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Sustainability
Improving economic participation
We empower young people to find employment, create jobs and transform their communities.
Futuremakers by Standard Chartered
Futuremakers is our global youth economic empowerment initiative, tackling inequality and promoting greater economic inclusion.
Between 2024 and 2030 we’re committing USD 120 million to help create and sustain 140,000 jobs. We’ll do this by enabling disadvantaged young entrepreneurs and job-seekers, predominantly women, to learn, earn and grow to improve their economic skills and prospects.
Impact
Between 2019 and the end of 2023, Futuremakers reached over 2.1 million young people, 68 per cent women and girls, with education, employability skills and entrepreneur training and support.
Nearly 517,000 of these young people participated in intensive Futuremakers activities, and of those:
- 72,000+ adolescent girls were supported to continue in secondary education
- 40,000+ girls and young women showed increased confidence and self-esteem
- 39,000+ young people secured employment
- 46,000+ young people improved their business related knowledge and skills
- More than 12,000 jobs were created by micro-entrepreneurs who were supported by Futuremakers activities
News, events and stories
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“I developed valuable skills”
Musanse Kaunga has one ambition – a successful career in marketing.
“Even boys applied”
An inside look at the first year of SHE’s Sneak Peek programme
From Ukraine to Poland
How can we embrace equity and lift the participation of women in business?
Naom’s story
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About Futuremakers by Standard Chartered
Our history across our unique geographical footprint means we have people, skills and connection with employers in markets where one of the biggest economic challenges is growing youth unemployment. Globally, 282 million young people are not in employment, education or training, of whom over 60 per cent are in our markets, the majority (68 per cent) female.
How we work
To lift economic participation we enable young women to learn, earn and grow, helping job-seekers to be more employable and micro-entrepreneurs to build businesses that create more jobs.
Launched in 2019, Futuremakers is delivered in partnership with the Standard Chartered Foundation, NGOs and our business and client networks, and harnesses the skills and knowledge of our colleagues. All programmes have a strong focus on disability, gender and financial inclusion, and green and sustainable jobs.
Employability
Empowering 70,000 disadvantaged young women to gain skills and sustainable employment by 2030.
With our partners, we provide training, mentoring, upskilling and career planning to support young people to become job ready.
Entrepreneurship
Supporting entrepreneurs to start or build microbusinesses to create 70,000 jobs by 2030.
We offer broader business skills training, help building financial knowledge, and access to finance and networks for micro-entrepreneurs.
Our financial commitment
From 2024 – 2030 we’ve committed to a fundraising and donation target of USD120 million to create and sustain 140,000 jobs, by empowering young people to learn, earn and grow. Funds raised go to the Standard Chartered Foundation, NGOs and charity partners to deliver Futuremakers projects.
Lifting participation
Hear from Heather Matranga and Sanjukta Mitra on how to address the gender financing gap.
SC WIN
Breaking down barriers: SC WIN leverages the power of our unique global footprint to help women-led businesses grow.
Supplier diversity
We’re committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in our supply chain.
Employee Volunteering
Every colleague is offered three days of paid volunteering leave each year to support the communities in which we operate.