Community bonds: A play in one act
Community bonds offer a new asset class for investors, but what are the pros and cons of this social investment option? A nonprofit/social enterprise walks into the bank. Nonprofit/Social Enterprise We’d like to borrow $80,000 of capital to fund our social...
Social Enterprise Dragons breathe fire into business
Social entrepreneurs don’t get nearly enough credit. They step up to tackle some of their communities’ most vexing problems; they work with minimal resources, leveraging every last penny to achieve their goals; and they measure success at social, environmental and...
FoodShare Toronto’s Field to Table: Social enterprise with a mission
For nearly twenty years, FoodShare Toronto has operated Canada’s first and arguably largest and most successful social enterprise nonprofit food hub, helping thousands access healthy, affordable, local and sustainably produced food through a variety of revenue...
School for Social Entrepreneurs in Ontario: Learning through doing
Entrepreneurship is an action word. Having that entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to get a venture off the ground are just as important as that one great idea. Social entrepreneurs have the same perseverance as mainstream entrepreneurs with an extra bit of...
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 concomitant...
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...
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...
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...

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