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Accelerating Impact with Catalytic Capital
Asia sees a growing number of untapped opportunities to support underserved populations, early-stage innovations, and underfunded sectors.
Trust-Based Philanthropy
In the face of increasingly complex and, sometimes rapidly, changing needs on the ground, it is crucial to take a step back and reconsider the status quo.
APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.0
By leveraging the success of the first round of the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund, AVPN continues to mobilise continuum of capital into supporting climate solutions in the region.
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We are a leading ecosystem builder that is increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital from Asia and around the world into the social sector in Asia. We provide a network of peers, rigorous learning programmes, and innovative capital mobilization opportunities that make sure resources are more effectively deployed.
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Atoot: Sports for Development (S4D) Programmes for Holistic Development of Girls in Nepal
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ReCircle: A Clean-tech Innovator on a mission to Create a Circular Economy
Water and Sanitation and Hygiene
Banka Bio: Sustainable solutions for WaSH needs in India
Water and Sanitation and Hygiene
Fair Employment Foundation: Transforming Recruitment System for Migrant Workers in Asia Pacific
Employability, Financial Inclusion, Gender, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Cool Australia: Supporting Educators Globally through Cool+
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HOT-Open Mapping Hub (Asia- Pacific): Transforming Disaster Response, Humanitarian Action and Community Development through Open Source Technologies and Maps
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AVPN Global Conference 2024
As AVPN counts down to the 12th edition of the Annual Global Conference, which will take place against the backdrop of a world in great flux, it is imperative that we provide the social investment community with the most extensive opportunity yet, to learn, connect, and unite in action for Asia.
23 April 2024
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25 April 2024
Signature Event
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Nominations for the 2024 Yidan Prize
31 March 2024
AVPN Monthly Member Meet-ups in Bangkok
29 February 2024
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Mattresses are not recycled in Southeast Asia and most countries around the world as it is not financially viable to do so. Used mattresses are usually placed in landfills, burned or simply thrown away. Because of their bulk and petroleum-based components such as polyurethane foams and polyester fibres, they occupy a huge volume of landfills and are one of the major polluters and big source of microplastics. Globally hundreds of millions of mattresses are disposed of irresponsibly every year.
With our mattress subscription service, hospitality businesses can have access to brand-new, quality mattresses from as little as US$1.90/mattress/month. The mattresses are procured at wholesale prices from the leading manufacturers in each of the region/country in which we operate with receivable-backed debt financing. In order to keep our mattresses secured, their locations are tracked with built-in IoT sensors. At the end of every subscription cycle, which may last between 60 and 120 months in accordance with the hospitality industry's standard mattress replacement cycles, we retrieve the used mattresses, disassemble them and recycle/upcycle their components. Our revenue comprises the monthly subscription payments from our customers as well as the sales of recycled/upcycled products from used mattress components. The recycling/upcycling cost is built into the subscription fees. Over the next half decade we believe we will save at least 1.3 million mattresses from entering landfills and give a new life to over 46 thousand tonnes of used materials. By recycling steel springs alone we will help reduce future carbon emission by 64,000 tonnes.
By recycling the materials recovered from disposed mattresses (such as polyurethane foams, polyester-based textiles, polyester fibres and steel springs), we will save the mattresses from getting openly incinerated and virgin materials from having to be extracted from the earth. We will measure the resulting reduction in GHG emissions.