E-Cargo Micro Logistics
Reducing CO2 emissions through social business.
CAUSE SERVICES
Cause, in conjunction with a range of local and international project partners, developed the project model and strategy, brought the partners together, obtained funding and implemented the project. This project resulted in the establishment of an independent social enterprise that is currently being developed.
Environmentally friendly micro logistics.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The project is focused on the establishment of a micro logistics social enterprise that delivers small parcels on electric cargo bicycles. An e-cargo bicycle was locally developed and tested. A business case was designed, and aspirant drivers were put to work to test the vehicles and the business model. Ultimately the aim is to reduce C02 emissions and create direct financial income for unemployed youth.
SEED Trust
THE CLIENT
The E-Cargo project and social enterprise were founded by SEED Trust, which commissioned Cause to research and establish the project.
SEED is a non-profit trust that promotes and supports entrepreneurialism and local economic development in the region.
Partners Working Together
PROJECT PARTNERS
SEED Truts, Innovationsmanufaktur (Munich), Larke Cycles and Stellenbosch Cycling. The German Federal Government and the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment funded the project through the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), as part of their worldwide initiative to reduce CO2 emissions and promote sustainability.
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This social enterprise embodies circular economic principles by using recycled bread bags as raw material to create bags and a range of other items such as conference lanyards and water bottle slings used on walking tours. The business is women-led, and the items are sold mainly on a wholesale basis to the eventing and tourism sector.
E-Cargo Micro Logistics
The project is focused on the establishment of a micro logistics social enterprise that delivers small parcels on electric cargo bicycles. In the first phase of the project, an e-cargo bicycle was locally designed and tested and will in phase 2 be rolled out with the objective to provide income for riders through an integrated delivery service in Stellenbosch. Ultimately the aim is to reduce C02 emissions and create direct financial income for unemployed youth, in a sustainable model.
Stellenbosch Youth Employment Project
The project features an employment portal for youth graduates of participating community colleges and other training institutions that offer travel and tourism-related learning opportunities to NEETs (youth not in employment, education, or training) between the ages of 18 and 25. The project aims to promote the employment of local youth in the Stellenbosch tourism and travel sector.
Township and Village is a tourism social enterprise that creates access for community-based entrepreneurs to the formal tourism market. The social enterprise was founded in 2018 with the objective of catalysing and supporting economic development through the development and marketing of community tourism products. The start-up was funded by Stellenbosch Municipality, Old Mutual Foundation, Stellenbosch University and the Cape Winelands District Municipality, and is now operating sustainably through trade income. T