100 Social Businesses

Each new year comes with a range of ways to reinvent and these social businesses follow in line with one way to do just that in the realm of positive change and corporate projects. With that in mind, John Elkington and Charmian Love, from Volans, recently published a piece on FastCo Exist called "10 Breakthrough Capitalism Opportunities For 2013."

From creative power forums and portuguese learning portals to university employment partnerships and community cafe firms, this top list of social businesses meld the environment, the social and the corporate in order to effect change in local and global communities. The issue lies with whether or not these organizations are reinventing the wheel or simply doing the same old thing with a different image, or perhaps, brand.