Innovation for resilience: Repurposing shelter materials
To make humanitarian operations more sustainable, all actors must use resources smarter: use less and waste less. At Better Shelter,…
Building with local material and expertise in El Chopá, Colombia
Since 2021, heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in San Marcos, Colombia, destroying homes and crops. Thousands of people have…
Supporting flood victims in Kenya
Most of the population along the Tana River lives in flood-prone areas and relies on the river for their livelihoods…
Opening night of What Makes a Home exhibition in New York
The photo project What Makes a Home shifts the focus from adversity and trauma to brief, intimate moments of joy, resilience,…
What Makes a Home
The photo project What Makes a Home shifts the focus from adversity and trauma to brief, intimate moments of joy, resilience,…
Johan Karlsson on Better Shelter’s approach to supporting displaced people
In the latest episode of the “Logistics with Purpose” podcast, Johan Karlsson, Managing Director of Better Shelter, discusses his work…
Testing our shelters in India – an update
We work closely with our partners to continuously improve our shelters and adapt to the rapidly changing humanitarian landscape. In…
A sustainable shelter portfolio
Climate change and displacement are increasingly interconnected. As extreme weather events and environmental conditions worsen with global heating, they are…
Product development focus areas
We are developing a new shelter portfolio, which prioritises environmental sustainability in the following areas: Longer lifespan By designing shelters…
Continuous product improvements
We developed an improved version of the current shelter in 2023, which will be available in 2024. The new version…
Analysing our shelter from cradle-to-gate
A Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) calculates the environmental impact of products or services throughout their lifecycle. In our case, the…
Environmental progress
EcoVadis has recognised our third-party logistics partner with the top one per cent platinum medal for its sustainability rating. This…