Green literacy
Where is the economy moving, and how do I get into it?
Environmental rules are seen only as a cost, not as a market to enter.
The Gap Is in Access, Never in Ability
The GEP is the distance between what a person needs to know to take part in the modern economy and the chance they have had to learn it.
It is a gap in access to a specific, teachable body of knowledge. Because it can be taught, it can be closed.
Entrepreneurial literacy
What should I build, and is it a business?
Many community enterprises are activities, not businesses.
Profit literacy
Am I making money, and how would I know?
Businesses are fully occupied but have no margin, no cash buffer and no basis for pricing.
Multiply, not add.
A shortfall in any one part collapses the value of the other two. That is why PGI addresses them together, as one system, and never in sequence.
Our vision is to close the GEP for 10 million people across Africa, beginning with the rural and historically disadvantaged communities where the gap is widest.
This is a horizon, not a forecast. It states the scale at which the problem must be addressed. It is not a promise made to any funder.
Our Mission
To close the GEP by advancing Green, Entrepreneurial and Profit literacy in underserved communities, and to prove the value of that work through measured, tested and auditable social return on investment for every partner and sponsor who funds it.
How PGI Works
Four workstreams carry the GEP framework from the classroom into communities, markets and policy.
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Community Delivery
Outreach events, boot camps, workshops and financial education across the GEP framework.
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Access and Enablement
Access to financial products and capital, and partnerships that open green value chains to small businesses.
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Advocacy and Policy
Policy engagement on the green economy, entrepreneurship and financial education, up to head of state level.
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Partnership and PPP
Public private partnerships with academic, funding, technology, green and ESG partners.
- Each workstream feeds the next. Delivery generates the evidence for advocacy. Advocacy opens access that enablement turns into opportunity. Partnership supplies the reach that delivery alone cannot achieve.
PGI does not sell recognition. It sells measured outcome, and it expects to be held to it.
- External StandardA recognised social value methodology, such as Social Value International's SROI approach, rather than a proprietary one.
- Collection at SourceImpact data captured through our platform at the point of delivery, directly from the beneficiary.
- Published MethodologyHow every headline figure is counted is published, so partners can interrogate the arithmetic.
- Independent AssuranceAn independent assurance provider will be appointed. This is a stated commitment that we will report on as it is met.
- Attribution DisciplineWe report only what we can reasonably attribute to our own intervention.
Partner With PGI
We work with organisations that want outcomes they can verify. Partners receive attributable outcomes, the methodology behind them, the underlying data and, once in place, the independent assurance opinion.
- Corporate ED, SD, SED and CSI contributions
- Foundations, trusts and development funders
- Government and public private partnerships
- Contributions in kind: technology, venues and expertise
- Individual giving through our ambassador network
Start a Conversation
info@pgi.org.za
For Business Owners
Business owners who graduate from McGeralds programmes join PGI, where support continues at no cost.
- Masterclasses
- Mentors and coaches
- Resource vault
- Opportunities hub
- Profile based matching
Our priority is rural and historically disadvantaged communities across Africa, with particular attention to youth and women.