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NGO-Created Social Businesses
NGO-Created Social Businesses
The Products is a Venture Created by Institute Noisinho da Silva
Founded in 2011, the Products is a social business based in Brazil that utilizes an increasingly popular model in that it manages the products created by Institute Noisinho da Silva, an NGO, with... MORE
Nonstop Standing Stunts
Nonstop Standing Stunts
Jamie Green Will Stay Upright for 24 Hours for His Social Business
Jamie Green of the Australian social business One Night Stand will be kicking off the company’s first full range by taking a stand. (Sorry, I had to.) On Friday April 11 in Melbourne,... MORE
Self-Employment Social Enterprises
Self-Employment Social Enterprises
FranchisingWorks Supports New Businesses Through Advice
Based in Manchester, United Kingdom, FranchisingWorks is a social enterprise that provides support to the unemployed by throwing franchising into the mix of their Big Society Capital-funded venture.... MORE
Stephanie David, Founder of PopNod (INTERVIEW)
Stephanie David, Founder of PopNod (INTERVIEW)
Learn More About This Entrepreneur's Journey
Earlier this week, SocialBusiness.org published a profile on PopNod, and we now got the chance to speak with its founder Stephanie David. She talks about inspirations and how she made the jump to... MORE
Cashback Impact Shopping
Cashback Impact Shopping
PopNod is an Online Marketplace with Numerous Stores and Causes
Founded by Stephanie David, PopNod is an online retailer focused on the word of the neoliberal age: choice. “You can choose which cause, if any, to support, how much to donate, and which... MORE
Online Sustainable Fashion Retailers
Online Sustainable Fashion Retailers
Modavanti Launches Cosmetics and Beauty Products
You may already be aware of Modavanti, an online sustainable fashion retailer that has been featured on and with places such as Ethical Ocean, WWD, InStyle, Lucky Magazine, Mashable, Elle, Refinery... MORE
Portugal-Made Parisienne Shoes
Portugal-Made Parisienne Shoes
The Equal for All Kickstarter Relaunches the Ethical Brand
The Equal for All Kickstarter campaign is the French company’s relaunched activities for the projects that it began in 2013. In June of 2013, Equal for All had another Kickstarter that raised $... MORE
Scratch-Proof Phone Films
Scratch-Proof Phone Films
The BodyGuardz Protector for the iPhone 4 Has You Covered
The BodyGuardz protector is a scratch-proof film for the iPhone 4. This invisible lightweight case is made from the same material that covers the front of your car in order to protect it from stones... MORE
Social Entrepreneurship Investors
Social Entrepreneurship Investors
A-Spark Good Ventures Works with a Range of Bio, Social Proucts
Based in Utrecht, the Netherlands A-Spark Good Ventures is a company that invests in social entrepreneurship project and what is more, is going to be representing at this year’s SOCAP... MORE
Nonprofit Black Art Organizations
Nonprofit Black Art Organizations
Founder of Project Row Houses, Rick Lowe, Will Speak at SOCAP13
Rick Lowe, the founder of Project Row Houses (PRH), which is based in Houston, Texas, has been confirmed to be one of the many speakers at the renowned SOCAP conference this year. “PRH began... MORE
Sports Novel Donation Tees
Sports Novel Donation Tees
The Out of Print x No Mas: 796 Collection Revives Near-Classic Lit
The ‘Out of Print x No Mas: 796 Collection’ consists of three tees re-creating, in textual form, The Fight, The Natural and Friday Night Lights. “The 796 section of a card catalog... MORE
One-for-One Kids' Clothes
One-for-One Kids' Clothes
The Out of Print Baby Bodysuits Use the Same Stories
If you’re familiar with the brand itself, the images and stories plastered on the Out of Print Baby Bodysuits are probably the same that you’re used to: Le Petit Prince, The Very Hungry... MORE
Best Practice Presentations
Best Practice Presentations
International Multi-Sector Conference of Social Enterprises in Poland
Taking place this November in Poland is the II International Multi-Sector Conference of Social Enterprises. “The main goal of the Conference is to exchange and share best practises regarding... MORE
Futuristic Business Books
Futuristic Business Books
'The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World'
‘The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World,’ by Marina Gorbis is a much talked about book that was released earlier this year in April. Gorbis is the executive... MORE
Social Enterprise Measurement Programs
Social Enterprise Measurement Programs
'Inspiring Impact' is an Organization Working in the UK
‘Inspiring Impact’ is an organization that works in the United Kingdom specifically in the non-profit and social enterprise sectors. Many social entrepreneurs are interested in... MORE
Third Sector Think Tanks
Third Sector Think Tanks
NPC is a Consultancy That Stands for 'New Philanthropy Capital'
SocialBusiness.org, like its name suggests, tends to cover social businesses but sometimes, we cover innovations in the sphere as a way to share knowledge across sectors and NPC is an apt example of... MORE
Aquaculture Business Competitions
Aquaculture Business Competitions
'Fish 2.0' is for Sustainable Fisheries and Investors
While business competitions are increasingly on the rise in a variety of sectors, such as the Tech Challenge, which was recently covered on SocialBusiness.org, Fish 2.0 is one that stands out simply... MORE
Co-op Trade Bodies
Co-op Trade Bodies
Co-operatives UK Attempts to Raise Awareness on the Benefits of Business
Co-operatives UK is a trade body for mutual businesses and co-operatives. “We aim to bring together all those with a passion and interest in co-operative action,” they write on their... MORE
Small Farmer Food Products
Small Farmer Food Products
Equal Exchange Offers Fair Trade Goods Through Long-Term Partnerships
Equal Exchange was founded 25 years ago and offers fair trade goods such as bananas, coffee, almonds, chocolate, olive oil and tea, produced my small farmers through creating long-term partnerships... MORE
Small Food Economies
Small Food Economies
Principle Six Emphasizes Farmers and Locally Grown Products
Principle Six (P6) is an organization that emphasizes small farmers and locally grown products. More specifically, its three principles—perhaps obvious—are cooperative, small and local.... MORE
Co-op Consultancies
Co-op Consultancies
Co-operative and Mutual Solutions Ltd. Works Internationallly
Co-operative and Mutual Solutions Ltd. (CMS) is a co-op consultancy that works in the United Kingdom but also has an international reach and has had clients in the United States, Bahrain and the... MORE
Community-Ownership Organizations
Community-Ownership Organizations
Plunkett Foundation Works in Rural Parts of the United Kingdom
Based in The Quadrangle, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, the Plunkett Foundation is an organization that works across the United Kingdom in order to support rural communities in creating community-owned... MORE
Independent Absenteeism Garages
Independent Absenteeism Garages
'OnTrak Community Initiative' is Hands-On for Students
OnTrak Community Initiative was recently the subject of a Guardian Social Enterprise Network article published this past week on July 10, 2013. Adrian Woods, the operations director at the project,... MORE
Expensive Eco Resorts
Expensive Eco Resorts
Segera was Created by the Former CEO of Puma
It is no surprise that an eco resort featured on the New York Times’ T magazine, Segera, is something for the 1 percent. The resort, which spans over 50,000 acres in Laikipia Plateau in Kenya,... MORE
Locally Milled Organic Grains
Locally Milled Organic Grains
E5 Bakehouse is a Community Space and Bakery in East London
When chief executive of Better Health Bakery, Ashwin Mathews, was looking for advice on how to own a successful commercial bakery with a social and environmental slant, he went to E5 Bakehouse for a... MORE
Community-Based Sustaining Charities
Community-Based Sustaining Charities
The Centre for Better Health Operates Two Social Enterprises
The Centre for Better Health, a charity based in the United Kingdom, runs two social enterprises that were recently featured on SocialBusiness.org. First up was Better Health Bakery, a shop that... MORE
Care Industry Providers
Care Industry Providers
Better Health Products Ltd. is a Social Enterprise Run by a UK Charity
Better Health Products Ltd. is one of two social enterprises operating under the United Kingdom’s Centre for Better Health, which is a charity focusing on mental health, recovery and well-being.... MORE
Charity-Run Sustainable Bread Shops
Charity-Run Sustainable Bread Shops
Better Health Bakery is What it Sounds Like (and More)
Better Health Bakery is exactly what it sounds like. And more. The shop is run by Centre for Better Health, a mental health charity with social enterprise practices located in the United Kingdom. &#... MORE
Rights-Focused Social Media Agencies
Rights-Focused Social Media Agencies
Farahway Global Uses Public Engagement and Community-Building
Founded by Farah N. Mawani, who was a co-founder of Free the Hikers, an advocacy organization that pushed for three hikers to be released from Iranian authorities, Farahway Global describes itself... MORE
High-Performing Enterprise Practices
High-Performing Enterprise Practices
Centre for Social Innovation's PMC Inc Offers Managing Advice
PMC Inc, which stands for Parker Management Consulting, offers results-driven services for non-profit organizations, social enterprises and private companies. It is based in Canada, in Toronto,... MORE
Fun-Oriented Unemployment Workshops
Fun-Oriented Unemployment Workshops
Career Skills Incubator is a Place for Recent Graduates
Career Skills Incubator is a start-up that is based out of Toronto, Canada’s Centre for Social Innovation that attempts to bring positive energy to unemployment and underemployment for recent... MORE
Environment Innovators TV Series
Environment Innovators TV Series
Green Heroes Showcases Individuals, Non-Profits and Companies
Green Heroes is a television series on TVO that showcases individuals who have contributed in some way, shape or form to an environmental cause broadly speaking. “Through their stories, our... MORE
Humor Entrepreneurs
Humor Entrepreneurs
Miss Suzette Offers Solutions for Life, Work and Health Coaching
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Meat CSAs
Meat CSAs
Field Sparrow Farms Offers a Mix of GMO-Free Meat, Beef and Chicken
Based on the Kawartha Lakes in south-central Ontario, Field Sparrow Farms is a family-run farm that focus on environmental sustainability and farming practices oriented toward the small. While CSAs... MORE
Closing Organic Food Stores
Closing Organic Food Stores
Culinarium Wrote a Piece on How and Why Economic Sustainability Failed
“It is with a heavy heart that we close are our doors for the last time today,” Kathleen Mackintosh of Culinarium wrote on its blog last week on July 4th, 2010. “After much number... MORE
Farm Share Directories
Farm Share Directories
Locally Sourced is an Online Resource Based in Toronto, Canada
Locally Sourced, an organization that was featured in the latest issue of the Centre for Social Innovation’s Collider newsletter and web magazine under, is an online resource for locating farm... MORE

Featured Ideas

Bare Emotiontography
Bare Emotiontography
Photographer Ryan McGinley Snaps Black & White Studio Portraits
New York City’s Team Gallery is presenting ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ by art star photographer, Ryan McGinley. The minimalist exhibition, which runs from March 18 through April 17, 2010, features… MORE
Nude Sidekick Shoots
Nude Sidekick Shoots
In Contributing Editor 'Tight Knit' Editorial, the Man is a Mere Detail
The Contributing Editor ‘Tight Knit’ fashion spread features three models; however, only two of them wear any clothes. Conventional roles are reversed in this set-up, and male model River Viiperi is… MORE
Info-Transcribing Gadgets
Info-Transcribing Gadgets
The CrunchMunch iPhone App Stores Phone Numbers With a Click of a Button
The CrunchMunch iPhone app is a service that allows for digital business card transcribing, saving savvy business people hours of putting names and numbers into phone books. The idea of the CrunchMunch… MORE
Wrapped Leather Bracelets
Wrapped Leather Bracelets
The Banana Republic Chan Luu Collaboration is Down-To-Earth
The Banana Republic Chan Luu collaboration is the first time the American clothing brand has teamed up with a jewelry designer and the collection won't disappoint. The 17-piece collection features limited-edition… MORE
Leigh Morlock, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Push Pull Cambodia (INTERVIEW)
Leigh Morlock, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Push Pull Cambodia (INTERVIEW)
Leigh Morlock is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of one of SocialBusiness.org’s most recent heavy-hitters in terms of views this week, Push Pull Cambodia, a social enterprise that sells hand-dyed… MORE
Idea-Promoting Action Organizations
Idea-Promoting Action Organizations
The LAB Attempts to Create Palpable Innovation
While the LAB understands the importance of a good idea, that doesn’t stop them from considering what it means to put those ideas into plan and see what results come out of them. Based in... MORE
Mental Health Social Enterprises
Mental Health Social Enterprises
Mentis Tree CIC is a Not for Profit for Psychological Therapy
Mentis Tree CIC is a social enterprise based in Suffolk, United Kingdom that works in East Anglia communities in order to improve mental health. The means is through psychological therapy, from... MORE
Model Wedding Shorts
Model Wedding Shorts
The ‘Coco + James' Mini Documentary is Magical
‘Coco + James,’ directed by Gilbert Le, is a mini documentary of supermodel Coco Rocha and interior designer James Conran’s magical wedding. The 18-minute short film gives the world an insight into one… MORE
Tip-Sharing Social Networks
Tip-Sharing Social Networks
EnableLife Allows People with Disabilities to Connect Online
EnableLife hasn’t quite launched yet but their Tumblr will give you a sense of what to expect in some regard. And still other people are taking notice. The social enterprise, which is based in... MORE
Models-Turned-Designers
Models-Turned-Designers
Rini by Irina is Model Irina Lazareanu's Latest Endeavor
Romanian model (and Karl Lagerfeld’s perma-muse) Irina Lazareanu is trying her hand at designing with Rini by Irina. The blog world is abuzz at the release of photos of the top model looking for inspiration… MORE
Stylin' Flight Attendants
Stylin' Flight Attendants
The Asako Itono Video Look Book Breeds New Career-Influenced Styles
The ‘model-off-duty’ look is one of the most highly coveted, nonchalant looks in the fashion world, but the New York Magazine Asako Itono Video Look Book is giving the 'model-off-duty style' a run for… MORE
Disruptive Entrepreneur Incubators
Disruptive Entrepreneur Incubators
The Unreasonable Institute Spurs Social Enterprise Ventures
Good ideas that create change are usually unconventional -- some might even call them crazy -- and the Unreasonable Institute takes that attitude and transforms it into accelerated social ventures. In… MORE
Boutique Winter Boots
Boutique Winter Boots
The 'Blue Chocolate' Colette Sorel Caribou Collaboration
The Colette Sorel Caribou collaboration is a landmark in winter wear. The Canadian brand Sorel makes winter boots designed for trekking through snow in -40 Celsius degree weather. As a student at a university… MORE
Fair Trade-Only Websites
Fair Trade-Only Websites
Global Goods Partners Features the Work of Women Artisans
In March of last year, one Social Business published an interview with the Executive Director of Global Goods Partners, Jennifer Gootman. In it, she discussed a bit of what the day-to-day is like as... MORE