Reflections and key messages from a ‘Flush with Success’, a roundtable co-hosted by Cranfield School of Management, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor and the CBSA looking at how small and medium-sized social enterprises (SMSE) can help to meet enormous global sanitation challenges.
In 2022, the CBSA worked with the carbon finance consultancy South Pole on a feasibility study to understand whether carbon credits could become a viable income stream for sanitation providers and help to reduce the funding gap. Our new briefing paper summarises the study’s findings, which found that carbon credits can generate revenue for actively managed sanitation but that several obstacles hinder the full potential.
CBSA is pleased to welcome three new affiliate members with a range of service models operating in francophone Africa, South Africa and the UK.
CBSA’s engagement in the Rich Earth Summit 2020 virtual conference generated a rich discussion, some interesting connections and raised a fantastic $5,000 for the Alliance.
As part of this year’s virtual World Water Week at Home virtual conference, CBSA Chair Kory Russel presented emerging findings from CBSA’s research on CBS as climate smart sanitation.
As part its Youtube series on business solutions for the sanitation economy, TBC Executive Director Cheryl Hicks interviewed CBSA Chair Kory Russel about the CBS model, the impact of covid-19 and the future of the alliance. Watch the video:
Sasha Karmer, SOIL’s Executive Director, reflects on the mutual support provided through the Alliance during the covid-19 pandemic.
Originally published on the Stone Family Foundation website, this blog looks back on the Alliance’s journey to date during its first strategic phase.
Originally published in the Frontiers in Environmental Science journal, this piece presents the collective views of CBSA members – some of the world’s leading CBS practitioners – on the potential, research gaps and major challenges to scaling CBS.
In Stockholm World Water Week 2019, CBSA and members engaged in a number of sessions including sessions profiling our cost effectiveness work, work to develop a common IT platform and moderating private sector inputs in a discussion on the Ngor Commitments.