Social Enterprise Business Case Competition

Ever wonder what might happen if the dragons left their den and entered the realm of social enterprise? Here is an invitation to a special business case contest where two social enterprises will pitch their key challenges to a judge and jury of their peers.

The Results Are In!

Earlier this year, Fraser Basin Council and Vancity Credit Union did an online survey of small to medium sized enterprises earlier this year. With an impressive volume of respondents and very detailed responses, participants explained their sustainability strategies and the actions they are undertaking.

Integrating Sustainability Into Purchasing

September 25, 2008
Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, BC

Learn how to integrate social and environmental concerns into purchasing. Participants work with the tools (specifications, questionnaires, contract clauses) to request information from suppliers, and methods to evaluate and measure impacts.

 This is part of the Sustainability Purchasing Network 2008 Learning Events Series:  Connecting Organizations to Buy Smart and Foster Economic Sustainability

Frogfile Green Business Expo

September 10, 2008
Vancity Theatre Vancouver International Film Centre, Vancouver, BC
Join us at this premier event that showcases leading green products and services for your business. Share experiences on green purchasing and marketing strategies with other business leaders. Enjoy light refreshments and take in short films on critical environmental issues facing business.

Exciting Lunchtime Lecture Series Announced

Want to make a difference but don’t know how? Explore the tactics, creativity, pitfalls, and challenges of what it takes to create change in the world.  A potent mix of storytelling and skill sharing, this series brings together leaders who used creative thinking and courage to change the world.  Speakers come from the worlds of activism, business, the arts and many others.  With this series you’ll learn new ways to make change in your community and beyond, by hearing their personal struggles and what they did to overcome the odds.

Building Power Without Domination - New Appoaches to Social Change with Judy Rebick

December 10, 2008
UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

Judy Rebick, Sam Gindin Chair for Social Justice & Democracy at Ryerson University, has first-hand experience in making change happen. She was instrumental in the National Action Committee on the Status of Women in the 1990s, and has a strong background in journalism.

Bridging the Gap with Peter Robinson

November 26, 2008
UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

As the former CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s most popular outdoor gear retailer, and now as CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, Peter Robinson has often played the role of uniting environmental perspectives with business, government and the public interests.

Changing Corporate America - How Hitting the Wallet Can Make Big Business Behave with Tzeporah Berman

October 28, 2008
UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

When local conservation group Forest Ethics found out that Limited Brands, owner of Victoria Secret, were using paper made from old growth forests to print their 365 million catalogues, they saw red. This led to an effective and revolutionary anti-brand campaign that included full page ads of chainsaw-wielding Victoria Secret models, causing the $10 billion dollar company to rethink its practices. 

Give me Shelter - Bringing Homeless Voices Out Front with David Eby

September 17, 2008
UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC

Pivot Legal Society provides legal advice and series to people who are facing poverty and other struggles. Along with other close allies in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Pivot has been at the front of the struggle to protect low-income housing in the neighbourhood, and used innovative outreach tools to spread the word about the value of the community in one of the most misunderstood places in Vancouver.

Got Best Practices?

Our partners at Vancity Credit Union and the Fraser Basin Council are conducting a survey of small and medium sized enterprises, both for-profit businesses and not-for-profit social enterprises, to assess the landscape of best practices in sustainability.

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