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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁-𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀' 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗦𝗗𝗚𝘀).
The 17 SDGs were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
Below you can learn how the Wonderbag helps to support each of these goals. We are so proud of what we have already achieved, however we know there so much more that can be done.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭 – 𝗡𝗢 𝗣𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗬
This goal aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, currently measured as living on less than $1.90 a day. Figures indicate that globally, there are still over 700 million people living in extreme poverty.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag increases the disposable income of families by saving them money normally spent on cooking fuel, with one bag used regularly typically providing fuel savings of up to 70 percent. With families saving money on electricity and fuel, they can use this extra money to purchase food, grow their savings, start their own business, and improve their standard of living.
In addition to the money saved by the end users of Wonderbag, the production of our bags creates jobs in communities. Our two Centres of Excellence provide jobs, and Wonderbag works with women entrepreneurs in communities to develop factory and sewing collectives that produce Wonderbags and provide women with paid work.
Wonderbag actively promotes a sustainable business model by rewarding everyone involved from production to end-user, thereby doing our best to help reduce poverty in each community in which we operate.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag increases the disposable income of families by saving them money normally spent on cooking fuel, with one bag used regularly typically providing fuel savings of up to 70 percent. With families saving money on electricity and fuel, they can use this extra money to purchase food, grow their savings, start their own business, and improve their standard of living.
In addition to the money saved by the end users of Wonderbag, the production of our bags creates jobs in communities. Our two Centres of Excellence provide jobs, and Wonderbag works with women entrepreneurs in communities to develop factory and sewing collectives that produce Wonderbags and provide women with paid work.
Wonderbag actively promotes a sustainable business model by rewarding everyone involved from production to end-user, thereby doing our best to help reduce poverty in each community in which we operate.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟮 – 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥
The aim of this goal is to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, making sure all people, especially children, have sufficient and nutritious food all year round. One of the key targets to achieve this goal is to double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
A study carried out by Energy Management Solutions (EMS) found that each Wonderbag used regularly can save a family up to 70 percent of the money spent on cooking fuel, and give users back up to 1,000 unpaid hours normally spent cooking.
As a result, families can use these cost savings to buy more food and use their freed-up time to grow vegetables or earn additional income. Furthermore, by increasing access to low-cost slow cooking, Wonderbag improves the likelihood of children receiving warm and nutritious food each day, thereby reducing their chances of hunger and malnutrition.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
A study carried out by Energy Management Solutions (EMS) found that each Wonderbag used regularly can save a family up to 70 percent of the money spent on cooking fuel, and give users back up to 1,000 unpaid hours normally spent cooking.
As a result, families can use these cost savings to buy more food and use their freed-up time to grow vegetables or earn additional income. Furthermore, by increasing access to low-cost slow cooking, Wonderbag improves the likelihood of children receiving warm and nutritious food each day, thereby reducing their chances of hunger and malnutrition.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟯 – 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟-𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚
This goal aspires to ensure health and well-being for all people, in all counties. It seeks to increase life expectancy for all and reduce some of the most common and preventable causes of death. One of the key targets for this goal is that by 2030, to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous air pollution.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
The WHO recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves. As a result, each year close to 4 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to household air pollution from inefficient cooking practices.
Our verified user data highlights that cooking with a Wonderbag helps to reduce the amount of cooking fuel consumed by up to 70 percent, and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution by up to 60 percent. By reducing exposure to harmful smoke from cooking, Wonderbag is helping families improve their health and reduce the possibility of illness or death from indoor air pollution.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
The WHO recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves. As a result, each year close to 4 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to household air pollution from inefficient cooking practices.
Our verified user data highlights that cooking with a Wonderbag helps to reduce the amount of cooking fuel consumed by up to 70 percent, and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution by up to 60 percent. By reducing exposure to harmful smoke from cooking, Wonderbag is helping families improve their health and reduce the possibility of illness or death from indoor air pollution.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟰 – 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
The UN state that ‘inclusive and quality education for all reaffirms the belief that education is one of the most powerful and proven vehicles for sustainable development.’ A key target for this goal is ensuring that all girls and boys complete free primary and secondary schooling by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Across Africa, studies show that women and girls spend three times longer than men on unpaid work such as cooking and household chores. Additional findings highlight that the number of girls who do at least two hours of unpaid work each day almost doubles after they reach the age of 15 - time that could be spent at school, in employment, or setting up their own business.
Our ‘Coalition of Good’ study in Ghana found that that one Wonderbag used regularly can give these women back up to 1,000 unpaid hours each year. Using a Wonderbag not only saves time on cooking, it reduces the time spent collecting firewood, with our data showing that the amount of cooking fuel required is cut by up to 70 percent.
With all these extra hours, Wonderbag provides women and girls with greater access to education. With better education, women and girls in lesser developed countries become better informed and have the ability to live a more empowered life.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Across Africa, studies show that women and girls spend three times longer than men on unpaid work such as cooking and household chores. Additional findings highlight that the number of girls who do at least two hours of unpaid work each day almost doubles after they reach the age of 15 - time that could be spent at school, in employment, or setting up their own business.
Our ‘Coalition of Good’ study in Ghana found that that one Wonderbag used regularly can give these women back up to 1,000 unpaid hours each year. Using a Wonderbag not only saves time on cooking, it reduces the time spent collecting firewood, with our data showing that the amount of cooking fuel required is cut by up to 70 percent.
With all these extra hours, Wonderbag provides women and girls with greater access to education. With better education, women and girls in lesser developed countries become better informed and have the ability to live a more empowered life.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟱 – 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬
The United Nations state that ‘ending all discrimination against women and girls is not only a basic human right, it’s crucial for sustainable future; it’s proven that empowering women and girls helps economic growth and development.’
Two of the key targets for this goal focus on ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere, as well as eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag is committed to the empowerment and inclusion of women around the world.
Women using a Wonderbag save time that can be redirected toward economic activities and improve their finances by having more funds within their homes from savings on cooking fuel.
Wonderbag cooking saves women and girls up to 1,000 hours per year, giving them time to go to school, in employment, or even start their own business utilizing a Wonderbag, such as serving hot food straight out of the Wonderbag at local markets, or selling other crafts they now have time to make.
In addition, by reducing the amount of time spent collecting firewood, it helps to lower the likelihood of gender-based violence during these trips, thereby reducing discrimination and moving the world one step closer to gender equality.
Two of the key targets for this goal focus on ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere, as well as eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag is committed to the empowerment and inclusion of women around the world.
Women using a Wonderbag save time that can be redirected toward economic activities and improve their finances by having more funds within their homes from savings on cooking fuel.
Wonderbag cooking saves women and girls up to 1,000 hours per year, giving them time to go to school, in employment, or even start their own business utilizing a Wonderbag, such as serving hot food straight out of the Wonderbag at local markets, or selling other crafts they now have time to make.
In addition, by reducing the amount of time spent collecting firewood, it helps to lower the likelihood of gender-based violence during these trips, thereby reducing discrimination and moving the world one step closer to gender equality.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟲 – 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
The United Nations state that ‘water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people, an alarming figure that is projected to rise as temperatures do.’
One of the key targets for this goal is to substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
A study carried out with Wonderbag users in South Africa users found that, when used regularly, the Wonderbag can reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. This fuel can now be used by families to boil water for human consumption.
An additional benefit is that, by utilizing Wonderbag’s heat-retention technology for slow-cooking meals, water evaporation is greatly reduced, and more water is left that the family can use for drinking. Our research highlighted that one Wonderbag can save families up to 1,000 litres of water each year. By improving water-use efficiency during the cooking process, Wonderbag helps to reduce the level of water scarcity for thousands of families in lesser developed countries.
As less water is used during the cooking process, less water needs to be purchased by families. This reduces the time women spend on long distance trips to collect water, time which they can put to better use by going to school, in employment, or starting their own business.
One of the key targets for this goal is to substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
A study carried out with Wonderbag users in South Africa users found that, when used regularly, the Wonderbag can reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. This fuel can now be used by families to boil water for human consumption.
An additional benefit is that, by utilizing Wonderbag’s heat-retention technology for slow-cooking meals, water evaporation is greatly reduced, and more water is left that the family can use for drinking. Our research highlighted that one Wonderbag can save families up to 1,000 litres of water each year. By improving water-use efficiency during the cooking process, Wonderbag helps to reduce the level of water scarcity for thousands of families in lesser developed countries.
As less water is used during the cooking process, less water needs to be purchased by families. This reduces the time women spend on long distance trips to collect water, time which they can put to better use by going to school, in employment, or starting their own business.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟳 – 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬
The United Nations state that ‘energy is by far the main contributor to climate change. It accounts for 73 percent of human-caused greenhouse gases’. It is also highlights that almost a third of the world’s population – 2.8 billion – rely on polluting and unhealthy fuels for cooking.
One of the key targets for this goal is to enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy technology, energy efficiency, and cleaner fossil-fuel technology by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
The World Health Organization recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook over open fires or using simple fire stoves, which use sources of energy that release carbon, encourage deforestation, and produce toxic smoke. Heat-retention cooking is one of the most affordable, and simple, clean energy solutions available.
A study carried out by Energy Management Solutions (EMS) found that cooking with a Wonderbag helps to reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. By helping to reduce the quantities of harmful fuels being used for cooking, such as coal and firewood, each Wonderbag has the ability to save up to two tonnes of carbon each year for a family that cooks over an open fire.
Even when electricity is used for cooking in countries such as China and South Africa, this energy is often generated using coal-fueled power stations. If families in these countries are able reduce their electricity usage by cooking with a Wonderbag, it generates significant carbon savings.
One of the key targets for this goal is to enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy technology, energy efficiency, and cleaner fossil-fuel technology by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
The World Health Organization recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook over open fires or using simple fire stoves, which use sources of energy that release carbon, encourage deforestation, and produce toxic smoke. Heat-retention cooking is one of the most affordable, and simple, clean energy solutions available.
A study carried out by Energy Management Solutions (EMS) found that cooking with a Wonderbag helps to reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. By helping to reduce the quantities of harmful fuels being used for cooking, such as coal and firewood, each Wonderbag has the ability to save up to two tonnes of carbon each year for a family that cooks over an open fire.
Even when electricity is used for cooking in countries such as China and South Africa, this energy is often generated using coal-fueled power stations. If families in these countries are able reduce their electricity usage by cooking with a Wonderbag, it generates significant carbon savings.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟴 – 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗧𝗛
Goal 8 aims to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030. The UN believe that encouraging entrepreneurship and job creation are key to achieving this goal, as well as creating sustainable economic growth that is not harmful for the environment.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag promotes a sustainable business model by rewarding everyone involved, from the production of the Wonderbags to the families using Wonderbags to cook, thereby doing our best to help stimulate economic growth within the communities in which we operate.
Each Wonderbag used regularly helps to give women back up to 1,000 unpaid hours each year, thereby helping to eliminate time poverty and provide women with a better opportunity to find employment or start their own business.
In addition, rather than having one large production centre for our bags, we have ‘Centres of Excellence’ which we use as training centres for our entrepreneurial production hubs, which are based out of communities. This helps to create work, promote entrepreneurialism, and boost economic growth in many communities, rather than just the one.
By promoting entrepreneurialism in communities, people are able to remain in their communities and don't have to move to large urban centres in search of work, thus reducing the pressures on these large urban centres.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag promotes a sustainable business model by rewarding everyone involved, from the production of the Wonderbags to the families using Wonderbags to cook, thereby doing our best to help stimulate economic growth within the communities in which we operate.
Each Wonderbag used regularly helps to give women back up to 1,000 unpaid hours each year, thereby helping to eliminate time poverty and provide women with a better opportunity to find employment or start their own business.
In addition, rather than having one large production centre for our bags, we have ‘Centres of Excellence’ which we use as training centres for our entrepreneurial production hubs, which are based out of communities. This helps to create work, promote entrepreneurialism, and boost economic growth in many communities, rather than just the one.
By promoting entrepreneurialism in communities, people are able to remain in their communities and don't have to move to large urban centres in search of work, thus reducing the pressures on these large urban centres.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟵 – 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬, 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘
This goal recognises that investment in infrastructure and innovation are crucial drivers of economic growth and development. At the heart of this is the UN statement that: ‘Technological progress is also key to finding lasting solutions to both economic and environmental challenges, such as providing new jobs and promoting energy efficiency.’
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag was voted one of the world's Top 50 Genius Companies by TIME magazine.
Our simple, yet revolutionary, heat-retention cooker has the ability to address the climate crisis, whilst at the same time empowering women and communities across the world. By providing families with a clean energy cooking solution, it helps to reduce indoor air pollution by up to 60 percent, saves five large trees from being cut down every year, reduces cooking fuel consumption by 70 percent, and gives users back up to 1,000 unpaid hours which would normally be spent cooking.
This not only provides up to one tonne of carbon savings per bag per year, it improves health, cuts household costs, and provides girls and women with more time to go to school, find employment, or start their own business.
Sometimes technology is about more than complex electronic solutions, it's about making technology available in a way that everybody can have access to its benefits.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag was voted one of the world's Top 50 Genius Companies by TIME magazine.
Our simple, yet revolutionary, heat-retention cooker has the ability to address the climate crisis, whilst at the same time empowering women and communities across the world. By providing families with a clean energy cooking solution, it helps to reduce indoor air pollution by up to 60 percent, saves five large trees from being cut down every year, reduces cooking fuel consumption by 70 percent, and gives users back up to 1,000 unpaid hours which would normally be spent cooking.
This not only provides up to one tonne of carbon savings per bag per year, it improves health, cuts household costs, and provides girls and women with more time to go to school, find employment, or start their own business.
Sometimes technology is about more than complex electronic solutions, it's about making technology available in a way that everybody can have access to its benefits.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟬 – 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
This goal aims to level the playing field and ensure low-income earners are not left behind. It also promotes economic inclusion of all regardless of sex, race or ethnicity. It recognizes that income inequality has increased nearly everywhere in recent decades, and reducing this inequality is key to achieving the Sustainability Development Goals.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag helps to reduce inequalities by empowering women economically. Wonderbag gives women back valuable time, which in turn allows them the opportunity to use this time to earn additional income. When women cook with a Wonderbag, they save time collecting firewood and cooking food, with our data highlighting that a Wonderbag user can save up to 1,000 hours each year. In addition, using a Wonderbag reduces cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent, which results in significant savings on cooking fuel, which means extra money that can be put to better use.
These significant time and money savings can help reduce gender equality by providing women and girls with the opportunity to attend school, establish their own business, or start a career. With women no longer burdened with unpaid hours spent cooking over an open fire, it helps to level the playing field and reduce gender inequality in lesser developed countries.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag helps to reduce inequalities by empowering women economically. Wonderbag gives women back valuable time, which in turn allows them the opportunity to use this time to earn additional income. When women cook with a Wonderbag, they save time collecting firewood and cooking food, with our data highlighting that a Wonderbag user can save up to 1,000 hours each year. In addition, using a Wonderbag reduces cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent, which results in significant savings on cooking fuel, which means extra money that can be put to better use.
These significant time and money savings can help reduce gender equality by providing women and girls with the opportunity to attend school, establish their own business, or start a career. With women no longer burdened with unpaid hours spent cooking over an open fire, it helps to level the playing field and reduce gender inequality in lesser developed countries.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟭 – 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and it is predicted to rise to 60 percent by 2030. This goal recognizes that sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way we build and manage our urban spaces. This includes creating career and business opportunities, clean air, and green public spaces.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Cooking with a Wonderbag helps to reduce the reliance on burning wood, charcoal, and fossil fuels – with our research finding that cooking fuel consumption is cut by up to 70 percent. By reducing the amount of fuel that is burned, it helps to reduce the amount of polluting smoke and carbon dioxide being released into the air, thereby creating a cleaner living environment for communities in lesser developed countries.
In addition, each year one Wonderbag can save up to five large trees from being cut down which would normally have been used as cooking fuel. With less trees being cut down, wildlife is preserved, habitats are protected, and green public spaces are saved from deforestation.
Wonderbags also play and important role in creating entrepreneurial opportunities for women in rural communities, thus reducing the need to migrate into urban communities to look for jobs. This further reduces the pressure on our cities, further contributing to the sustainable development of our urban areas.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Cooking with a Wonderbag helps to reduce the reliance on burning wood, charcoal, and fossil fuels – with our research finding that cooking fuel consumption is cut by up to 70 percent. By reducing the amount of fuel that is burned, it helps to reduce the amount of polluting smoke and carbon dioxide being released into the air, thereby creating a cleaner living environment for communities in lesser developed countries.
In addition, each year one Wonderbag can save up to five large trees from being cut down which would normally have been used as cooking fuel. With less trees being cut down, wildlife is preserved, habitats are protected, and green public spaces are saved from deforestation.
Wonderbags also play and important role in creating entrepreneurial opportunities for women in rural communities, thus reducing the need to migrate into urban communities to look for jobs. This further reduces the pressure on our cities, further contributing to the sustainable development of our urban areas.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟮 – 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
This goal outlines that achieving economic growth and sustainable development requires that we urgently reduce our ecological footprint by changing the way we produce and consume goods and resources. A key goal to achieving this is that by 2030, to substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Here at Wonderbag we aim to promote responsible production by utilizing waste products for materials, as well as manufacturing our bags in the country where they are mostly widely used – South Africa.
Each Wonderbag contains recycled foam chips to help retain heat within the bag. The recycled foam is a byproduct from other manufacturing processes, which would have otherwise been sent to landfill. As a result of utilizing this waste product, we reduce the number of new materials being used during production and play our part in responsible manufacturing.
As a business we made the decision to produce our bags in South Africa, the country where most of our end users are based, as a way of reducing the distance the bags need to travel. Reducing the distance from production to end user thereby helps to limit the carbon emissions which may occur during the transportation process.
Additionally, by producing the bags in the communities where they are most widely used, it also promotes sustainable consumption by supporting the local community through new jobs and entrepreneurship.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Here at Wonderbag we aim to promote responsible production by utilizing waste products for materials, as well as manufacturing our bags in the country where they are mostly widely used – South Africa.
Each Wonderbag contains recycled foam chips to help retain heat within the bag. The recycled foam is a byproduct from other manufacturing processes, which would have otherwise been sent to landfill. As a result of utilizing this waste product, we reduce the number of new materials being used during production and play our part in responsible manufacturing.
As a business we made the decision to produce our bags in South Africa, the country where most of our end users are based, as a way of reducing the distance the bags need to travel. Reducing the distance from production to end user thereby helps to limit the carbon emissions which may occur during the transportation process.
Additionally, by producing the bags in the communities where they are most widely used, it also promotes sustainable consumption by supporting the local community through new jobs and entrepreneurship.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟯 – 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
This goal recognizes that global warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system, which threatens irreversible consequences if we do not act. It calls for countries, leaders, organizations and individuals to prevent global temperatures from rising above 1.5°C, and highlights that this requires urgent and ambitious collective action to do so.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
At Wonderbag we are working hard to empower women and tackle the climate crisis by providing families in lesser developed countries with access to cleaner cooking. The World Health Organization recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves. This results in significant carbon emissions and deforestation each year, leading to devastating impacts on the environment which can be avoided.
Cooking with a Wonderbag helps to save up to 70 percent of the fuel typically required for cooking, which subsequently saves up to five large trees from being cut down for fuel, and prevents up to one tonne of carbon dioxide from being emitted per bag per year.
If all 2.6 billion people still cooking using polluting open fires had access to a Wonderbag, the carbon savings would be game-changing. At Wonderbag, we are committed to making this happen, and it’s with the help of carbon investment from businesses, as well as support from local governments and NGOs, that we can meet our goals and get more Wonderbags to the families that need them the most.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
At Wonderbag we are working hard to empower women and tackle the climate crisis by providing families in lesser developed countries with access to cleaner cooking. The World Health Organization recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves. This results in significant carbon emissions and deforestation each year, leading to devastating impacts on the environment which can be avoided.
Cooking with a Wonderbag helps to save up to 70 percent of the fuel typically required for cooking, which subsequently saves up to five large trees from being cut down for fuel, and prevents up to one tonne of carbon dioxide from being emitted per bag per year.
If all 2.6 billion people still cooking using polluting open fires had access to a Wonderbag, the carbon savings would be game-changing. At Wonderbag, we are committed to making this happen, and it’s with the help of carbon investment from businesses, as well as support from local governments and NGOs, that we can meet our goals and get more Wonderbags to the families that need them the most.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟰 – 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥
The United Nations state that ‘Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen in the air we breathe, are all ultimately provided by and regulated by the sea.’ Therefore, the aim of this SDG is to sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution, as well as address the impacts of ocean acidification.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float, 4 billion microfibers per km² dwell below the surface.
At Wonderbag we use recycled foam to retain the heat inside the bag. The foam we use is a byproduct from other manufacturing processes which would have otherwise been sent to the landfill. When rubbish is being transported to landfill, or even when it is inside the landfill, material such as foam is often blown away due to its light weight. From there, it can eventually clutter around drains and enter rivers and the sea.
Wonderbag further promotes protection of our marine and coastal ecosystems by collecting and replacing old or damaged Wonderbags with new Wonderbags, ensuring that the materials in our Wonderbags are also recycled and disposed of correctly so they don't find their way into our rivers and oceans.
One of the key targets for this goal is to substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
A study carried out with Wonderbag users in South Africa users found that, when used regularly, the Wonderbag can reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. This fuel can now be used by families to boil water for human consumption.
An additional benefit is that, by utilizing Wonderbag’s heat-retention technology for slow-cooking meals, water evaporation is greatly reduced, and more water is left that the family can use for drinking. Our research highlighted that one Wonderbag can save families up to 1,000 litres of water each year. By improving water-use efficiency during the cooking process, Wonderbag helps to reduce the level of water scarcity for thousands of families in lesser developed countries.
As less water is used during the cooking process, less water needs to be purchased by families. This reduces the time women spend on long distance trips to collect water, time which they can put to better use by going to school, in employment, or starting their own business.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float, 4 billion microfibers per km² dwell below the surface.
At Wonderbag we use recycled foam to retain the heat inside the bag. The foam we use is a byproduct from other manufacturing processes which would have otherwise been sent to the landfill. When rubbish is being transported to landfill, or even when it is inside the landfill, material such as foam is often blown away due to its light weight. From there, it can eventually clutter around drains and enter rivers and the sea.
Wonderbag further promotes protection of our marine and coastal ecosystems by collecting and replacing old or damaged Wonderbags with new Wonderbags, ensuring that the materials in our Wonderbags are also recycled and disposed of correctly so they don't find their way into our rivers and oceans.
One of the key targets for this goal is to substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity by 2030.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
A study carried out with Wonderbag users in South Africa users found that, when used regularly, the Wonderbag can reduce cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. This fuel can now be used by families to boil water for human consumption.
An additional benefit is that, by utilizing Wonderbag’s heat-retention technology for slow-cooking meals, water evaporation is greatly reduced, and more water is left that the family can use for drinking. Our research highlighted that one Wonderbag can save families up to 1,000 litres of water each year. By improving water-use efficiency during the cooking process, Wonderbag helps to reduce the level of water scarcity for thousands of families in lesser developed countries.
As less water is used during the cooking process, less water needs to be purchased by families. This reduces the time women spend on long distance trips to collect water, time which they can put to better use by going to school, in employment, or starting their own business.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟱 – 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗
This goal looks at the importance of nature for human survival. The United Nations states that nature ‘provides us with our oxygen, regulates our weather patterns, pollinates our crops, produces our food, feed and fibre.’ It recognizes that our forests, wildlife, and habitats are under increasing stress, and are at serious risk as a result of human actions.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
The World Health Organization recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves, thereby resulting in significant amounts of trees being cut down to be used as a source of cooking fuel. Wonderbag can help to reduce this problem by cutting the amount of cooking fuel required by up to 70 percent. Data from our user studies indicates that one Wonderbag can save up to five large trees from being cut down each year. By saving trees from deforestation, Wonderbag helps to prevent the devastating destruction of precious forests, wildlife and habitats.
Air pollution is also a significant threat to nature and human health. Many of the problems with air pollution can be attributed to inefficient cooking practices using open fires or polluting stoves. Each year, close to four million people die prematurely from illness linked to household air pollution from such cooking methods. By reducing the amount of harmful fuel that is required for cooking, Wonderbag can help limit the amount of black carbon and methane being produced, thereby improving air quality, reducing the carbon impact of cooking, and helping to prevent millions of respiratory deaths caused by cooking each year.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
The World Health Organization recently announced that 2.6 billion people still cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves, thereby resulting in significant amounts of trees being cut down to be used as a source of cooking fuel. Wonderbag can help to reduce this problem by cutting the amount of cooking fuel required by up to 70 percent. Data from our user studies indicates that one Wonderbag can save up to five large trees from being cut down each year. By saving trees from deforestation, Wonderbag helps to prevent the devastating destruction of precious forests, wildlife and habitats.
Air pollution is also a significant threat to nature and human health. Many of the problems with air pollution can be attributed to inefficient cooking practices using open fires or polluting stoves. Each year, close to four million people die prematurely from illness linked to household air pollution from such cooking methods. By reducing the amount of harmful fuel that is required for cooking, Wonderbag can help limit the amount of black carbon and methane being produced, thereby improving air quality, reducing the carbon impact of cooking, and helping to prevent millions of respiratory deaths caused by cooking each year.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟲 – 𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗘, 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
This goal recognizes that we cannot achieve sustainable development without peace, stability, human rights and effective governance. The aim of this SDG is to significantly reduce all forms of violence, and work with governments and communities to end conflict and insecurity.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Providing clean cooking solutions to families in lesser developed countries not only helps to tackle the climate crisis, it also reduces the gender-based violence many women and girls are at risk of every day.
In the report published by the Clean Cooking Alliance, ‘Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings: Cookstoves and Fuels’, they highlight that on average, firewood collectors, who are predominantly women, walk more than five hours per trip to collect fuel to cook food for their families - risking physical and sexual assault, abuse, and injury.
By utilizing a Wonderbag for cooking, women and girls can reduce their cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. As a result, less trips are required to collect firewood, therefore greatly reducing their risk of violence or abuse.
Cooking with a Wonderbag also provides the benefit of greater access to rich and heartwarming food. We have found that when families in refugee camps and upended communities start to use Wonderbags, there is reduced friction amongst inhabitants and the result is more peaceful communities.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Providing clean cooking solutions to families in lesser developed countries not only helps to tackle the climate crisis, it also reduces the gender-based violence many women and girls are at risk of every day.
In the report published by the Clean Cooking Alliance, ‘Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings: Cookstoves and Fuels’, they highlight that on average, firewood collectors, who are predominantly women, walk more than five hours per trip to collect fuel to cook food for their families - risking physical and sexual assault, abuse, and injury.
By utilizing a Wonderbag for cooking, women and girls can reduce their cooking fuel consumption by up to 70 percent. As a result, less trips are required to collect firewood, therefore greatly reducing their risk of violence or abuse.
Cooking with a Wonderbag also provides the benefit of greater access to rich and heartwarming food. We have found that when families in refugee camps and upended communities start to use Wonderbags, there is reduced friction amongst inhabitants and the result is more peaceful communities.
𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗢.𝟭𝟳 – 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦
The United Nations recognize that the SDGs can only be realized with strong global partnerships and cooperation, stating that ‘a successful development agenda requires inclusive partnerships — at the global, regional, national and local levels — built upon principles and values, and upon a shared vision and shared goals placing people and the planet at the center.’
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag has strong partnerships with the UN, with NGOs in communities, and many large corporations around the world. Partnerships are the only way to achieve success in a humanitarian and carbon neutral world, and these partnerships are at the core of how we operate as a business.
At Wonderbag we work with large corporations to secure carbon-investment, and then partner with NGOs and local communities to help distribute the Wonderbags to end users. We can’t tackle the climate crisis and gender inequality on our own, and nor should we try. It is collective action that brings about more effective and faster results. We will continue to grow our number of partnerships to ensure that we can get a Wonderbag into as many homes as possible, as quickly as possible. We invite you to join us on this amazing journey.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟?
Wonderbag has strong partnerships with the UN, with NGOs in communities, and many large corporations around the world. Partnerships are the only way to achieve success in a humanitarian and carbon neutral world, and these partnerships are at the core of how we operate as a business.
At Wonderbag we work with large corporations to secure carbon-investment, and then partner with NGOs and local communities to help distribute the Wonderbags to end users. We can’t tackle the climate crisis and gender inequality on our own, and nor should we try. It is collective action that brings about more effective and faster results. We will continue to grow our number of partnerships to ensure that we can get a Wonderbag into as many homes as possible, as quickly as possible. We invite you to join us on this amazing journey.
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