Furniture without cash value quickly goes from company asset to company liability. Green Standards is trying to change the way corporations perceive office assets, and the Toronto-based firm is developing a unique business model in the process—one that’s socially and...
It is a warm evening, early in the summer, and the Shopify offices are packed for the Toronto+Acumen event. Clean and modern, their aesthetic is matched by the young professionals who have flocked here, dressed to impress. While we sit, pecking at the bison meat and...
Toronto, Canada has a growing populous rich in culture and opportunity. Much like any other city, people from all walks of life seek accommodations within its many diverse neighbourhoods. But as the downtown core and surrounding municipalities expand in size –...
The Furniture Bank is a tremendous social enterprise, with its Etobicoke location the largest office of its kind in North America. Working with social services and shelters across the GTA, the organization provides an often-overlooked leg-up to people in need....
Refugees are operating a newly opened hotel for tourists in the Austrian capital of Vienna. They’ve already managed the first days with a full house. Writer Iris Mostegel gets a firsthand look at the exceptional project. The spring sun floods the lobby with light. Two...
Groupe Convex (GC) is a nonprofit organization that oversees a network of eight social purpose enterprises based in the Prescott-Russell region of Eastern Ontario, Canada. With a mission of helping people with intellectual disabilities find employment, thereby...
