Business Model in Iceland: geoSilica
GeoSilica’s mission is to utilise waste from geothermal production to create a sustainable environment. The company geoSilica Iceland ehf. was founded by Burkni Pálsson, Fida Abu Libdeh, and Agnir ehf., pursuant to their final theses [...]
Gloucester Services: Supports local communities and social enterprises
Gloucester Services is the first motorway service in England, that donates 3% of the financial turnover to local employment, job training, local communities and social initiatives. The social economic foundation Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, manages the [...]
Apie socialinį verslą lietuvoje
Socialiniam verslui būdingas labai platus veiklos spektras. ES valstybėse narėse socialinis verslas dažniausiai veikia trijose srityse: integracijos į darbo rinką, asmeninių paslaugų ir socialiai atskirtų vietovių vystymo bei aplinkosaugos. Atsižvelgiant į socialinės ekonomikos raidos tendencijas [...]
CoccoBello – Honey from Russian village
Cocco Bello produces organic creamed honey in a small village in the Ural mountains (Russia), where locals cultivate bees and hand-pick wild berries. Cocco Bello has won the Social Impact Award (Russia) for the project of [...]
Eurocities: The role of cities in promoting social entrepreneurship
EUROCITIES has prepared a publication on the role of cities in promoting social entrepreneurship. The report has analyzed good practices from 11 cities across the EU, among those Goteborg and Malmö. The report looks into [...]
Trajectory for a social business
The largest Russian bank Sberbank has opened the web-portal for entrepreneurs "Delovaja sreda" (Business environment). It consists of a lot of business-related articles, educational materials and reports, both text and video. For social start-ups, it [...]