Social Enterprise Solutions Servicing Rural Communities and Sustainable Tourism Development in Indonesia

Local start-up Sumba Sustainable Solutions are partnering with rural women to reduce their domestic workload using solar-powered corn and rice mills in remote villages in Sumba, Indonesia. The mills are coupled with household Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solar light and phone charger systems in a sustainable social business model currently servicing 2500 customers.

Dinesh Dulal

Dinesh Dulal is the Chief of Sustainable Energy Banking and an Executive Committee Member at NMB Bank Ltd., with over 23 years of experience in the Nepalese banking industry. His core expertise includes sustainable energy financing, agriculture lending, microfinance, and corporate social responsibility.

He represents NMB Bank on the board of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), a global initiative on carbon accounting, and NMB Microfinance, the bank’s subsidiary dedicated to inclusive finance.

Claire Alembik

Claire is a project and corporate finance professional with a robust background in investment and structured finance. Since joining ADB in 2017, Claire has been instrumental in driving infrastructure projects for the private sector, successfully closing transactions across Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Her expertise in the region has significantly contributed to the development and execution of key projects, including deals in the circular economy.