Sustain Plus

Sustain Plus is a multi-stakeholder collaborative program for sustainable energy access and poverty alleviation initiatives in India. Sustain Plus works at the intersections of sustainable development, poverty and energy access, to accelerate development action through decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions for livelihoods, health and education. Sustain Plus operates through a framework of technology scouting, problem-solution fit identification, and scale up and through its network of over 80 grassroots partners, reaches communities and individuals most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including, small and marginal farmers, women and children in rural areas. Sustain Plus combines a community-centric approach towards problem identification and resolution, with the rigour of a business model perspective, to design and implement economically and operationally viable solutions, which are relevant and responsive to the real-world context. It also strengthens value ...