust, Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneer in impact investing. A graduate of Oxford and Harvard, he is also co-founder and former Executive Director of Apax Partners Worldwide, a global private equity firm.

Pauline Effa
Pauline Effa

Coordinator of the NGO Partenariat France et Afrique, Pauline Eyebe Effa is the authority on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Cameroon and more broadly in Africa. A fervent activist, she is a graduate of the University of Hainaut in Valenciennes and a recipient of the Vivendi Universal prize for business creation in 2002.

Patrizia Bussi
Patrizia Bussi

Patrizia Bussi is the director of the European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE), which represents 3,000 social enterprises through 30 member networks. She is also a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on social economy and social entrepreneurship (GECES) and Vice-President of Social Economy Europe (SEE).

Nigel Kershaw
Nigel Kershaw

Nigel Kershaw, a leader in social entrepreneurship and impact investing, is Executive Director of The Big Issue Group, co-founder of Big Issue Invest and The Big Issue Exchange. A graduate of the University of the Arts London, he has founded three employee-owned social business publishing companies working towards economic inclusion.

Robin Richa
Robin Richa

Managing Director of the NGO Arcenciel, Robin Richa is a graduate of ESA Business School and the Lebanese American University. After 27 years in finance, he turned to a career focused on sustainable development and helping the most vulnerable.