Could social entrepreneurship be the answer to some of the world's biggest problems? This presentation looks at some interesting stats supporting this view.

1. Could social enterprise reform
capitalism and solve some of the
world’s biggest problems?
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BY NUMBERS
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2. THE THREE Ps
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Many social entrepreneurs pursue a triple bottom
line, aiming to deliver social, environmental and
economic benefits (people, planet, profit) through
the actions of the social enterprise.
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3. GLOBAL ASSOCIATIONS
1981
At the beginning of the 1980s, Bill Drayton founded Ashoka, a global
association of social entrepreneurs. Since then this US headquartered
organisation has elected some 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs as
Ashoka Fellows, in over 70 countries, providing them with living stipends
and professional support. Ashoka says that just over 80% of their
Fellows have “changed a system at a national level in at least one way
within 10 years of election”.
Ashoka.org
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4. £600MILLION
Big Society Capital, the world's first 'social investment
market builder' was launched by the UK government in April
2012. The independent organisation was capitalised with
£600 million to invest in social enterprise via social
investment finance intermediaries.
bigsocietycapital.com
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5. “Social investment empowers
social entrepreneurs to help
those whom our society leaves
behind.”
Sir Ronald Cohen, Chair of Big Society Capital
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6. Social workforce
800,000
Number of people working in UK social enterprises.
Annual Survey of Small Businesses, UK 2010
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7. £91.7BILLION
With little consensus globally on how terms like social
enterprise should be defined, or even if they are the
appropriate terms at all, sector figures vary considerably.
Some sources, for example, suggest there are about
213,000 broadly defined social enterprises in the UK,
contributing £91.7bn to GDP each year.
deltaeconomics.com
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8. MEASURED RESULTS
£24BILLION
The amount that social enterprise is said to contribute
annually to the UK economy measured as Gross Value Added.
Annual Survey of Small Businesses, UK 2010
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9. 3.3MILLION
The number of NGOs in India. Between 2006 and 2009
numbers grew by 10% a year.
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10. “A hand up, not a hand out.”
Big Issue mission Statement
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11. TRADING PLACES
$250MILLION
Since its formation in 1999, the US-based Skoll Foundation has
awarded over $250 million to individual social entrepreneurs,
social enterprises and other “organisations creating a brighter
future for underserved communities”. The Foundation was
started by Jeff Skoll, philanthropist, social entrepreneur, and
former president of eBay.
skollfoundation.org
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12. MEASURED RESULTS
$11.35BILLION
The total amount of money disbursed by social enterprise Grameen
Bank in microcredit loans as of October 2011. The Bangladesh-based
bank was started in the 1970s by Nobel Peace Prize winner
Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer of the microcredit methodology. Of the
8.35 million borrowers, 96% are women, and the borrowers own 95%
of the bank. The loan recovery rate is just over 96%.
grameen-info.org
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13. Trading places
The number of subscribers to Grameenphone's mobile phone
network in Bangladesh (one of the world's poorest nations). The
endeavours of this social enterprise mean that 99% of the
country's population, much of it rural, is within its EDGE/GPRS
enabled network coverage.
grameenphone.com
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14. MONEY men
1944
Some argue that the origins of social enterprise lie in the groups like
the Diggers Protestant nonconformists led by Gerrard Winstanley in
England in the 17th century. A more obvious connection, though, is
with the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844,
the prototype for the co-operative movement.
forbes.com/billionaires
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15. PLAN B
+500
The number of certified B Corporations across 60 industries in
the United States. Benefit Corporations aim to benefit society
as well as shareholders.
grameenphone.com
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16. 687 MILLION
There are 687 million mobile phone connections in Africa and
937 million in India. Of the six billion mobile subscriptions, some
3.4 billion are in low- and middle-income economies.
grameenphone.com
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17. ENTERPRISING NUMBERS
68,000
The approximate number of social enterprises in the UK economy.
Annual Survey of Small Businesses, UK 2010
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18. This report was part of Business Strategy
Review, Volume 23 Issue 4 - 2012
Visit the website www.london.edu/bsr
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