Paper

12/3/2013

The LifeStraw®

A White Paper

Dom Cioppa

TWR2009/J. CATTON

The LifeStraw®: A White Paper

Glossary

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): an agency of the U.S. federal government created

for the specific purpose of protecting human health and the environment. It writes and enforces

regulations based on related laws passed by Congress.

Profit-With-A-Purpose: a business model adopted by Vestergaard Frandsen that combines the

principles of traditional capitalism and applied social responsibility.

Protozoan parasites: any of a large group of unicellular, water-borne organisms that, upon

ingestion, infect the intestinal tracts of man and animal and causes adverse biological reactions

ranging from simple gastrointestinal distress to death by diarrhea.

United Nations Millennium Development Goals: an eight-part plan of global action adopted

by the United Nations member-states and various international organizations in 2005. It seeks to

achieve concrete, quantifiable and specific social changes amongst the world’s poorest nations

by 2015, namely:

The development of a global partnership for social change

The eradication of extreme poverty and hunger

The achievement of universal primary education

The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women

The reduction of child mortality rates

The improvement of maternal health

The attempted eradication of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Increased environmental sustainability

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Vestergaard Frandsen: a Swiss-based company that manufactures an innovative family of

disease-control textiles, including the award-winning LifeStraw® personal water filter, as part of

its goal to provide for and to ensure the ongoing health and welfare of the residents of thirdworld countries. Vestergaard Frandsen’s mission, as stated on their website, “is fuelled by our

humanitarian entrepreneurship to create a healthier planet.”

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