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How Policy Is Building a Social Economy in South Korea

NonProfit Quarterly

Today, it has the tenth-largest gross domestic product in the world. Today, Korea’s social and solidarity economy is increasingly mature—with a system of national legislation supporting four types of solidarity economy enterprises: self-sufficiency enterprises, social enterprises, village community enterprises, and cooperatives.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

agriculture and forestry), land reduction and management opportunities lie in adopting innovative products and increasing the productivity and biodiversity features of their working lands. Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lauren Lawson-Zilai

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Lauren Lawson-Zilai is the director of public relations and national spokesperson for Goodwill Industries International , a social enterprise that provides job training to nearly ten million people a year through the sale of donated clothes and household goods.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

Novelli started his career at Unilever, where he marketed laundry-detergent products in New York. I had come from Unilever and working on the same kind of products—packaged goods. He teaches in the MBA program and has created and leads the Global Social Enterprise Initiative at the School. That makes it more challenging.

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Halcyon's By The People Festival: How One Organization is Using Data to Unite People Around Art

EveryAction

Halcyon is a DC-based arts and culture organization that brings together diverse groups of changemakers in art and social enterprise and provides a safe haven for their bold ideas to take flight. Using database tools like EveryAction makes it easy for event organizers to track and report on event attendance quickly and accurately.