Our Sustainable Development Goal Impact

Baraka is impacting 16 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

With the support of our customers and their customers, we are thrilled to share this short report on our SDG Impact. The SDGs were adopted unanimously by all member nations of the United Nations and provide the framework for working towards a more fair, equitable, sustainable and just future for all.

As a small business there is little we could do were it not for the enthusiastic support of our entire community.

Click on any of the 17 SDGs to read how Baraka, with your help, is directly contributing towards each individual goal.

This is your accomplishment. Thank you for sharing this journey with us and for making the world just a little bit better.

	End poverty in all its forms everywhere Direct income to over 1,000, primarily poor, rural women in northern Ghana and supply chain impact to 2,500 more throughout Ghana. Income generation training to 680 rural women, delivered in their communities during 2022 Developed four Women’s Enterprise Centres in northern Ghana to support women’s income generation in rural communities.
	End hunger achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Women’s Enterprise Centres used to process/prepare crops for storage and income. Encouragement and support for subsistence agriculture alongside our supply chain activities. Income and income generation activities directly support sustainable food security.
	Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Community health and wellness, safety equipment and specific programs. Increased income directly supports good health and well being for the women and their families.
	Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Over 75% of women working with Baraka use the income earned to support their children’s education.
	Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Over 95% of the income earned in our supply chain and Baraka staff goes directly to women, directly supporting economic empowerment. Nearly 40% of the women are under 25 years of age. Our Carbon Offset program, which offsets 100% of the carbon cost of shipping from our warehouse to our customers, supports a rural women's fuel efficiency and development project in Kenya.
	Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Community water provided in Konjeihi with a new borehole.
	Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Waste to Energy project providing clean energy for shea butter processing.
	Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Direct income to over 1,000, primarily poor, rural women in northern Ghana and supply chain impact to 2,500 more throughout Ghana. Income generation training to 680 rural women, delivered in their communities during 2022 Developed four Women’s Enterprise Centres in northern Ghana support women’s income generation in rural communities.
	Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Extensive efforts to optimize social/economic impact from all supply chain activities. Construction and operation of four Women’s Enterprise Centres in northern Ghana. Ongoing consumer/customer education on the importance of understanding supply chains and their impact on rural women and economies
	Reduce inequality within and among countries No direct impact unless you consider that Ghana is a developing economy and we are helping to grow exports in a way that maximizes the economic, social and environmental supply chain impact on impoverished rural women.
	Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Our supply chain impact model optimizes income and impact for remote, rural villages, helping to increase their cash economy and make them more resilient and sustainable.
	Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns We promote and support healthier skin care and cosmetics options, focusing both on pure, simple ingredients and the social, economic and environmental impact of the supply chains for those ingredients. Our Waste to Energy project reduces climate change and deforestation as well as the carbon impact of shea butter production We offset 100% of the Carbon Cost of shipping product from our warehouse to customers
	Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Our Waste to Energy pilot project has pioneered a closed loop, circular economy process that utilizes waste from Shea Butter processing to provide fuel energy for making shea butter. We offset 100% of all shipments from our warehouse to our customers and consumers
	Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Our organic shea nut collection process enhances and supports riverine ecosystem health along the Black Volta, making the river healthier and more sustainable and making a positive impact on animal and bird populations.
	Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Our Waste to Energy project displaces trees cut for firewood and combats deforestation. Ongoing community education on deforestation provided to all direct supply chain communities. Our organic shea nut collection process encourages and supports sustainability in terrestrial ecosystems. Development of the Kombo Butter industry discourages needless cutting of Kombo Trees.
	Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels No direct impact.
	Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Baraka works with partners and stakeholders from the furthest upstream reached of the supply chain all the way to North American and global consumers. The Baraka model of integrating social, economic and environmental impact in the upstream supply chain and creating financial and emotional connection from it to downstream consumers creates a global partnership connection for sustainable development.