Social Venture Network
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The Social Venture Network (SVN) is a network of socially responsible business leaders committed to building a just and sustainable world through socially and environmentally sustainable business. As of 2007, SVN has over 430 members within the United States.
SVN was founded in 1987 by Mailman and Wayne Silby, and provides:
- Two annual conferences
- Local member gatherings
- Social Venture Institutes
- Community forums for its members which include Ram Dass, Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Gary Erickson, Eileen Fisher, Ben Cohen and Amy Domini.
SVN has been identified as the launching pad for several other successful organizations in the business ethics and corporate social responsibility spheres, including Investors' Circle, World Business Academy, Net Impact, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) [1].
In 2004, SVN launched the SVN Book Series, a series of paperback guides to creating socially responsible businesses.[2]
In 2005, SVN joined the Social Impact Leadership Coalition, funded by a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, as part of a "network of networks" dedicated to economic justice.[3]
In November 2008, SVN member Gregor Robertson was elected Mayor of Vancouver, and was documented taking funds from donors he met through SVN, including Gary Hirshberg and Mark Deutschmann.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Hollender, Jeffrey and Stephen Fenichell, What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business, and Why Big Business is Listening, Basic Books, 2004
- ^ "Home Page". SVN Books. http://www.svnbooks.com. Retrieved on 2008-09-12.
- ^ "About SILC". Social Venture Network. http://www.svn.org/silc. Retrieved on 2008-09-12.
- ^ "A new age mayor". Vancouver Sun. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=3b9e4050-d981-4872-a051-2930f7adeff8. Retrieved on 2008-12-12.
[edit] External links
- Social Venture Network - official website.
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