Q&A with Michele Bongiovanni of HealRWorld

HealRWorld is focused on the private sector. Most ESG providers are focused on public companies...but we believe that focusing on the SME (small and mid-sized enterprise) globally can create massive change. SMEs suffer a $5T funding deficit globally...but our data proves that private companies committed to 'People, Planet and Profit' outperform their peers and are on average 3 times more creditworthy. Our strategy is to leverage this finding to help spur appropriately priced lending and investment into these purpose-driven enterprises. After all, SMEs employ nearly half of the world's population and are critical to key development issues like clean energy, water, health services, and education. They fuel cross-border eCommerce in emerging and developed markets—the fastest growing segment of global trade. We simply will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without a clear focus on supporting this deserving segment of business.

Our team is comprised of seasoned executives from the big data and financial services industry that have a deep understanding of private company risk and credit data and delivery platforms. Many of our team members came from Dun & Bradstreet and worked cross functionally with expertise spanning strategy, business, technology, engineering, and sales. Further, our advisors are the top knowledge experts across AI and sustainability, and also include the ex-CFO of D&B. Most of all, however, our team is passionate about creating a better world by supporting the companies who share our commitment. We believe that capitalism can be a force for good.

According to the 2018 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report, “The lack of expertise and resources for reporting by small and medium-sized enterprises, which play a key role in some economies, especially in developing countries, is highly problematic for the SDGs. Divergent initiatives, programmes, messages, and policies further fragment the potential for a global movement led by MSMEs to achieve the SDGs.” HealRWorld has been architected to help solve the very issues that the UN cites in this report. We’ve mapped our entire database to the SDGs and created tools for consumers, investors, corporations and governments to find and patronize these companies. Further, we’ve created easy-to-use self-reporting tools for SMEs to commit to the SDGs with a powerful loyalty program entitled, SPEC—Sustain Planet Earth Committed®. Our deep understanding of the industry can help propel a movement for change in the private sector.