Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

Echoing Green    Yobo Member
January 26th, 2012

Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

How do I know if a business is the right way to make the difference to the area I want to explore? I’d say let it grow organically.

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Reaching New Heights in Sustainable Employee Engagement

Taiga Company    Yobo Member
January 17th, 2012

Reaching New Heights in Sustainable Employee Engagement

“Often, sustainability programs are seen as a bolt-on solution aimed to achieve specific marketing, operational or mitigation results. Along with their programs, sustainability professionals can struggle with an undefined sense of organizational belonging.  Sustainability professionals may find that the necessary resources to build an integrated and successful enterprise sustainability program already exist at their company [...]

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The Key to Global Prosperity: Worker Ownership

The Guardian   
January 9th, 2012

The Key to Global Prosperity: Worker Ownership

Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth and roots the value it generates in communities.

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Keeping the Faith

Calvert Foundation    Yobo Member
January 3rd, 2012

Keeping the Faith

Congregations and religious retirement funds continue to be some of the most significant contributors to impact investing institutions, and this commitment to social justice through investment was established decades prior to the current excitement about impact investing.

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A Not-So-Unreasonable Conversation: Female Social Entrepreneurs on a Gender Lens

Criterion Ventures    Yobo Member
December 21st, 2011

A Not-So-Unreasonable Conversation: Female Social Entrepreneurs on a Gender Lens

The multiplied social and financial returns that result when gender is taken seriously – in investing (and impact investing), in business (and social business) – are inextricably tied.

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Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters: The CESMACH Story Retold

Equal Exchange    Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters:  The CESMACH Story Retold

This article exemplifies the difference between Authentic Fair Trade and a corporate-centered imitation of Fair Trade. The former focuses on small farmer co-operatives and a belief that Fair Trade’s mission is to support the development model of organized farmers.

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Ten UK Schools Pilot Crowd-funded Solar Roof Projects

Positive News   
January 16th, 2012

Ten UK Schools Pilot Crowd-funded Solar Roof Projects

Ten British schools are attempting to ‘crowd fund’ their own solar panel roofs, with support from carbon reduction organisation

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Patagonia Registers as California’s First Benefit Corporation

B Corp   
January 4th, 2012

Patagonia Registers as California’s First Benefit Corporation

Founder Yvon Chouinard Leads Largest Group of Businesses
to Register on First Effective Date.

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Solar Start-Up Improves Quality of Life for 700,000

This Big City   
December 28th, 2011

Solar Start-Up Improves Quality of Life for 700,000

The company has ignited private enterprise across Africa and Madagascar with its unique model for distributing affordable solar electricity.

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Top 10 Tips for Starting a Campus Food Cooperative

CoFed    Yobo Member
December 15th, 2011

Top 10 Tips for Starting a Campus Food Cooperative

We love people-powered innovations that do good on multiple fronts, and campus food coops are a great example.

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