Who we collaborate with
Incubators, accelerators, enterprise-support organisations, SME programmes, financiers, sector networks and the businesses participating in their programmes.
Our specialised initiatives
MEA SMEs Sustainability Hub
Embedding sustainability in the ecosystems that help enterprises grow.
MEA SMEs Sustainability Hub works with incubators, accelerators, enterprise-support institutions and programme partners to integrate sustainability into the growth journey of SMEs and startups. Rather than treating every business as an isolated case, we address shared challenges across enterprise cohorts and the institutions that support them.
The challenge
Businesses face growing requests from customers, lenders and supply chains for evidence of environmental, social and governance practices. Many SMEs have limited capacity to interpret these expectations, prioritise improvements and demonstrate progress. Enterprise-support organisations need practical ways to respond across their portfolios.
Where we focus
Sustainability readiness in enterprise programmes.
Translate relevant sustainability expectations into accessible assessments, priorities and improvement journeys for participating businesses.
Practical improvements and evidence.
Help enterprise cohorts connect operational changes with credible records, better decision-making and preparedness for market or financing requirements.
Ecosystem-level solutions.
Identify recurring barriers across businesses and work with incubators, financiers, experts and other stakeholders on responses that are more useful than isolated training sessions.
The Studio Way in practice
Understand
—Explore enterprise needs, business context and programme-level patterns.
Connect
—Bring enterprise-support partners, businesses and relevant expertise together.
Co-design
—Set practical readiness and improvement priorities with each cohort.
Test & Learn
—Support actions, gather evidence and learn from recurring challenges.
Enable
—Equip programme partners to embed the approach in future cohorts.
What progress looks like
Businesses applying meaningful improvements and documenting evidence; stronger sustainability readiness across a cohort; and ecosystem partners better able to integrate sustainability into enterprise support.
Bring sustainability into your enterprise ecosystem.
Work with us to shape a practical sustainability pathway for your startup or SME programme.