In this episode, we are looking at the impact measurement side of water and sanitation businesses.
The host, Andy Narracott, is joined by Tono Aguilar, President of CASSA, a social enterprise providing sustainable, social housing in Guatemala. And Paul Gunstensen, Director of WASH at the Stone Family Foundation.

The episode covers:

• Why you should measure the impact of your social enterprise
• Using IRIS indicators of impact, and mapping them onto the SDGs
• What the Stone Family Foundation looks for in impact measurement
• How to choose what to measure
• How the SFF evaluates each investment opportunity
• Advice for other social entrepreneurs

Water and sanitation businesses that serve basic needs are not high-margin businesses. Therefore, there's never going to be enough money to compete with more profitable businesses on salaries. Equally, local players often only see the opportunity to provide a service, but rarely see the complexity of building a business to attract and keep staff with the right skills and capacity.

On this episode, Andy Narracott talks to Baker Bozeyeh, Co-Founder and CEO of Flowless to understand the challenges from the perspective of an early-stage business. Then he speaks to Marc Aoun, Co-founder of Compost Baladi in Lebanon and Sebastian Hamers who's a Partner at Human Insight, to hear their reflections on these challenges.

Finally, Michael Kropac, Co-Director of CEWAS to share his key takeaways from the interviews.

This podcast is brought to you by the Sanitation and Water Entrepreneurship Pact, a collaboration of organisations that helps entrepreneurs deliver basic access to water and sanitation services for all.

Find out more on their website: www.water-entrepreneurship-pact.org

Private and institutional investors are typically looking to make investments above what an average WASH entrepreneur can absorb. Yet there are few investable WASH businesses anyway. The majority are informal, have irregular revenues and do not make much money.
When entrepreneurs do meet investors, they need to learn the language of investment.

On this episode, Andy Narracott talks to Beth Koigi, Co-Founder of Majik Water, to understand the entrepreneur's perspective on challenges raising investment. Then he speaks to Mona Mijthab, Founder of Mosan in Guatemala and Landry Parkouda, Co-founder at Forth Investment in Burkina Faso, to hear their reflections on these challenges.

Finally, Reto Wey, Co-founder of Toilets4All Foundation, shares his takeaways from the discussion.

This podcast is brought to you by the Sanitation and Water Entrepreneurship Pact, a collaboration of organisations that helps entrepreneurs deliver basic access to water and sanitation services for all.

Find out more on their website: www.water-entrepreneurship-pact.org