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Social Enterprise and Triple Bottom Line

Business Responsibility: Sustainability

"The Triple Bottom Line usually refers to clarifying values and setting goals for an organization regarding its economic, environmental, and social impacts. This is also referred to as its impact on profit, planet, and people. For an example of how a company clarifies its triple bottom line values, Starbucks' mission statement is a benchmarking model www.starbucks.com/aboutus/environment.asp."

For a crash course on the Triple Bottom Line a look at Rolltronics Corporation's site will fit the bill. For a quick primer on Sustainability and The Triple Bottom Line:  http://www.rolltronics.com/ppl/tbl.html.

For a comprehensive "Selected Bibliography in Print and Electronic" http://www.socialent.org/biblio.htm, The Institute For Social Entrepreneurs http://www.socialent.org. The Executive Director of The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs, Jerr Boschee, is a Hunger Fighters Advisory Board member as Special Advisor, Social Entrepreneurs.

Center for Corporate Citizenship-expanding the concept of Corporate Citizenship http://www.bc.edu/corporatecitizenship.

Enhancing profit, environmental performance, and community benefit
Triple Bottom Line Risk Management

Develops and initiates innovative approaches to critical social issues. Has growing list of social entrepreneurs.
www.REDF.org

World Rainforest Information Portal
Rainforest Information and Resources
www.Rainforestweb.org

The Global Business Responsibility Resource Center
www.bsr.org

Social Return on Investment Collection from Roberts Enterprise Development Fund
www.redf.org/pub_sroi.htm

Eco-friendly resources for everyday living
www.worldwise.com

Triple Bottom Line and Sustainability
http://www.ecosteps.com.au

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
www.globalreporting.org
"The Global Reporting Initiative is an international multi-stakeholder effort to create a common framework for voluntary reporting of the economic, environmental, and social impact of organization- level activity. There is a list of 75 plus organizations including Anheuser-Busch, Agilent Technologies, Body Shop, British Airways, General Motors, Mead, Proctor & Gamble who use the GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. Many of those listed are linked to their reports http://globalreporting.org/AboutGRI. Then click on Companies using the guidelines under GRI In Action."

Living wage-Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
www.ACORN.org

John Elkington, "Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business"

Source of online information about social enterprise edited by one of the leaders in the field, Mark Pomerantz
http://socialenterprisemagazine.org

The National Gathering of Social Entrepreneurs
www.nationalgathering.org

A book about responsible entrepreneurism with the message that entrepreneurs in the for profit and non-profit sectors can and should be a vital part of improving the world. Meet some of these responsible entrepreneurs from around the globe. Craig Hall, The Responsible Entrepreneur, 2001. See also the Web site dedicated to celebrating responsible entrepreneurs www.theresponsibleentrepreneur.org.

Thea Singer
Can Businesses Still Save
The World, Inc., April 2001
http://www.inc.com/articles/details/0,3532,ART22319,00.html

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