38 Collective Business Ventures

From Community Solar Bonds to Fair Trade Shea Butter

Whether it's collective business ventures or co-operative worker networks, this SocialBusiness.org top list shows that there's success within the group. At the end of last year, we featured a slightly similar piece that explored creative worker co-operatives from all around the world.

This one features not only worker co-operatives themselves, but also those businesses that work closely with co-operatives in order to produce the products that they sell or perhaps the material resources that they need in order to produce their products.

Many companies tend to brand themselves as a "collective" without in fact possessing any of the co-operative enterprise characteristics like co-owning and sharing. It seems that collective has become in the social business world a buzzword that perhaps has more meaning than many companies let on. What do you consider a collective? What kind of attributes do they need to have?

SCORE
6.3 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 92%
Activity 89%
Freshness 8%
Acupuncture Cooperatives
CATEGORY
Social Good
Acupuncture Cooperatives
Affordable Alternative Medicine
CATEGORY
Social Good
Affordable Alternative Medicine
Safe Neon Clothing
CATEGORY
Social Good
Safe Neon Clothing
Nocturnal Sustainable Power Plants
CATEGORY
Eco
Nocturnal Sustainable Power Plants
Community Solar Bonds
CATEGORY
Social Good
Community Solar Bonds
Sustainable Society Cooperatives
CATEGORY
Social Good
Sustainable Society Cooperatives
Sustainable Supermarket Produce
CATEGORY
Eco
Sustainable Supermarket Produce
Coffee Connection Sites
CATEGORY
Lifestyle
Coffee Connection Sites
Job-Creating Bike Shops
CATEGORY
Social Good
Job-Creating Bike Shops
Creating Community Bonds
CATEGORY
Social Good
Creating Community Bonds
Anti-Mafia Co-Operative Products
CATEGORY
Social Good
Anti-Mafia Co-Operative Products
Job-Creating Cleansers
CATEGORY
Social Good
Job-Creating Cleansers
Vegan Fair Trade Ventures
CATEGORY
Social Good
Vegan Fair Trade Ventures
Wasted Apple Beverages
CATEGORY
Social Good
Wasted Apple Beverages
Discounted Organic Food Collectives
CATEGORY
Social Good
Discounted Organic Food Collectives
Anti-Sweatshop Apparel
CATEGORY
Social Good
Anti-Sweatshop Apparel
CSA Gives You Piece of the Pie (er Sheep)
CATEGORY
Fashion
CSA Gives You Piece of the Pie (er Sheep)
Fair Trade African Soda
CATEGORY
Social Good
Fair Trade African Soda
Healthy Super Chocolate
CATEGORY
Lifestyle
Healthy Super Chocolate
Edible Postcards
CATEGORY
Lifestyle
Edible Postcards
Upcycled Train Stations
CATEGORY
Eco
Upcycled Train Stations
Socially Conscious Sheets
CATEGORY
Social Good
Socially Conscious Sheets
Opportunity-Generating Accessories
CATEGORY
Social Good
Opportunity-Generating Accessories
Fair Trade Shea Butter
CATEGORY
Social Good
Fair Trade Shea Butter
Ethical Quinoa Vodka
CATEGORY
Social Good
Ethical Quinoa Vodka
Charitable Animal Sculptures
CATEGORY
Social Good
Charitable Animal Sculptures
Fair Trade Cocoa
CATEGORY
World
Fair Trade Cocoa
Female-Owned Design Studios
CATEGORY
Social Good
Female-Owned Design Studios
Co-Op Cacoa
CATEGORY
Social Good
Co-Op Cacoa
Mountain Bike Monuments
CATEGORY
Eco
Mountain Bike Monuments
Edgy Fashion Co-Ops
CATEGORY
Social Good
Edgy Fashion Co-Ops
Illegal City Bees
CATEGORY
Eco
Illegal City Bees
Cosmetic Cooperatives
CATEGORY
Social Good
Cosmetic Cooperatives
Bicycle-Built Cycle Sculptures
CATEGORY
Eco
Bicycle-Built Cycle Sculptures
Fashionable Fair Trade Apparel (UPDATE)
CATEGORY
Social Good
Fashionable Fair Trade Apparel (UPDATE)
Sustainable Wood Jewelry
CATEGORY
Eco
Sustainable Wood Jewelry
Organic Shoes by Veja
CATEGORY
Eco
Organic Shoes by Veja
Co-Operative Brothels
CATEGORY
Naughty
Co-Operative Brothels

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