About TRANSFORM

We TRANSFORM lives by tackling global challenges through life-changing enterprise.


TRANSFORM is based on a desire to address urgent issues by learning from each other. Established in 2015 and led by Unilever, the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and EY, we have a proven model and an ambition to increase our impact across Africa, Asia and beyond.

We combine grant funding, business insight, on-the-ground experience, resources and networks. Our tailored approach creates evidence which we share widely to help leaders across the world solve global challenges. The initiative has supported over 100 projects in 17 countries so far.

Our enterprises and the services they provide answer some of the most persistent development challenges. From e-commerce access through to digital healthcare solutions or sanitation services, TRANSFORM enterprises take an agile and consumer-focussed approach to meeting the needs of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

Get involved today through the TRANSFORM Support Hub.

The TRANSFORM Support Hub is an on-demand acceleration platform scaling sustainable and equitable business models of the future – for impact enterprises, corporations, and the people working within them.

The TRANSFORM Support Hub, launched together with MovingWorlds, SAP, and Unilever, is a global platform combining education, pro bono consulting, and cross-sector connection building to help impact enterprises build commercial partnerships, while at the same helping corporations educate and engage employees at scale to embed ESG throughout their core businesses.

If you’re an impact enterprise we can connect you with pro bono experts, cost-saving guides, corporate sales opportunities, and follow-on funders.

If you’re a professional or corporate organisation, get in touch to support impact enterprises with your skills, expertise, and network.

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Projects supported

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People impacted

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Countries reached

Our impact worldwide

We’ve supported over 100 projects in 17 countries to date. We support impact enterprises across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Unlocking the power of markets

Inclusive, market-based solutions that crowd in the best of private sector creativity.

Serving people, not beneficiaries

Impactful products and services built around the real needs of those who use them.

Scaling impact with technology

Leveraging digital for reach, insights, efficiency and scale.

Founding & programme-level partners

TRANSFORM is a joint initiative between Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and EY.
  • Unilever
    Corporate
    Unilever is a global company selling fast-moving consumer goods working to make sustainable living common place.
  • FCDO
    Government
    The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) leads the UK’s work internationally, reducing poverty and tackling global challenges.
  • EY
    Corporate
    EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy, transaction and consulting services, with a purpose of building a better working world.

How to get involved

Join the TRANSFORM community to collaborate with other enterprises and our contributing partners.

Join the community

Access the TRANSFORM Support Hub to learn, connect, and grow with the support of changemakers from around the world.