CHAPTER 8

Power of Planet

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What is a Social Enterprise?

A social enterprise is an organization whose mission combines revenue growth and profit making with the need to respect and support its environment and stakeholder network. This includes listening to, investing in, and actively managing the trends that are shaping today’s world. It is an organization that shoulders its responsibility to be a good citizen (both inside and outside the organization), serving as a role model for its peers and promoting a high degree of collaboration at every level of the organization.

as defined by Deloitte.

Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka, is considered the ...

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