B Corp Breakdown
Wondering what all that B Corp talk is about? SEE Change contributor and legal advisor, Natalie McFarlane, breaks it down for you here. There has been much ado south of the border about recent developments with B Corps (B stands for “Benefit”) and the...
Clearing the air in the Big Smoke
Ambitious pilot project aims to transition two Toronto neighbourhoods to carbon neutrality When it comes to carbon footprints, it’s no secret that cities wear some of the biggest shoes around. Canada’s largest city, known to some as the Big Smoke, is certainly no...
Eco-friendly travel ideas
{jcomments on} [English version to follow] Plusieurs alternatives se présentent aux consommateurs lors de leur choix de vacances. Si vous êtes comme moi, vous espérez que votre empreinte écologique soit la plus minime possible. Pour ce faire, voici quelques trucs qui...
A true story about starting a social enterprise – The first year
Month One: Like a lot of social entrepreneurs out there, we weren’t necessarily looking to enter the field. In fact, we weren’t really thinking like entrepreneurs at all. We were thinking like creators, writers, publishers. We saw the potential that social enterprise...
Can social enterprises deliver better results?
Earlier this year, richest men in the world numbers two and three developed a Giving Pledge that implored billionaires the world over to give at least half of their earnings to charity. Of the forty that are complying, richest man in the world #1 is noticeably absent....
Young entrepreneurs matter right now
In 2006, Statistics Canada forecast that one in five Canadian entrepreneurs would be retiring within the next five years. That timeline is knocking on our door now. What’s more, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) projects that 71% of business owners will...
Social enterprises worth watching
Last time, I wrote that social enterprise and entrepreneurship is a movement, not a model. I suggested that people could undertake various forms of action within its framework and still be tied to each other through the connective tissue of a common vision. It seems...
Social enterprise is a movement not a model
You don’t often expect to have conversations about social enterprise with strangers on the subway. So I was somewhat surprised when a passerby in his twenties pointed at me from across the underground hallway leading to the turnstiles. He smiled when he approached...