enp Launches Social Enterprise Purchasing Toolkit
www.sepurchasing.ca
Over 50 guests joined us for a wine and snacks event to celebrate the launch of the Social Enterprise Purchasing Toolkit. (And of course, the entire event was produced by social enterprise suppliers!) The evening included a guided tour of the Toolkit and discussion about procurement and social enterprise suppliers from our special guest speakers. Thank you to everyone for joining us. And special thanks to Melanie Conn of Devco / Common Thread and Victoria Wakefield, the Manager of Logistics and Sustainability for Supply Management at UBC, for sharing their wisdom and inspiring success stories!
The Toolkit is now available online, have a look at www.sepurchasing.ca. Inside you will find a purchasing framework, action steps, resources, links to our social enterprise marketplace and definitions. Please spread the word about this important tool ! It is our hope that businesses, organizations, and governments will use the Toolkit to assist them in incorporating social enterprise purchasing into their existing procurement practices/policies to help them achieve their CSR goals.
The Third Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise Announces Paul Martin as guest speaker at Opening Night Networking Event The Social Enterprise Council of Canada is thrilled to announce that the Right Honourable Paul Martin will be speaking at the Opening Night Networking Event of Canada's national, bilingual conference on social enterprise, the Third Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise. This Networking Event is taking place on Wednesday November 18 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm at Toronto's Centre for Social Innovation (215 Spadina Ave., 4th floor). Mr. Martin, a strong proponent of social enterprise, will welcome and address a crowd of 200 social enterprise practitioners and supporters from across the country. His talk will inspire and prepare delegates before they begin a two-day Policy Forum, (November 19th and 20th) and work towards crafting a national policy agenda that enables social enterprise to thrive in our country. The Opening Night Networking Event is open to all conference delegates. If you haven't yet, please register soon, at: www.secouncil.ca.
Sewing Social Broker has a new name: Common Thread
The newly named service, Common Thread, accesses high volume contracts for tote bags, conference bags, children's back packs, and home wares and coordinates their production among their network of sewers which includes Afgan Women's Sewing and Craft Co-op, the Kettle Friendship Society, Sewing with Heart, the Aboriginal Mothers' Centre, and others. Learn more...
Money & Mission: An Environmental Scan and Readiness Assessment Report Brief
Report on Social Enterprise Readiness in Calgary
We've just added this report to our resource collection. The report illustrates findings from an environmental scan and readiness assessment of social enterprise and earned income activity in Calgary’s human service nonprofit sector. Find it here.Social Enterprise Alliance Summit & World Forum
April 2010, San Francisco
A new sector is emerging with the primary purpose of addressing social, environmental and economic challenges of our time. The growth of social enterprise has the potential to be a defining innovation of this century. Join over 500 social entrepreneurs in San Francisco to learn, grow, be inspired, make new connections from around the globe and become part of this expanding movement. Learn More...
Recent Charity Village cover story features social enterprise
enp's David LePage is among those interviewed... The article is available here.
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