Social finance and nonprofits

Check out my latest post for the Causeway/Ashoka Social Finance Blog Series at socialfinance.ca. A sustainable approach to managing money that delivers social, environmental and economic benefits, social finance has achieved the status of buzzword in the nonprofit...

What is social enterprise?

If you’re reading this, you’re probably hoping for a definition of social enterprise. A logical expectation, given the title of this posting. But alas, as I’ve discovered in the past few months, trying to find an agreed upon description of social...

Social purchasing: An alternative to mindless consumerism

Last week, I attended the launch of a new social enterprise purchasing toolkit, created by Vancouver-based enp(enterprising non-profits). The goal of the toolkit is to help organizations – nonprofits, corporations, and the public sector – leverage their...

A mug of liquid sustainability

So I was thinking about coffee the other day. Okay, in the aim of full disclosure for my inaugural post, here’s the thing: I think about coffee every day. The way I see it, of all the vices to adopt as my own, a freshly brewed cup of Joe has got to be the best option....

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