Unilever is one of the founding partners of TRANSFORM, a unique joint initiative with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and EY which provides selected social enterprises with a combination of funding and business support.

In 2022, TRANSFORM partnered with MovingWorlds to extend the impact of its core programming by launching the TRANSFORM Support Hub, which connects any social enterprise with corporates, peers, learning content, and a global community of pro bono professionals to accelerate their impact and revenues.

In addition, Unilever has partnered directly with MovingWorlds to provide free access to the TRANSFORM Support Hub for its employees, and for the diverse-owned enterprises in its supplier development program.

A social enterprise is an organization that provides products & services in-line with one or more of the 17 SDGs and uses the power of the market to scale it through earned revenue streams. It also actively measures and manages any negative impacts created by its operations, prioritizes a healthy working environment for employees, and prioritizes the development of the community and ecosystem it is a part of.

A diverse-owned enterprise is an organization that is 51% or more owned, managed, and controlled by members of a diverse group — including women, people who identify as LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and people from racially minoritized groups.

Many social enterprises are also diverse-owned enterprises, but not all diverse-owned enterprises are social enterprises.

To get started, register using the link above. Once you create your account, you will be prompted to watch the onboarding video which will explain how to connect with opportunities to support social enterprises and diverse-owned enterprises with your skills, access certificate-bearing learning modules in leading social impact and sustainability topics, network with peers, and join upcoming Industry Leader events.

Once you’ve registered, you can easily search projects directly from your dashboard by clicking “Search Projects” from the left-hand menu. From there, you can filter projects by the types of skills you have, and the language you speak, project type, and more. The onboarding video will walk you through the entire process, step-by-step!