Genashtim is a for-profit social enterprise started in 2004 in Singapore by former big-company executive Thomas Ng. The spark was becoming a board member of a school for the blind in Manila and seeing visually impaired people navigate the internet at furious speed with screen readers. He spent two and a half years urging business owners he knew to 'hire these talented people,' but all said they 'couldn't take the risk,' and hiring was zero. So he started his own company. Genashtim is a 100% remote employment ecosystem with no physical office, connecting a 'forgotten workforce'—people with disabilities, refugees, older people, women, LGBTQ+—to the world economy (e-learning, B Corp verification services, IT support, etc.). 60–80% of employees are marginalized people, with people with disabilities working from about 10 countries. In 2021 it distributed a third of profit to employees. B Corp certified since 2015, it has made 'Best for the World' every year since.
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Genashtim: Connecting a forgotten workforce to the world economy, remotely. The letter is B; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q3; estimate based on public information.)
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Raj Kumar Selvaraj, who suffered a cervical spinal-cord injury in a chemical-tanker accident leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, thought employment hopeless. At Genashtim he works as a Verification Analyst on B Lab cases, operating a PC by voice technology, working with clients worldwide. It shows that technology and an inclusive workplace can bring a fulfilling career, economic independence and confidence even to people with disabilities in the most difficult circumstances.
Source nature: The HEAD Foundation / P2 Independent (third-party). Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
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- Founded in 2004/2008 in Singapore by Thomas Ng. A 100% remote employment ecosystem connecting people with disabilities, refugees, older people, etc. to the world economy. Over 60% of employees have disabilities (about 10 countries); in 2021 a third of profit went to employees. B Corp 'Best for the World' every year since 2015, a B Lab verification partner.P1 First-party / independent (third-party) / Genashtim／B Lab
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- Scaling employment; spreading the remote-work model to other firms/countries; promoting marginalized people into management/professional roles; sustaining the B Corp verification-services business; maintaining the balance of profit and social purpose.
A second look
The plus is an effect on a marginalized 'forgotten workforce' (People)—people with disabilities, refugees, older people, women—dignified remote work, economic independence and inclusion, with the pioneering of overturning a reality of zero hiring, the verification of winning B Corp 'Best for the World' every year, profit-sharing, and UNESCAP recognition. Caveats: it is a for-profit (though mission-first, B Corp verified, sharing profit with employees) and limited in scale at a few hundred people. Recognizing the genuine plus of dignified work for marginalized people but noting the scale, B/medium.
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- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
- Size is not value: scale is not used in the assessment. Matters that stay within money or competition—investors, shareholders, sanctions, trade secrets—are also excluded.
- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
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Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the narrative an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q3 | Back to top