Savo Project Developers

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

City of London, United Kingdom

Certified Since

April 2022

Industry

Other professional, scientific & tech

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Cameroon,

Ethiopia,

Kenya,

Madagascar,

Nigeria,

Sudan,

Uganda,

United Kingdom

Savo is a fast-growing Africa focused investment and project development company with a specialisation in sustainable asset classes and complex transactions. With USD 70 million in transactions closed, we achieved revenue growth of 200% in 2021 and have generated USD 1 million in profit in less than 2 years of operation. Spanning the spectrum of project development and transaction support, we provide end-to-end advisory services and take equity in companies. Our core focus is developing sustainable businesses and setting companies up for success. To date, we have closed deals in Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. Assets include; sustainable industrial parks; port development; affordable housing; captive power; sustainable sourcing, and; carbon asset development. We are headquartered in London, with our first subsidiary in Kenya later this year.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Savo Project Developers earned an overall score of 123.8. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
123.8
123.8 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 20.5

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement3.5
Ethics & Transparency6.9
+ Mission Locked10

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 39.0

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security12.5
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.0
Career Development5.3
Engagement & Satisfaction8.1

Community 20.4

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion7.7
Economic Impact4.2
Civic Engagement & Giving3.9
Supply Chain Management3.4

Environment 12.6

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management4.4
Air & Climate4.6
Water0.3
Land & Life3.2

Customers 31.1

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship3.1
+ Impact Improvement28

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2022 Overall B Impact Score123.8

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