Born and raised in Mexico City I was very enthusiastic when I heard that my high school alma mater, Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC), had a new major in social entrepreneurship, or as they call it “emprendimiento cultural y social”. During my last visit home, I was eager to meet with the program director to better understand the
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The programme of support is now open to all London boroughs. Join the programme and you can choose your own tailor-made support package, with access to: Expert business leaders for advice and project delivery Profiling and new business opportunities and Subsidised social impact consultancy, training and premises You can register your interest online or call Mike Freeman,
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This week in Oxford the 2016 Skoll World Forum and Marmalade will bring together thousands of people from the public, private, charity and social enterprise sectors to discuss solutions to global social and environmental issues. In just a matter of days the 2016 Skoll awardees will be announced. Hear from one of last year’s winners and the founder of Blue Ventures Alasdair Harris in
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Going all-out to connect with youth in Kaikohe has seen social enterprise ARCO recognised with a milestone award for ‘best community engagement’ by Contact Energy in the Launchpad accelerator programme. ARCO proved they had a winning strategy with their wide-ranging and extensive engagement programme undertaken with community groups, schools, youth and family, and potential customers.
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The society won the top prize for allowing its staff to take up to 31 hours of paid volunteering leave each year. The financial services provider the Yorkshire Building Society was named Business of the Year at last night’s Business Charity Awards, which recognise the outstanding contribution UK companies make to good causes. The building
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Traditional divisions between NGOs, charities and businesses are blurring with new collaborative projects on water The problem of global water access is as intransigent as they come. Some 768 million people – more than the population of Europe – still lack access to clean water. Likewise, this year’s Millennium Development Goal target of halving the
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In our work investing in social enterprises that deliver critical goods to the poor, there is a substantial amount of work to evaluate each investment opportunity. A critical part of the diligence process, particularly when it comes to emerging markets, is speaking with industry experts who can provide reliable information about sector trends, market dynamics and
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Ahead of the 2016 Sankalp Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya next week, Pioneers Post and the Sankalp team spoke to the founders of four ventures based in the continent to find out: ‘What does the world need to know about African enterprise?’ High number of funds, but impractical mandates Sun-Culture is a business that designs and sells solar powered irrigation
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Social enterprises here typically offer jobs to disadvantaged groups as part of their social mission. But more are starting to hire corporate professionals at the management level too, to help grow their businesses. One of them is Western food chain Eighteen Chefs, which employs at-risk youth and former offenders. Its new group chief executive once
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