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"Sida is developing new forms of collaboration with industry via the programme Business for Development (B4D). The objective is together with companies, contribute to reduce poverty and environmental impact, create more and better jobs and encourage growth. "

"The mission of the NUST-SEECS Social Entrepreneurship Club is to create, organize, manage and capitalize the venture to make social change and to provide the students of SEECS with a platform to create awareness among the people especially our youth about the concept of social entrepreneurship and to link them with social organizations to resolve their issues and learn from these organizations the basic skills to make a positive social impact on individual level."

"Mission Markets operates a private investment exchange for multiple asset classes and market based mechanisms within the social and environmental markets. The Mission Markets platform provides companies and organizations with access to impact investors and provides these investors with an efficient way to identify, evaluate, invest in and monitor sustainable investment opportunities."

"HIP Investor Inc. is an investment advisor - and serves wealth managers and individual, family and foundation investors with HIP Portfolios. *For growth, our HIP 100 Index (SM) Portfolio re-weights all S&P 100 equities to seek both Human Impact + Profit. * Our systematic, quantitative HIP Scorecard (SM) is published in leading journals "" evaluating how corporate sustainability drives shareholder value. * HIP's new book, published by John Wiley & Sons, is on sale now."

" As a management company, TouchPoint provides unique and innovative solutions. We do this by providing capital resources and building strategic partnerships with companies whose business models have future growth potential and are dedicated to building a responsible new economy. The recent collapse of global capital markets has been particularly onerous for companies seeking new investment to grow their business. Particularly hard hit have been Triple Bottom Line (TBL) companies, a sector of business defined by its commitment to people, planet and profit. While consumer demand for TBL products that has driven market caps to over $200B, there is currently only $5B of private equity capital invested into TBL companies. TouchPoint sees the current crisis as an opportunity for companies to raise new cash from the investment community. TouchPoint is a for profit company supporting for profit initiatives and enterprises. We do this in two ways. First, we build our own financial products. But in addition to that, we build strategic partnerships that scale and support other business models we believe have growth potential and will positively impact the future. We strive for sustainability and prosperity. TouchPoint is committed to developing sustainable resources, both at home and abroad. We share a vision with our partners of developing three sectors: Green Consumer Products, Renewable Energy and Emerging Market Development."

"Funk Ventures is a multi-faceted and entrepreneurial investment firm with focus on venture capital, business acceleration and real estate. Supported by an experienced and passionate team, our philosophy is grounded in the belief that businesses can make a significant and positive contribution to people, society and the environment. Our portfolio companies and our investment focus on wellness, medical devices and clean technologies put this philosophy into action every single day."

"The Sustainable Business Alliance (SBA) is a membership organization for businesses committed to environmentally and socially responsible practices. SBA's triple bottom line: * Promoting awareness of just and sustainable practices * Educating our members and the community on business sustainability * Networking to grow each others' businesses and the green economy"

"American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) is a powerful coalition of business networks committed to building a vibrant, just, and sustainable economy. The Council is dedicated to moving beyond the politics and practices of the past to identify the innovative solutions that will transform our economy and society. We are committed to ensuring that America's businesses and social enterprises will be a major driving force behind this transformation. ASBC promotes policy change by educating and informing the business community, policy makers, and the media about the business case for change, and by engaging the leaders of businesses and enterprises in building broad support for the policies America needs. We work on a range of policy areas, including: financial reform, health care, chemicals policy, climate change and business taxes. We believe the policies that will lead us to a sustainable and just the right commitments, investments, and reforms today will ensure a strong economy for tomorrow."

"You want non-toxic, environmentally friendly products from companies with good social and safety records. GoodGuide rates over 65,000 products based on these factors."

"Investors' Circle is a network of over 225 angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations, family offices and others who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. Since 1992, Investors' Circle has facilitated the flow of over $133 million into more than 200 companies and small funds addressing social and environmental issues."

"Through our renowned Institute for Social Innovation, continuing education programs and networking opportunities, StartingBloc brings the latest innovations in corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship to emerging leaders."

"As an independent business owner, you have a million things to do. And while you'd like to operate more sustainably ... reduce your carbon footprint, find useful things to do with your waste, create stronger ties with your community ... it's hard to find the time or know where to start."

"Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs-men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Since 1981, we have elected over 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries. With our global community, we develop models for collaboration and design infrastructure needed to advance the field of social entrepreneurship and the citizen sector. Our Fellows inspire others to adopt and spread their innovations - demonstrating to all citizens that they too have the potential to be powerful changemakers."

" * Write grant and loan proposals with confidence - and get results; * Know what to ask for, who to ask, and when to ask; * Build strong, thriving organizations that make a real difference for your community; * Approach the whole process with a sense of ease and fun so that you don't get overwhelmed. * Bring your spiritual heart fully into your work. Grants Champion is dedicated to creating societal change. Whether you benefit 10 people or 10,000, if we can change just one child's life or one adult's options, we've made a difference. And that means something."

This is a space for your ideas. To collectively exchange, connect and collaborate for social good and to foster new thinking on groundbreaking social innovation. Change Connections is part of a wider initiative to support Nokia's potential to offer empowering solutions through new connections - between people, places, information and ideas - that improve the quality of lives, globally. We've undertaken a series of conversations and events to find out where the future of communication technology could help billions of people around the world better their lives - from organizing for collective power, to accessing health care, or learning even when getting to school is not a possibility. Along the way, it's become undeniable that this happens by building community. That's why we're connecting with you, here, now: to create a space for open ideation and change. On this site you'll find ideas from leading thinkers we've interviewed, background on some of the issues and opportunities at hand, links to our friends, and most importantly opportunities for you to connect to people, current work, new ideas and future possibilities in new and inspired ways. We've started a conversation and we're asking you to join and to help shape the potential future of communication technology for good. So jump in, and change connections.

Dasra Social-Impact enables social entrepreneurs to sustainably scale their organizations, thereby dramatically accelerating and increasing their impact on some of the most marginalized communities in India.

"The Lemelson Recognition and Mentoring Programme (L-RAMP) recognises, connects, mentors and funds ideas that seek to serve the rural poor, with a focus on ideas in agriculture, water, energy and dairy. We support innovations right from the idea stage and incubate them till they enter the market. "

"About Us Virtue Ventures is a small, innovative firm committed to furthering the field of social entrepreneurship through action-research, technical services and our own initiatives. Our practitioner-focused and mission-centered approach stems from being a creative team rooted in industry: Virtue Ventures' team has first-hand experience designing, launching and managing social enterprises and nonprofit agencies. We have worked with literally hundreds of nonprofits and social enterprises, spanning sectors and industries in over 40 countries worldwide."

The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network connects microenterprise practitioners from around the world to develop practical guidance and tools, build capacity, and help set standards to advance our common vision: a sustainable income in every household.

"UnLtdWorld helps social entrepreneurs to connect and to share information in a more efficient way. * The members of our community share their insight, experiences and interests and tell us what they need to succeed. * We sort, match and connect, in real-time, the people, tools and information on our platform to the members to whom they are most relevant * Once connected, members can collaborate and trade services online, working together to grow their businesses and increase the impact they have in the real world."