In many Asian countries, passionate entrepreneurs are working to find new sustainable solutions to concrete social and environmental challenges. Focusing on corporate responsibility and social entrepreneurship is far from just a Western practice.
Although the concept of social entrepreneurship to many is much more appealing and sexy than mainstream commercial business, we need the power of both to push the field of socially responsible and socially innovative companies forward.
Not all social entrepreneurs are able to raise commercial funding. Many end up falling between two stools when operating in the cross-section of commercial and non-commercial enterprise: social foundations are reluctant to give grants to profit-making companies, and commercial investors hold back because it takes too long for them to create a financial return on [...]
On Friday last, Tania Ellis led us into the world of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a carefully crafted three-part presentation that proved to be both highly entertaining and informative… An account of Tania Ellis’ presentation of the world of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability from South Wind, The Rotary Club of Bangkok South.
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