Annual Report 2021-22
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Together, we can have more impact. In the past, several organizations have believed in us and supported us. We can align in many ways, big or small—just give us a holler!

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GANNI
GANNI is a retail apparel and fashion brand based out of Copenhagen, owned and run by husband-and-wife team Creative Director Ditte Reffstrup and Founder Nicolaj Reffstrup. They are on a journey to minimize their social and environmental impact. In 2020, they launched GANNI Gameplan, setting 44 tangible goals to be reached by 2023 across four main pillars; People, Planet, Product, and Prosperity.
GANNI
International Labour Organization
The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers, and workers of 187 member States, to set labor standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work for all women and men.
International Labour Organization
My Technie
The Future of Work will be flexible and people-first. My Technie's goal is to develop tools & analytics to improve employee productivity, wellbeing, and engagement. This will also address challenges relating to burnout and turnover.
My Technie
Radnik Exports
Radnik Exports, incorporated in 1973 became one of the leading manufacturers of fashion garments, active gear products, sportswear, uniforms, accessories, security, and life survival products for various multinational clients such as H&M, Benetton, Tommy Hilfiger, Marks & Spencer’s to name a few besides Military & Paramilitary forces in India.
Radnik Exports
Hygiene Heroes
Hygiene Heroes (based out of UC Berkeley) develop preventative health training curricula in underprivileged regions. They work with local experts from Asia, Africa, and South America to improve their materials.
Hygiene Heroes
William Davidson Institute
Located at the University of Michigan, William Davidson Institute (WDI) is an independent, non-profit research and educational organization guided by their founding principle that thriving businesses drive economic development and improve social welfare in low- and middle-income countries.
William Davidson Institute
Includovate
Includovate is a research incubator that designs solutions for inequality and exclusion. As a social enterprise, Includovate builds the capacity of local researchers to lead, publish and improve the quality of the research done in low-income countries. Includovate aims to shift the power balance of knowledge creation further towards those with less power.
Includovate
SUSS (Sustainable Style Speak)
SUSS (Sustainable Style Speak) is a rapidly growing community of students, entrepreneurs, professionals, and conscious consumers on a mission to drive meaningful change in the fashion industry. They create learning experiences, provide actionable resources and curate the most relevant content to empower each of their members to shape the future of fashion.
SUSS (Sustainable Style Speak)
World Benchmarking Alliance
World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) is an organization focused towards changing the way business impact is measured, to boost motivation and stimulate action for a sustainable future for everyone.
World Benchmarking Alliance
United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. It calls for the realization of reproductive rights for all and supports access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services – including voluntary family planning, maternal health care, and comprehensive sexuality education.
United Nations Population Fund
Warwick University
The University of Warwick is a public research university in England. It was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand higher education.
Warwick University
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university and was founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin, one of the United States’ founding fathers.
University of Pennsylvania
Gap Inc.
Established in 1969, GAP has grown from one store to a multi million dollar conglomerate spanning seven brands today. In 2007, GAP launched the Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement (P.A.C.E) program to equip female workers with interpersonal and professional skills.
Gap Inc.
University of Michigan
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business is a business school operated by the University of Michigan and is committed to building a better world through business. Through their powerful ideas, purpose-driven leaders, and positive impact, they empower business leaders to make a positive difference in the world.
University of Michigan
Labour Solutions (formerly WPO)
Labor solutions leverages technology and data to improve the lives of workers across the supply chain. Their tools and services are created using user-centric & inclusive design to engage and connect with the entire value chain of stakeholders.
Labour Solutions (formerly WPO)
IDinsight
IDinsight is an advisory, data analytics and research organization that helps development leaders maximize their social impact. They help decision makers design effective programs using a wide range of techniques, such as randomized control trials and machine learning.
IDinsight
Humanity United
Humanity United is a foundation dedicated to changing the systems which lead to forced labour and violent conflict.They work towards increasing worker agency, ensuring corporate accountability and pushing for safer migration procedures.
Humanity United
Shahi Exports
Shahi Exports is India’s largest apparel manufacturer. Founded in 1974, Shahi has led the industry in advancing worker development. Shahi operates in 65 factories across 9 states and employs over 100,000 workers, including more than 67,000 women.
Shahi Exports
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
UCSD is a public university which offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate courses. It was founded in 1956 and is a premier research university in the United states.
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
The Children's Place
The Children’s Place is a specialty retailer of children’s apparel for newborns to pre-teens. It was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1969 by David Pulver and Clinton Clark.
The Children's Place
Harvard Business School
The school was established in 1908 and is one of the premier business schools of the world. The school with its curriculum focused on real world application, strives to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.
Harvard Business School
Janodaya
Janodaya works in the space of woman empowerment and offers skill development, employment, financial and counselling services to women. It visualizes development as a social commitment to the weak and disadvantaged.
Janodaya
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL)
PEDL pursues a research agenda focusing on private-sector development in low-income countries. The initiative seeks to understand what determines the strength of market forces driving efficiency in these countries.
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL)
Yale University
Yale is committed to improving the world today and for future generations through outstanding research and scholarship, education, preservation, and practice.
Yale University
International Growth Centre
The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research.
International Growth Centre
Options and Solutions
Options and Solutions
Options and Solutions
Boston College
Boston College is among the nation’s foremost universities, a leader in the liberal arts, scientific inquiry, and student formation. The college urges students to look inward but always to reach out—to develop their minds and talents to the fullest and use them in service to others.
Boston College

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Busara Centre (instrument design), Shahi.
Good Business Lab, Latin America
University of Maryland
University of Hawaii
Bhaane
Family Planning Association of India (FPAI)
We have partnered with GBL in planning, executing and scaling-up various worker wellbeing programs at Shahi. Through this highly valued partnership, we have found innovative ways of doing business, benefiting both our business and our employees. The team at GBL is fantastic to work with. Their in-depth subject knowledge, professionalism and commitment are commendable. GBL is able to execute large-scale projects because they understand how to conduct rigorous academic research keeping in mind business expectations and needs.
- Jalandhar Giri, Director, Shahi Exports
A truly unique family of change makers, whose energy and passion is contagious. Working with GBL has been a pleasure.
- Shalin Gor, Creative Consultant
Through its research design and commitment to academic rigor, Good Business Lab is advancing the understanding of whether and how technology tools improve the lives of workers in the garment industry.
- Sandy Tesch Wilkins, Director, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking, Humanity United
GBL is instrumental in linking and impacting boutique concepts of sustainability with large industrial best business practice. The team has a finger on the pulse of people and profit.
- Nimish Shah, Founder Shift; Creative Director Bhaane
I have interacted and worked with the GBL team since 2017 on several occasions. They are currently the evaluation partner on a sexual and reproductive health project facilitated by the Private Sector Action for Workplace Women’s Health and Empowerment Initiative at the UN Foundation. Through my interactions, whether project related or general, I have found the team to be highly thoughtful, intelligent, and passionate about the work they're doing. It is only through work with like-minded partners such as GBL that we can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Robyn Russell, Private Sector Action for Workplace Women’s Health and Empowerment Initiative, United Nations Foundation

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