From the introduction:

An example of an Social Entrepreneurship Venture (SEV) is Insolar in Rio de Janeiro, which was founded in 2013 by Henrique Drumond, a social entrepreneur who has worked in several non-profit organisations worldwide. Insolar is described as “a social business that promotes the democratisation of access to solar energy in Brazil through the installation of solar panels in low-income communities with great human potential”. It follows Yunus’ social business concept, thus 100% of the business’s profit is re-invested in the business. Insolar has installed over 200 solar panels in Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Marta was the first favela they supported.

As part of the transcultural research group I visited Rio de Janeiro for two weeks between August and September 2019 for a case study on Insolar in the context of Social Entrepreneurship (SE) and Social Innovation (SI), which will be the focus of this chapter.