Posts Tagged ‘ Social Business ’
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Solar-powered irrigation systems improve diet and income in rural sub-Saharan Africa, Stanford study finds

Monday, January 11th, 2010

A new Sanford University study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is yet another validation our clean energy can lead to sustainable business models.

While this study was funded via a grant from the Environmental Venture Projects (EVP), its work is the type needed to provide data for all the Social Business Model efforts. It data help others figure out how to scale to other places around the world.

Prof Yunus speaking about Social Business

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Social Enterprise aims for a triple bottom line approach. Social Business on the other hand aims at a single bottom line, i.e. social benefit. Yet it is not a charity. It is a non-dividend, non-loss business (investors get back what they put in and no more). Any social benefit company that makes a loss does not qualify as a social business.  Prof Yunus elaborates on this unique new subset of social enterprise. Watch to learn more.

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