Social enterprise Tag

April 23, 2019
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By Julian Theseira According to the 2018 social enterprise survey, more rural states in Malaysia have similar or more numbers of social enterprises than wealthier and more urbanized states. What could explain such disparities and why does it matter? The recently published State of Social Enterprise in Malaysia 2018 report provides an overview of the social enterprise ecosystem in the country. The report, which was commissioned by the British Council and supported by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and...

May 10, 2014
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By Kal Joffres In the past year, we've spoken to a number of government agencies and foundations that want to create benefits specifically for social enterprises. Many of these policies never materialize because agencies don't have a reliable way of determining what is and what isn't a social enterprise. That's a task that we've taken up by creating the Social Enterprise Policy Working Group. The group's goal is to provide what we're calling a ‘legally operationalisable’ definition of social enterprise. In other words,...

February 1, 2014
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By Kal Joffres “I always tell people that what Malaysia needs is a brand new narrative. There is a lot of cynicism and skepticism. We need to create a new movement to overwrite the current story that's being told.” — Ehon Chan [caption id="attachment_5932" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Grace Sai, Ehon Chan, and Harvey Koh[/caption] Not many Malaysians know who Ehon Chan is but his message has special resonance with many looking to create social change locally. As co-founder of Hub Sydney, Ehon is building...

December 14, 2013
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By Kal Joffres In early November, we launched a social business at the Global Social Business Summit called Yunus & Youth. It was launched with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus and it all happened in less than 24 hours. This is the story of how it happened and much of it, I think, serves as a reminder of how launching a startup is more about doing and seizing the moment rather than planning to do. It all started as a passing comment. "We keep...