{"id":7644,"date":"2023-09-12T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:49:16","slug":"how-social-enterprises-create-a-market-for-factory-new-in-kind-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/how-social-enterprises-create-a-market-for-factory-new-in-kind-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"How social enterprises create a market for factory-new donations in kind"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsmasters_row_69db976adf9904_46455195 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 20px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_69db976adf9904_46455195 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 15px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_row_69db976adfc1c4_43459444 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_69db976adfc1c4_43459444 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 30px; 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But there are a growing number of initiatives who rescue the consumer goods and pass them on to social organizations.<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976adfcf99_15771190\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What to do with 200,000 bottles of shampoo? Brand new, top quality, but incorrectly labeled? Manufacturers of consumer goods ask themselves questions like these repeatedly . After all, not everything that is produced ultimately finds its way into the stores . While there are now numerous initiatives to save food, there are rarely any for consumer goods such as shampoo, diapers or exercise books. And this despite the fact that the goods are brand new, without quality defects or expired shelf life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Often it is small things that prevent brand-new goods from reaching the market: the label is in the wrong language, the packaging has a slight color deviation or a new design is to be introduced soon. In addition, manufacturers are offering an ever-increasing variety of products or are focusing on seasonal variants, such as a deodorant fragrance to match the autumn season. This increases the likelihood of overproduction and that not all goods will be called up by retailers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976adfd711_91939480\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3><b>Disposal is cheaper than donation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These goods are often disposed of. It sounds crazy, but it is true: It is usually cheaper to dispose of goods than to donate them for a specific purpose. There are two main reasons for this:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Logistics costs: It is not enough to put the products in the yard and release them for collection, as they could\u00a0 end up on the black market. They have to be stored temporarily, repackaged into smaller packages if necessary and made available to the respective organizations according to their needs. In other words, a market must be created that brings supply and demand together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Misdirection: In addition, the tax system &#8211; at least in Germany \u2013 favours disposal over donation. This is because, in the course of the manufacturing process, companies pay sales tax on the individual input products. Normally, this is offset by the sales tax included in the invoice when the products are sold. If companies give the products away, they are left with the tax they paid in advance. They can prevent this simply by disposing of the goods. Because under the current tax law, the tax office reimburses the companies for the VAT included in the input products, as the products are no longer part of the economic cycle. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The scale is anything but trivial. It is estimated that goods worth 7 billion euros are disposed of every year instead of being traded. Around a third of these belong precisely to the group of goods that charitable organizations urgently need: toys, body care, household goods, building materials, detergents, and office supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976adfe198_89622589\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_fourth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7653\" src=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px.png 800w, https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/innatura-Logo-Claim-Kreis-RGB-800px-580x580.png 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column three_fourth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><b>We support\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/en\/project\/innatura\/\">innatura<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Brand-new goods for charities<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Juliane Kronen received the offer to take over 200,000 shampoo bottles free of charge in 2009 from a former colleague, provided they did not end up on the black market. At the time, as a partner at the management consultancy BCG in Cologne, she had no solution. However, she took this request as an impetus to develop a business model that would solve the problem. With success: In 2013, with the support of the impact investment firm Bonventure, she founded the non-profit company innatura. This company brokers consumer goods for daily use to the social sector and takes care of all logistics and administration. The goods are delivered by the companies directly to innatura&#8217;s warehouse or collected by innatura, repackaged into suitable batch sizes and then brokered to non-profit social or church organizations and institutions in line with their needs. There is no sales price, only an agency fee. This fee varies depending on how much demand there is for the products. As a rule, it is between 5% and 20% of the value of the goods. innatura always bases its prices on those of discounters. For the social sector, it makes no sense to pay a premium for expensive brands, argues Juliane Kronen. That is why innatura sells trendy brand-name products just as cheaply as no-name products from discounters.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">innatura is being supported by us in September 2023 \u2013 so with your search queries, you can actively generate money for this project!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976adfed84_70647583\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_13734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13734\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Innatura-1100-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"689\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Innatura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976adff4e8_72766474\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The social enterprise, which is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, can look back on great achievements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 2,800 social institutions such as children&#8217;s homes, shelters for the homeless or youth projects regularly purchase products through innatura.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The recipient organizations have thus been able to save 35 million euros and use them to secure or expand their social work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over 8000 tonnes of waste have already been avoided.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">225 manufacturing and retail companies such as Beiersdorf, Procter &amp; Gamble or Amazon Germany already donate consumer goods for mediation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The assortment includes more than 1,500 articles of daily use &#8211; from diapers to washing powder, shampoo and other hygiene articles to toys and office supplies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Innatura has successfully solved the logistical challenges for donations in kind from companies. As far as tax disincentives are concerned, innatura keeps trying to bring the issue to the attention of politicians. In the meantime, there is actually some movement. The coalition agreement of the current government stipulates that donations in kind of brand-new goods are to be made easier. Juliane Kronen hopes that Germany will actually take action and not wait for a European regulation. It would certainly be possible under tax law. It would only be necessary to introduce a further tax rate of zero percent for donations in kind in addition to the regular and reduced tax rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae00002_27256452\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_fourth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkinddirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ikd-logo.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column three_fourth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><b>The benchmark: In Kind Direct from England<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The British organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkinddirect.org\/\">In Kind Direct<\/a> served as a model for innatura. The organization has been on the market since 1996 and has reached almost 4,000 social organizations. While the idea of founding a &#8220;social enterprise&#8221; that operates in the market but is not profit-oriented has a long tradition in the Anglo-Saxon world, the topic is still relatively new in Germany. What is astonishing, however, is who turns out to be the social entrepreneur who successfully helped In Kind Direct get off the ground and continues to accompany it as a patron: Prince Charles of Wales, the current head of the British Royal Family. It shows that the social entrepreneurship scene, which is often associated with young founders, is more diverse and colourful than one would expect at first glance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae00ad0_23473014\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_fourth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13814\" src=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column three_fourth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><b>Early Adopter: Dons Solidaires in France<br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Already since 2004, the French non-profit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donsolidaires.fr\">Dons Solidaires<\/a> has established the model in France and to date has provided everyday goods worth more than 250 million euros to non-profit organizations. In Kind Direct and Dons Solidaire are the largest organizations in this field. In 2022 alone, Dons Solidaire was able to support more than one million people in France and brokered more than 10 million products.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae01540_32013422\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3><b>Contrasting development in the Alpine countries: Fairmittlerei in Austria and Materia Bona in Switzerland<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brokering donations in kind seems as simple as it is logical. However, this is (unfortunately) not always the case. The logistics, the repackaging into packages that meet the needs, as well as the tracking down of donors and organizations that need exactly the products offered, are not self-propelling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is especially true for smaller countries like Austria or Switzerland, where many of the everyday products sold there are not produced in the country itself. For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendingtopics.eu\/fairmittlerei-ende\/\">Fairmittlerei<\/a> in Austria, which is set up as a non-profit association, had to cease operations in mid-2022 \u2013 completely unexpectedly for many in the sector. Almost at the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/materiabona.org\">Materia Bona<\/a>, an independent organization for the mediation of factory-made donations in kind, was launched in Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae01dd5_38676044\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_8214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8214\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FairmittlereiDas-Team-2017_16-Fotocredits-Lukas-Ilgner_1100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"688\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Lukas Ilgner \/ Fairmittlerei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae02596_00124422\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3><b><br \/>\nCooperation across country borders<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For smaller countries, Juliane Kronen sees cooperation between the individual country organizations as the key to success. In this way, large consumer goods manufacturers like Proctor &amp; Gamble can make products available in different countries, regardless of where the respective factory is located.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Juliane Kronen is also on the board of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikdinternational.org\">In Kind Direct International<\/a>, the umbrella organization that manages the cooperation of four country organizations \u2013 In Kind (UK), Innatura (D), Dons Solidaire (F) and Materia Bona (CH). With its help, goods worth about 20 million euros have been transferred between the individual partners to date. In this way, a wide range of products can be offered in individual countries even if access to product donations is unevenly distributed. In addition, isolated large donations that cannot be absorbed in a single country can be brokered across countries. However, there are limits to this: In addition to transport costs, it is primarily import regulations or customs duties that limit trade. For example, since Brexit, exchange with England has come to a virtual standstill. However, the regulations for Switzerland are favourable \u2013 a stroke of luck for Materia Bona.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae02dc0_12331503\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_divider_69db976ae03dc6_13754558\" class=\"cmsmasters_divider cmsmasters_divider_width_long cmsmasters_divider_pos_center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae03f87_23757434\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MORE ABOUT THE PROJEKT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_69db976ae04551_80242036\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_13744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13744\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13744 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/good-search.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Innatura-1100-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"689\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Katrin Greiner Photography \/ Innatura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Innatura<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We support innatura in September 2023 with the proceeds from GOOD. 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