About Wise Steps Impact
Established in 2019, Wise Steps Impact (formerly Wise Steps Foundation) is a women-led Indonesian NGO co-creating sustainable futures for rural communities at the intersection of education, employment, entrepreneurship, and environmental protection. We act as an Ecosystem Catalyst, bridging the gap between high-level sustainability concepts and practical, on-the-ground implementation. Currently, we leverage Indonesia’s massive commercial tourism industry as the engine for this change. By connecting the potential of rural youth, women, and local champions directly to tourism supply chains, we ensure vulnerable destinations transition from extractive practices to regenerative flourishing and true local self-reliance.
Wise Steps Impact is the non-profit arm of the Wise Steps Group. Operating alongside our commercial partners, Wise Steps Consulting and Sejiva, we are part of an integrated social enterprise ecosystem. This structure provides us with critical funding pipelines and direct access to hospitality supply chains. It allows us to understand exact industry needs, co-create relevant solutions at the community level, and advise destinations on feasible, long-term sustainability strategies.
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We design programs backed by thorough baseline assessments and comprehensive measurement to ensure systemic environmental, social, and economic change.
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We go beyond traditional charity. We build multi-stakeholder partnerships that respect local knowledge and connect grassroots potential directly to commercial supply chains.
“We envision a world where rural communities thrive in harmony with nature, achieving dignity and self-reliance.”
Co-creating outcome-driven initiatives with grassroots communities.
Unlocking potential through access to education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
Bridging global knowledge with locally feasible circular solutions to protect nature.
Building lasting multi-stakeholder networks that ensure community ownership.
Co-creating outcome-driven initiatives with grassroots communities.
We believe in direct, measurable interventions that address real-world environmental and socio-economic challenges hand-in-hand with local leaders.
Unlocking potential through access to education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
Equipping rural youth and women with green skills, vocational training, and leadership opportunities to drive sustainable tourism and commerce.
Bridging global knowledge with locally feasible circular solutions to protect nature.
Implementing waste-to-value systems, BSF composting, and plastic waste upcycling to transform waste streams into regenerative assets.
Building lasting multi-stakeholder networks that ensure community ownership.
Uniting hotels, corporations, government bodies, and NGOs into collaborative ecosystems that sustain long-term prosperity.
We design programs backed by thorough baseline assessments and comprehensive measurement to ensure systemic environmental, social, and economic change.
We go beyond traditional charity. We build multi-stakeholder partnerships that respect local knowledge and connect grassroots potential directly to commercial supply chains.
Executive Director
Strategic Advisor
Strategic Advisor
Sustainable Tourism Advisor
Head of Community Engagement & Learning
Project Coordinator for Philanthropy & Partnership
Finance Lead
Strategic roadmap for circular tourism systems.
