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Landmark report marks World Toilet Day
20th November, 2020 To mark World Toilet Day (19 November 2020), a new report on how technology can be used to improve sanitation and public health outcomes has been launched by the International Water Association (IWA) and the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC).World Toilet Day 2020
17th November, 2020Join the Toilet Board Coalition this World Toilet Day for a dynamic series of events celebrating the entrepreneurs and businesses at the forefront of the sanitation economy:
FIRMENICH SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
15th October, 2020 Pathways to positive: respecting nature, acting on climate change and caring about people are the three pillars of Firmenich to do Business for Good. Download their latest Sustainability ReportWomen in the Sanitation Economy Innovation Lab
5th October, 2020 Powered by the Toilet Board Coalition, with the strategic support of Kimberly-Clark under the Kotex brand, the Women in the Sanitation Economy Innovation Lab is intended to cultivate and catalyse early stage ideas and businesses within the Sanitation Economy that are either women-led and/or women’s health focused.Putting User Experience at the forefront of the Toilet Economy
2nd October, 2020 TOILET BOARD COALITIONPublic toilets are the backbone of an urban area's essential sanitation services and yet they are often found in disrepair, unclean and unhygienic. With this document and the recommendations of a...
TOILET BOARD COALITION ANNOUNCES CEO LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
10th September, 2020 TOILET BOARD COALITIONThe Toilet Board Coalition announced today that Cheryl Hicks, Chief Executive Officer, after five years at TBC, has decided to step down as CEO & Executive Officer, with immediate effect. The...
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM-TOILET BOARD COALITION INDIA CHAPTER HEALTHY CITIES & COMMUNITIES KICK-OFF WEBINAR
10th August, 2020On July 29, 2020, the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Toilet Board Coalition, India (TBC), with support from Swaccha Bharat Mission Urban (SBM-U) and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai...
JOELEX RECEIVES FUNDING FROM AQUA FOR ALL TO FURTHER DEPLOY SANITATION FACILITIES IN UGANDA
30th June, 2020 Toilet Board CoalitionJoelex, part of the Toilet Board Coalition's 2019 Accelerator Program, has been building an urban-slum community sanitation centre model since 2017 and currently operates two sanitation centres...
SATO, a part of LIXIL launches the new SATO Tap, a handwashing station for all
30th June, 2020 SATOSATO Tap is a novel handwashing station that aims to improve hygiene for millions around the world. It has a unique nozzle that releases just enough water to practice safe hygiene and is operated...
SANITATION ECONOMY ACTION PLAN FOR COVID-19 - Collaborative Business Response, Responsibility, and Resilience -
9th April, 2020 Toilet Board CoalitionTwo weeks ago we shared with you our thinking about how we can do more to support solutions for the response, and our collective responsibility as the Sanitation Economy business community...
FIRMENICH EXPANDS HAND SANITIZER PRODUCTION; DONATING 100 TONS ACROSS USA AND SWITZERLAND
7th April, 2020 FirmenichGeneva, Switzerland, April 3, 2020 – Building on Firmenich’s donation of 20 tons of hand sanitizer in Geneva, the Group is increasing its production capacity to 100 tons for...
Delivering the Essentials for Care
7th April, 2020 Kimberly-Clark CorporationKimberly-Clark’s vision is to provide the world with essentials for a better life, and today, we know our consumers and our people are counting on us more than ever to fulfill that vision.The...
Resetting Human Lives Outside Home: Institutional and Community Infection Control
4th April, 2020 Nimish Shah, Toilet Board Coalition India ChapterCOVID-19 appears unstoppable and has almost imposed a global lockdown. Yet there is faith that we will overcome this through our collective will, cooperation, intelligence and creativity. What about...
SWA Private Sector Statement on the COVID-19 Outbreak
3rd April, 2020 SWA Private Sector Statement“COVID-19 is a crisis of poorly managed sanitation, water and hygiene"– Catarina De Albuquerque CEO, SWASWA’s Private Sector members are working side by side with...
Promise Amidst a Pandemic
27th March, 2020 Alexandra Knezovich, Toilet Board CoalitionConstraints can birth innovation, constraints can give focus and momentum – shining a fresh light on opportunities that seasons of comfort look past.Over the last four years at the Toilet Board...
Recession-proofing in the time of COVID-19
25th March, 2020 Venu Gupta, Toilet Board CoalitionIn an experiment in 2011[1], Prof Jennifer Mueller (et al), divided a group of 73 people in two teams. Through a questionnaire, she tested each group for their preference for creativity and thinking...
Cottonelle® asks Americans to #ShareASquare and Commits $1 million to United Way Worldwide COVID-19 relief efforts
25th March, 2020 Kimberly-Clark CorporationIn addition to $1 million donation, brand plans to donate $1 for every use of hashtag #ShareASquare and provide one million rolls of Cottonelle over the next three months
From our CEO: We will fight this pandemic together
24th March, 2020 Alan Jope, UnileverAs the world’s biggest soap-making company, we are throwing our weight behind the global effort to protect lives and livelihoods from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Firmenich turns hand to sanitizer to support Geneva’s healthcare
23rd March, 2020 FirmenichIn response to the COVID-19 virus, Firmenich, the world’s largest privately owned perfume and taste company, is adapting the production of its Geneva manufacturing sites to donate 20 tons of...
Resetting Human Lives Outside Home
22nd March, 2020 Nimish Shah, Toilet Board Coalition India Chapter#Covid19 appears unstoppable and has almost imposed a global lockdown. Yet there is faith that we will overcome this through our collective will, cooperation, intelligence and creativity. What about...
HYGIENE IN CRISIS - A global wake up call to accelerate transformation, new business solutions & access for all
20th March, 2020 Cheryl D. Hicks, Toilet Board CoalitionOn World Water Day 22 March 2020 the world is in the grip of a global health crisis with hygiene top of mind and top of the international agenda.What are we prepared to do now that we weren’t...
Toilet Board Coalition and Xynteo Partner on Ambitious New Corporate Leadership Programme
17th February, 2020 Toilet Board Coalition, MEDIA RELEASEThe Toilet Board Coalition and Xynteo’s Leadership Vanguard programme announce a new partnership aimed at uncovering new value in the Sanitation Economy across industry sectors. The...
Poop scoop: The state of the sanitation economy
30th January, 2020 World Bank, Nandita KotwalThe sanitation economy has the potential to unlock 3.8 trillion liters of new resources generated every year from toilets and sanitation systems. In India alone, the sanitation economy is...
The Sanitation Economy to drive the next wave of innovation, economic growth and development
14th January, 2020 Times of IndiaThe world continues to grapple with the critical issue of sanitation, and the inability of current sanitation systems to keep pace with burgeoning population growth and rapid urbanisation. According...
Sanitation is the New Growth Engine
14th January, 2020 Sourcing Hardware MagazineBusiness leaders and entrepreneurs have an opportunity to embrace the emerging sanitation economy in the country for fueling sustainable growth
Media Release: NEW STAFF APPOINTMENTS: TOILET BOARD COALITION WELCOMES NEW DIRECTORS IN INDIA AND GENEVA IN 2020
18th December, 2019 Toilet Board Coalition, MEDIA RELEASEThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) adds to its growing team two new Directors who will join the Secretariat’s management teams in 2020 to implement the TBC’s 2020-2025 strategy. Dr....
India’s $62 billion sanitation economy is fueling entrepreneurs in renewable energy
16th December, 2019 CNBCSeveral large multinational companies, including Kimberly Clark, Unilever and Lixil, recently gathered in India with the World Bank, various NGOs and government officials to meet with sanitation...
Q&A: WASH business: One company's journey to breakeven
6th December, 2019 By Jenny Lei Ravelo, DevexMANILA — In India alone, the sanitation economy is estimated to be valued at $62 billion a year by 2021, according to the Toilet Board Coalition.Swachh Bharat, the government...
‘India’s sanitation economy has opportunities worth $62 billion a year … Now, access to sanitation is a resource story’
18th November, 2019 Times of India, Surojit GuptaThe sanitation drive in India has been led mainly by the state. Of late, private companies have begun work to make it financially viable. Cheryl Hicks, CEO and Executive Director, Toilet...
Toilet Board Coalition Announces New Chair & Vice-Chairs
11th September, 2019 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Steering Committee of the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), has voted in its new leadership for a two year term commencing 1 September 2019. Erin McCusker, Chief Strategy Officer SATO, LIXIL...
Funding Opportunity for Sanitation Economy, Health & Space Technologies
7th May, 2019 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications team in the search for ambitious and innovative businesses to combine space and sanitation...
THE SANITATION ECONOMY IN THE TEA SECTOR
3rd April, 2019 Toilet Board CoalitionMEDIA RELEASETHE SANITATION ECONOMY IN THE TEA SECTOR Camellia Plc joins the Toilet Board Coalition as a project member, collaborating with Unilever, Tata Global Beverages, and the...
This World Water Day: Calling all businesses to consider sanitation in your water strategy - or get left behind…
22nd March, 2019 Cheryl D. Hicks, Toilet Board CoalitionIn 2019, leading businesses are seeing new value and business opportunities in sanitation - where you perhaps hadn’t been been looking. Sanitation is no longer a critical development issue...
"NegaWater"? – the hidden water source?
22nd March, 2019 Sandy Rodger, Toilet Board CoalitionAmory Lovins, chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, has argued that the cheapest source of Megawatts of energy is what he calls “Negawatts” – energy which doesn’t...
Smart Sanitation and Real Time Disease Detection
25th January, 2019 By Jasmine Burton for WEFLiveWe live at a fascinating time in global health history. The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) has led to new technologies and the democratization of innovation; subsequently, society is witnessing...
Here's how smart toilets of the future could protect your health
23rd January, 2019 By Kate Baggaley for NBC MACHSmart toilets could even yield insights into public health, says Michael Lindenmayer, the smart sanitation and digital health co-lead at the Toilet Board Coalition, a consortium of businesses and...
India's city of Pune focuses on sanitation system of the future
19th January, 2019 By Linda Givetash and Priti Gupta for NBCPUNE, India — Being pregnant, Nikita Vavale finds herself needing to go to the bathroom a lot these days. But what should be only a slight inconvenience is preventing her from leaving the house...
“Reinvented” Toilets Saving Lives Could Also Reap Billions in Revenues by 2030
26th November, 2018 Triple Pundit, by Abha MalpaniSanitation is “the business of the decade,” Cheryl Hicks, chief executive of the Toilet Board Coalition, said last week on World Toilet Day. “Half the world needs toilets....
The smart toilet that can tell if you're sick: Lavatory diagnoses diseases by analysing the content of your urine and detecting warning signs of cancer and diabetes
26th November, 2018 Daily Mail, by Victoria BellSmart toilets of the future could spot early signs of diseases like cancer and diabetes by tracking your urine.
Space age toilets to monitor your POO - and will text you if you’re ill
25th November, 2018 Express, By Jon CoatesSpace age technology is being used to create the next generation of toilets which can monitor for the early signs of disease. Sensors would then beam an alert to the users’ mobile phones...
How high-tech toilets could soon be tracking your every movement
25th November, 2018 The Telegraph, by Sarah KnaptonThe bathroom is arguably the last bastion of privacy, but soon a new high-tech lavatory could be tracking your every movement.Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) and MIT have...
Gates is right — we need 21st-century sanitation
20th November, 2018 Erik Harvey (WaterAid), Financial TimesOne in three people in the world lives without a decent toilet, meaning that too much faecal matter is not safely dealt with (“ Bill Gates: from software to toilets”, Simon Kuper,...
A NEW GOLD RUSH IS UPON US, AND ITS COLOUR IS BROWN: GLOBAL & LOCAL BUSINESSES JUMP INTO THE SANITATION ECONOMY
19th November, 2018 Toilet Board Coalition, MEDIA RELEASEToilet Board Coalition announces new commercial and investment partnerships for , and new members with the joint vision to accelerate the Sanitation Economy.
World Toilet Day Highlights Global Sanitation Crisis
19th November, 2018 Rodney Muhumuza, Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda — Poor countries around the world are facing a dangerous shortage of toilets that puts millions of live at risk, according to campaigners marking World Toilet Day by urging...
Moving beyond a 'flush and forget' mindset in India
19th November, 2018 Devex, by Adva SaldingerNEW DELHI — India has built millions of toilets in the past three years as part of an ambitious national effort spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and while the country is approaching...
The untapped business opportunity of a good toilet experience could change the lives of billions
19th November, 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation, Cheryl Hicks and Myriam SidibeBy Cheryl Hicks, the CEO and executive director of the Toilet Board Coalition and Myriam Sidibe, a Senior Fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for...
MEET THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER: SANDY RODGER, ENGINEERING A TRANSFORMATION IN SANITATION WORLDWIDE
5th November, 2018 Institution of Mechanical EngineersOur approach is different. We envisage a “new grid” of sanitation systems comprising flows of water, materials, energy, and data. We regard human waste as a resource, part of the natural...
Making the chain more fluid with sustainable sanitation financing
30th October, 2018 Sara Bori, IRCInspired by World Water Week 2018 we talked with Cheryl Hicks of the Toilet Board Coalition about attracting alternative finance into the sanitation chain.
What you need to know from Stockholm World Water Week 2018
3rd September, 2018 Devex, by Sophie EdwardsSTOCKHOLM — There was a newfound sense of urgency in the air at this year’s Stockholm World Water Week. More than 3,000 water, sanitation, and hygiene actors gathered in the Swedish...
The Global Sanitation Crisis Presents Lucrative Business Opportunities
29th August, 2018 Business Fights PovertyAt the recent World Water Week 2018, the Toilet Board Coalition explored the commercial and social impact opportunities for businesses willing to engage in the sanitation crisis. What exactly is the...
The Benefits of Smart Sanitation on a Global Level
28th August, 2018 Media Planet, Sandy RodgerThe Chief Operating Officer of the The Toilet Board Coalition sat down with Mediaplanet to discusses the global sanitation crisis.
The Hidden Potential of Toilets
24th August, 2018 Media Planet, Cheryl HicksCould we be flushing valuable resources down the toilet? The Toilet Board takes a look at the opportunities for business and sanitation lurking where no one has looked.
The European Space Agency and the Toilet Board Coalition partner to leverage space technologies to accelerate the Sanitation Economy in developing markets
19th June, 2018 Toilet Board CoalitionWe are proud to announce our new Strategic Project partnership with the European Space Agency - ESA and the Toilet Board Coalition partner to leverage space technologies to accelerate the Sanitation...
Veolia joins the Toilet Board Coalition bringing expertise on Circular Sanitation & Smart City Business Solutions
2nd May, 2018 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), the world's first business-led platform focused on accelerating the Sanitation Economy, welcomes Veolia, global leader in optimised resource management, to its...
Attracting Investment and Talent in India’s Sanitation Sector: Takeaways from Mumbai Apr 18 Roundtable
27th April, 2018 IntellecapThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) and Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group convened key stakeholders in India’s sanitation sector on 23rd April, 2018 in Mumbai, India. The roundtable discussion was...
MOBILE SOLUTIONS FOR SANITATION: REMOVING BARRIERS TO SHARING OF PUBLIC TOILETS
28th March, 2018 UnileverUber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Peer-to-peer (P2P) business models such as these...
5 ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution could end water insecurity
23rd March, 2018 Callie Stinson, World Economic ForumThe global water and sanitation crisis is not a new story. Each World Water Day we review the sobering statistics with which we are becoming all too familiar: the expected 40% gap in global water...
Toilet Board Coalition Sankalp Highlights
8th March, 2018 Claire Balbo, Toilet Board CoalitionAs the Accelerator Manager at the Toilet Board Coalition, I attended the Sankalp Africa Forum, Nairobi, 1-2 March 2018. Sankalp brings together entrepreneurs, investors, corporates...
LIXIL to Provide UN-Habitat with Sanitation Facilities for Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement
26th February, 2018 LIXILTokyo, Japan – LIXIL Corporation (LIXIL), a global leader in the housing and buildings industry, announced today it has been awarded a contract by UN-Habitat to provide its Green Toilet System...
CEO Leadership on the Global Sanitation Crisis: Action Agenda for the Sanitation Economy Set in Davos
30th January, 2018 Toilet Board CoalitionAs world leaders gathered to discuss economic, social and political agendas at the recent World Economic Forum, a group of business leaders met to develop an Action Agenda to address the global...
Davos Media Release: Global CEOs support new Action Agenda for the Sanitation Economy
23rd January, 2018 Toilet Board CoalitionToilet Board Coalition’s ecosystem development work in the multibillion dollar Sanitation Economy draws CEO supportUnilever, LIXIL Corporation, Kimberly-Clark, TATA Trusts and Firmenich CEOs...
ISO Focus: The Troubling Talk of Toilets
19th January, 2018 ISOThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), based in Geneva, Switzerland, is catalysing on the new vision of “the sanitation economy” – a new business-led approach that creates an ecosystem...
The Sanitation Economy: The New Economy Set to Tackle SDG 6.2
16th January, 2018 IISDThe news often reports the desperate lack of access to safe sanitation faced by a staggering 2.3 billion people globally. Around the world, one in three people still lacks access to a toilet, and...
The Hidden Potential of Toilets
3rd January, 2018 USA Today, Media PlanetCould we be flushing valuable resources down the toilet? The Toilet Board takes a look at the opportunities for business and sanitation lurking where no one has looked.
Fixing The World’s Sanitation Is A Big Business Opportunity
7th December, 2017 Fast Company, Ben SchillerIn the world of impact capitalism, opportunities don’t come much bigger than sanitation. More than 2 billion people go without the dignity of a decent daily toilet; two-thirds of the...
This futuristic toilet could save lives – and it’s closer than you think
7th December, 2017 The News & Observer, by John MurawskiNorth Carolina could one day be known as the birthplace of a futuristic toilet that can convert human waste into water, a puff of smoke and a dusting of ashes.Scientists at RTI International and Duke...
A Call to Action for Global Businesses to Accelerate the Sanitation Economy
22nd November, 2017 Charlie Beevor, Unilever Global Vice President Household Cleaning Brands, TBC Chair and Cheryl Hicks, TBC Executive DirectorThe Sanitation Economy - by Charlie Beevor & Cheryl Hicks21 November 2017, Pune India: On World Toilet Day, we have launched our call to action for our fellow global business leaders to join...
Where there’s muck
21st November, 2017 Reuters, Antony CurrieLearning how to master effluent is becoming a surefire way to make a financial splash. Some 80 percent of the world’s wastewater goes untreated, causing health and other societal problems....
On World Toilet Day, UN Highlights Human Rights Challenge for SDG Target 6.2
21st November, 2017 SDG Knowledge Hub, Delia Paul19 November 2017: The UN, governments and civil society observed World Toilet Day 2017, with messages focused on the theme, ‘Toilets and Wastewater,’ which stressed the need for safe...
Designing For People, Not Problems, Will Help Us Tackle The Global Sanitation Crisis
21st November, 2017 Huffington Post, Contributor Jin Montesano, Chief Public Affairs Officer, LIXIL CorporationToilets have transformed the way we live today. From health, to safety, to convenience - being able to access a toilet from the comfort of our own home no longer seems like a luxury. That’s why...
There’s big business in solving India’s toilet crisis
20th November, 2017 the hustleSanitation facilities in India are super bad. And because of that, there’s a $62B market for global and local companies to help fix the problem.According to the Toilet Board...
Circular ideas can improve sanitation
20th November, 2017 Innovator's MagazineNew research reveals that adopting circular economy principles could lead to improved sanitation products and services for communities worldwide.Today is World Toilet Day, and...
Enabling the private sector to provide affordable sanitation services in Bangladesh
20th November, 2017 WSUPUtilities and local governments struggle to deliver safely managed sanitation to residents at the scale required to serve everyone in the city.Sanitation SMEs have a critical role to play in helping...
World Toilet Day 2017: Where does our poo go? Looking at wastewater through the lens of the Circular Sanitation Economy
20th November, 2017 Inter-American Development BankNovember is a special month in the world of Toilets. Each November global stakeholders come together to shine a spotlight on a very important grand challenge – addressing the global sanitation...
On World Toilet Day, Human Waste Makes a Comeback
20th November, 2017 Huffington Post, Contributor Chris W. Williams, Executive Director of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council“Flush and forget.”“Out of sight, out of mind.”With the invention of sewered sanitation, this has been the attitude of many of us to our wastewater. Since the health of our...
Toilet Board Coalition Rallies Global Businesses Around Sanitation Economy
18th November, 2017 By Sustainable BrandsAccording to the World Health Organization (WTO) 1 in 3 people don’t have access to a clean and safe toilet. The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), along with LIXIL Group...
Media Release: Toilet Board Coalition Announces its 2018 Toilet Accelerator Cohort
18th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), the world’s first business-led platform focused on accelerating the Sanitation Economy, has announced its new 2018 Cohort of the Toilet...
Big News: 2018 Toilet Accelerator Cohort
17th November, 2017 Biomass ControlsIn an announcement made by the Toilet Board Coalition this morning, we were named as one of the 2018 Accelerator Cohort finalists. "These are the inspiring entrepeneurs and new...
Beauty in the Beast
17th November, 2017 Claire Balbo, Toilet Board Coalition“We have no interest in becoming a business” – I once heard the head of a sanitation organisation tell me. This word “business”, for so long seen as the enemy of social...
The Toilet Accelerator & Safi Sana Story
17th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition sat down with the Cohort and Mentors of the 2017 Toilet Accelerator to find out a bit more about what they felt were the most valuable learnings in their journey together...
Announcing our new Toilet Accelerator Cohort 2018!
17th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionANNOUNCING THE 2018 TOILET ACCELERATOR COHORT! The new 2018 Toilet Accelerator Cohort and the Toilet Board Coalition Selection Committee highlight the innovative projects we will work on together.
Are smart cities the answer to the urban sanitation crisis?
17th November, 2017 UnileverCheryl Hicks and Nitin Paranjpe look at how an innovative approach to tackling the urban sanitation crisis – which involves testing the world’s most imaginative solutions – could...
A $62 billion business opportunity is hiding behind India’s toilet troubles
16th November, 2017 By Ananya Bhattacharya at QuartzThree years after rolling out the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign, which among other things aims to eradicate open defecation by 2019, India is far from solving its filth problem.
Regulatory reform: stacking the odds in favour of formal sanitation businesses
16th November, 2017 WSUPIt is no secret that sanitation is a challenging area for formal businesses to profit from. The use of the term “formal” here is deliberate, and important – so what does it mean?...
The Circular Sanitation Economy - Disruptive Innovation Festival Panel
16th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Circular Sanitation Economy: The Commercial Case and Economics for the Biological Cycle in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Disruptive Innovation Festival and panel with...
Celebrate World Toilet Week with PSI and Toilet Board Coalition
16th November, 2017 PSIDid you think how lucky you were today when you used the toilet? You probably didn’t but you should. You often only notice this habitual task when you have an urgent need and a restroom is...
Innovations to combat the spread of cholera in cities
16th November, 2017 WSUPCholera is a common public health burden in cities across the developing world, and tackling the spread of cholera in low-income communities is of high priority for city authorities. Particularly...
The Circular Sanitation Economy - Faster to Scale
16th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionFor those who read my occasional blog posts on the Circular Economy, I have been quiet for a while. A little like the sea receding before a tsunami wave, this was because of a huge effort in my role...
The Toilet Accelerator & Sanergy Story
16th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition sat down with the Cohort and Mentors of the 2017 Toilet Accelerator to find out a bit more about what they felt were the most valuable learnings in their journey together...
The 2017 Toilet Accelerator from the Project Lead Perspective: Sandy Rodger
16th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition sat down with the Cohort and Mentors of the 2017 Toilet Accelerator to find out a bit more about what they felt were the most valuable learnings in their journey together...
TBC India Round Table
16th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionPanel discussion highlighting our SMART SANITATION ECONOMY collaboration with the Pune Municipal Corporation and a focus on Sanitation Economy opportunities in India.
Media Release: New Sanitation Economy presents a multi-billion dollar business opportunity
15th November, 2017 Toilet Board Coalition· According to the Toilet Board Coalition, the Sanitation Economy presents a $US 62 billion opportunity in India alone by 2021, and if embraced, could be a significant part of the...
The Toilet Accelerator & Sanivation Story
15th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition sat down with the Cohort and Mentors of the 2017 Toilet Accelerator to find out a bit more about what they felt were the most valuable learnings in their journey together...
Introducing the Sanitation Economy
15th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionSanitation is every business’s business. The Sanitation Economy presents vast potential for global economic growth while addressing one of the most urgent grand challenges of our time,...
The Toilet Accelerator & The Biocycle Story
14th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition sat down with the Cohort and Mentors of the 2017 Toilet Accelerator to find out a bit more about what they felt were the most valuable learnings in their journey together...
Flushing Out Sanitation Market Failures
14th November, 2017 by Aprajita Singh, PSI IndiaA third of the world’s population — 2.4 billion people — live without sanitation facilities. Not having access to even a basic toilet exposes millions of men, women, and children to...
2017 Toilet Accelerator Mentor & Cohort Round Table
13th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe 2017 Toilet Accelerator Cohort and Mentors discuss their experience in the Accelerator programme and their insights into the future of the Sanitation sector. On the panel: Sandy Rodger -...
The Toilet Accelerator & Samagra Story
13th November, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition sat down with the Cohort and Mentors of the 2017 Toilet Accelerator to find out a bit more about what they felt were the most valuable learnings in their journey together...
IN DEPTH: People Power Processing Organic & Human Waste
8th November, 2017 By MAXINE PERELLA, Waste Management WorldGlobally, millions live without sanitary toilets and with food and organic wastes rotting in the street. Maxine Perella explains how those health hazards could in fact be resources.
ACCELERATING THE SANITATION ECONOMY: The Fortune in our Toilets
3rd November, 2017 Cheryl D. Hicks, TBCNovember is a special month in the world of Toilets. Each November we join together with our global stakeholders to shine a spotlight on a very important grand challenge?—?addressing the global...
Join the TBC team!
26th October, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition is currently looking to fill three positions in India for a January 2018 start. Applications must be received by 2 November 2017.
Join us to make safe toilets save lives! - Firmenich CEO Gilbert Ghostine
18th October, 2017 Gilber Ghostine, CEO FirmenichFirmenich CEO, Gilbert Ghostine, reflects on WBCSD's Council Meeting and the opportunity to present a keynote on how business can be a force for good and a catalyst for the SDGs....
The rise of the sanitation economy: how business can help solve a global crisis
20th September, 2017 Reuters, Nitin ParanjpeSanitation economy models promise potential in water efficiency, food security and climate resilience
Toilet Board Coalition Announces New Chairman, Vice-Chair and Board Appointments
15th September, 2017 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), the world’s first business-led platform focused on accelerating market-based sanitation solutions, has appointed Charlie Beevor, Global Vice-President...
The Quest To Use Big Data And Community Toilets To Create A Model For Building Urban Sanitation
14th September, 2017 Fast Company, Eillie AnzilottiIn the Indian city of Pune, tricking out community toilets with Wi-Fi and sensors could be the way to create a modern waste management system and become a “smart sanitation city.”
How we are helping to address the global sanitation crisis
8th September, 2017 UnileverCharlie Beevor, Unilever’s Global VP of Household Cleaning, recently attended World Water Week in Stockholm. Here he explains why and how we are involved, and the particular focus of our...
Pune looks to become world’s first smart sanitation city
1st September, 2017 Cities Today, Nick MitchellThe Toilet Board Coalition and Pune Municipal Corporation, India have announced a new collaboration towards making the metropolis the world’s first smart sanitation city.The...
PMC partners with TBC to become ‘Smart Sanitation City’
1st September, 2017 Indian ExpressThe Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced that it is collaborating with the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) to make Pune the first ‘Smart Sanitation City’ in the world. The city...
Pune looks to become world’s first smart sanitation city
30th August, 2017 The Source, International Water AssociationThe Toilet Board Coalition and Pune Municipal Corporation have announced a new collaboration towards making Pune, India, the world’s first smart sanitation city.The Toilet...
Announcing the Pune Smart Sanitation City Project!
29th August, 2017In support of the Indian government’s Swachh Bharat sanitation campaign and Smart Cities initiative, the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) announce a new...
Toilets Need More Loving
9th August, 2017 Live Mint, Suryakant PandeyAn even bigger challenge than toilet-building is the lack of ongoing maintenance for the toilets after they have been built
The Developing World Is Turning Its Poop Problem Into A Resource
11th July, 2017 Fast Company, Eillie AnzilottiWaste-management systems in Africa and India could soon outstrip those in the developed world in terms of sustainability and efficiency.
Toilet Board Coalition and Sankalp Forum launch new Challenge for the Sanitation Sector in India
26th June, 2017The Toilet Board Coalition partners with Sankalp Forum, creating a call for business solutions challenge for its 2018 Toilet Accelerator India Edition. The partnership aims to identify and showcase...
Join the Toilet Board Coalition at World Water Week this August in Stockholm!
26th June, 2017JOIN THE TOILET BOARD COALITION AT SIWI’S WORLD WATER WEEK IN A SPECIAL EVENT ‘BUSINESS APPROACHES TO WASTE TO RESOURCE MODELS’The Toilet Board Coalition, a business led...
LAST CALL for Toilet Accelerator Applications 2018 Cohort?—?Deadline 30 April!
26th June, 2017BE A PART OF THE #NEXTBIGTHING!The Toilet Board Coalition is a business platform enabling private sector engagement; connecting large and small companies through their Toilet Accelerator; and...
LIXIL’s SATO toilet finalist in World Changing Ideas Awards
29th March, 2017 Contractor MagazineTOKYO – LIXIL Corp., a global manufacturer in housing and building materials, products and services, announced its SATO toilets have been selected as a finalist for Fast...
THE TBC’S TOILET ACCELERATOR SELECTED BY FAST COMPANY 2017 WORLD CHANGING IDEAS AWARDS
28th March, 2017Geneva, March 27, 2017 —Fast Company has announced the winners of its premiere World Changing Ideas Awards, which honour businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that offer innovative...
The Firmenich Malodor Control Project
16th March, 2017Firmenich is tackling the global sanitation crisis with cutting-edge innovation and expertise, developing breakthrough malodor control technologies to ‘Reinvent the Toilet Experience.’
OFFICIAL OPENING FIRST SAFI SANA FACTORY IN GHANA ON MARCH 15
15th March, 2017Dutch-Ghanaian social venture Safi Sana (2017 Toilet Accelerator Cohort) opens first POO POWER FACTORY in Accra- Ashaiman on March 15th, 2017.Ghana’s first ever Poo Power plant...
TOILET SUMMIT NOV. 2016 HIGHLIGHTS REPORT NOW AVAILABLE!
16th February, 2017It was a special honour to host over 250 leading businesses and stakeholders this past November in Mumbai at the Global Toilet Business Innovation and Investment Summit. We have ventured to...
Are For-Profit Toilets The Solution To The Global Sanitation Crisis?
19th December, 2016 Fast Co. ExistAfter six years and many different business models, toilet startup Samagra is gaining traction in India by offering services along with clean facilities—for a fee.
Applying The Circular Economy To Toilets Could Speed Up Global Sanitation
15th December, 2016 Fast Co. ExistThere's a lot of money in people's poop. If the developing world finds ways to harvest it as they add toilets and plumbing, it will be far ahead of us in monetizing an important...
Sanitation in the Circular Economy – or how to better Bazalgette?
28th November, 2016 Sandy RogerLondon is proud of its sewers. In 1848 and 1853 cholera outbreaks killed 25,000 Londoners, and 1858 was described as the “Great Stink.” The disease was poorly understood, but the smell...
How mobile tech improves global sanitation: Research brief on the Digitization of Sanitation
28th November, 2016 Engineering For ChangeThe mobile phone boom of the last decade has given rise to the often-repeated fact that more people worldwide have access to a phone than to a toilet. The statement is usually meant to be a jarring...
The power of partnerships and mobile to tackle the sanitation gap
28th November, 2016 GSMAOn 19 November, World Toilet Day reminded us that 2.4 billion people, or one in three people worldwide, don’t have access to a private and safe toilet. This has a deep social and economic...
Dispatch from the Future of Sanitation - 1st Global Toilet Business Innovation Summit
23rd November, 2016 Institute For The Future, Sarah SmithNOV 23, 2016 By Sarah SmithOn November 15-17 The Toilet Board Coalition hosted the 1st Global Toilet Business, Innovation, and Investment Summit in Mumbai,...
Bringing sanitation to India’s slums
19th November, 2016 UnileverAccess to sanitation is a basic human right. Yet tragically, 2.4 billion people lack access to a proper toilet. As part of Unilever’s commitment to addressing the sanitation crisis, through its...
Eight ways to make innovation work for water and sanitation
19th November, 2016 The GuardianWhat are the inventive solutions that will bring access to taps and toilets to millions? Our expert panel share their thoughts 1 | Think beyond waste Innovation can play a massive role...
Meet The Toilet Company That Thinks It Can Fix India's Sanitation Problem
19th November, 2016 Forbes, Ambika BehalWith India’s low rankings on the global sanitation index, a number of companies have cropped up to take on the toilet market – Svadha, a social venture, is one of these.Focused on water...
#NextBigThing
19th November, 2016 Toilet Board CoalitionOn World Toilet Day 2016 we are proud to release our first film highlighting the transformative power of entrepreneurship - particularly in sanitation. We believe the 2.4bn people in need of improved...
WORLD TOILET DAY 2016: Global Business Summit Flushes Out Growth Opportunities In Sanitation
19th November, 2016 Toilet Board Coalition- 1st Global Toilet Business, Innovation and Investment Summit investigates smart toilets, sanitation in the circular economy, and catalyses new...
World Toilet Day 2016: USAID Announces Partnership with Toilet Board Coalition
19th November, 2016 USAID Global WatersPublic-private partnerships have significant potential to accelerate progress toward the water and sanitation targets of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. On World Toilet Day (November 19), as...
Kimberly-Clark Renews Commitment To Help Solve Global Sanitation Crisis
19th November, 2016 Kimberly-Clark CorporationThrough its Sustainability 2022 efforts, company aims to increase access to clean, safe, sustainable sanitation to 10 million people by 2022 DALLAS, Nov. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/...
A Giant Japanese Toilet Company Is Making A Toilet For The 2.5b People Who Lack One
19th November, 2016 Fast Co. ExistLixil makes a lot of fancy toilets, but its new SaTo model (part funded by the Gates Foundation) is for places without sewers, where lack of sanitation is causing disease and death.
Smells of Success : Bill Gates & TBC Member Firmenich on tackling malodor
19th November, 2016 Firmenich & The Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBill Gates on his experience visiting Toilet Board Coalition Member Firmenich's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to learn, and experience, how they are tackling malodor.
The Poop Guy & Girl Pee Finder
18th November, 2016 DQ ChannelsFrom IT to S-H-I-TMeet India’s unique Poop Guy, Swapnil Chaturvedi—the man who left the American dream behind and returned to India to work in his own words, “from IT to...
Flushed with innovative solutions
17th November, 2016 Mid-dayAs the global sanitation crisis deepens and conversations on how to tackle the situation abound, the city hosted a Global Toilet Business Innovation and Investment Summit with around 200 speakers,...
TBC Announced New Chairman & Board Members
16th September, 2016 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), the world’s first business-led accelerator for market-based sanitation solutions, has appointed Mauricio Troncoso of Kimberly-Clark Corporation as chairman,...
Global Sanitation Business, Innovation & Investment Summit
18th July, 2016 Toilet Board CoalitionCelebrate World Toilet Day with us this year in Mumbai, India at the first Business Summit on Sanitation.
World Water Week Toilet Board Coalition Session
14th July, 2016 Toilet Board CoalitionThe Business of Sustainable Water & Sanitation for the PoorSunday 28 August, 9-10:30AM StockholmAchieving SDG6, universal access to sanitation and water by 2030, requires a business...
Firmenich and Global Compact Network Switzerland take action for water and sanitation
1st June, 2016 Firmenich & UN Global CompactGeneva, Switzerland, June 1, 2016 – Demonstrating its commitment to sustainability, Firmenich proudly hosted the Global Compact Network Switzerland’s (GCNS) General Assembly, followed by...
Question: What do mobile, circular economy and affordable housing have in common? Answer: New business opportunities for inclusive business in the sanitation sector
15th April, 2016 Inclusive Business Hub"A critical feature of the Toilet Board Coalition is its ability to be entrepreneurial, both in identifying bold challenges and in bringing top minds to the table to help solve them. The true...
First Toilet Business Accelerator Launched in 2016!
11th April, 2016 Inclusive Business HubIn January 2016 The Toilet Board Coalition launched the first corporate accelerator program to facilitate private sector engagement and mentorship to sanitation businesses and entrepreneurs serving...
Corporate ‘Toilet Coalition’ Takes Care of Business of Sanitation
16th March, 2016 Impact Alpha, Marina LeytesBY MARINA LEYTES, IMPACT ALPHA MARCH 16, 2016 For the Toilet Board Coalition, a new toilet innovation accelerator, taking care of business is just...
Celebrating World Toilet Day
19th November, 2015 Toilet Board CoalitionNovember 19th, 2015 – The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) – the world’s first business-led accelerator for market-based sanitation solutions – has appointed Cheryl Hicks as its...
Toilets for 2.4 Billion – the Business Opportunity of the Decade
19th November, 2015 Triple PunditTriple Pundit - Thursday, Nov 19th, 2015By Cheryl Hicks, Executive Director, Toilet Board CoalitionIt is unacceptable that, in 2015, 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to a safe and...
Kimberly-Clark Takes on Toilet and Sanitation Access
18th November, 2015 Triple PunditThis article was first published by Triple Pundit on November 18th 2015
The Toilet Board Coalition welcomes Cheryl Hicks as first Executive Director
29th August, 2015The Toilet Board Coalition is delighted to announce the appointment of Cheryl Hicks as our inaugural Executive Director. Cheryl brings a wealth of invaluable experience to the Toilet Board, with over...
Unilever Helps Lead Coalition To Solve The Global Sanitation Crisis
9th December, 2014 Forbes, Jon SpringerBy Jon Springer, published in FORBES ASIA, on DEC 9, 2014 2.5 billion in the world have inadequate sanitation. For businesses, that’s 2.5 billion opportunities to increase...
World Toilet Day: business steps in to tackle open defecation with affordable toilets
19th November, 2014 The Guardian, Tim SmedleyBy Tim Smedley, published in THE GUARDIAN on 19 November 2014 One billion people live with no alternative to open defecation, the newly launched Toilet Board Coalition says...