http://www.trendhunter.com/cool-hunting/category/social-business social business en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 14:40:28 GMT http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/TrendHunterLogo120x30.gif http://www.trendhunter.com/cool-hunting/category/social-business 120 30 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/waka-waka (TrendHunter.com) The Waka Waka solar-powered smartphone charger is an eco-friendly way to always stay connected. This incredible creation also doubles as an LED light, so that those without electricity won’t be...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 17:46:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/waka-waka http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jamii-bora (TrendHunter.com) Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Jamii Bora is a microfinance institution—one of the largest and fastest growing in the country—that started out specifically as a way to deal with urban housing....]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 07:01:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jamii-bora http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/fuelaware-social-businesses (TrendHunter.com) From car pool dating services to healthier cooking instruments, these fuel-aware social businesses pay attention to the “planet” part of the triple bottom line, that is, people, planet...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 06:31:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/fuelaware-social-businesses http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofuel-africa (TrendHunter.com) Moses Sanga's Eco-Fuel Africa is a social enterprise supporting sustainable energy technologies through the creation of green coal. On the Eco-Fuel website, the team explains and shows some...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 06:01:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofuel-africa http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/echostore (TrendHunter.com) Based in the Philippines, EchoStore is a sustainable shop that sells a variety of products that are fair trade and environmentally aware. Some of the products that this social enterprise sells...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/echostore http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bliss (TrendHunter.com) BLISS is that kind of social business that has a Pinterest account—and by that I mean, it makes sense that it has a Pinterest account. It's an image-heavy fashion brand promoting its...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bliss http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/triplebottomline-management-mechanisms (TrendHunter.com) From organic and local gastropubs in the United Kingdom to biz incubators focusing on high-impact social innovation, these triple-bottom-line management mechanisms highlight the organizational...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/triplebottomline-management-mechanisms http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gramalaya-urban-and-rural-development (TrendHunter.com) Gramalaya Urban and Rural Development Initiatives and Network (GUARDIAN) is a not-for-profit organization working in water and sanitation in India. It was founded in Raja Colony, Trichy in 2007 by...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gramalaya-urban-and-rural-development http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/maternityimpacting-social-businesses (TrendHunter.com) From market-based women's clinics to health technology products, this top list of maternity-impacting social businesses include lower-income hospitals for women and children and also products...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:03 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/maternityimpacting-social-businesses http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lifespring (TrendHunter.com) With a corporate office based in Andhra Pradesh, India, LifeSpring is a social enterprise and maternity hospital that serves lower-income women and children in the country through safe and...]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lifespring http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/gardensupporting-social-businesses (TrendHunter.com) From eco community centers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to wholesale printing companies that have an organic food and vegetable patch around their offices for the employees to use, these garden-...]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 10:17:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/gardensupporting-social-businesses http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/social-enterprise-film-uses (TrendHunter.com) These socially aware film uses range from Kickstarter campaigns for documentaries about instruments made from recycled trash to an actual clothing line inspired by Al Gore's documentary, ‘...]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 09:47:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/social-enterprise-film-uses http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-landfill-harmonic (TrendHunter.com) While Landfill Harmonic isn't exactly a social business in the way that we at SocialBusiness.org describe it on our information page, it's still a way of melding the triple bottom line&#...]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 09:32:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-landfill-harmonic http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cafe-impact (TrendHunter.com) Previously known as iOnPoverty, Cafe Impact, which features as its host Jonathan Lewis, is a vlog website featuring individual social entrepreneurs who give insight into their own businesses as well...]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 09:02:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cafe-impact http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/social-healthcare-innovations (TrendHunter.com) Some of these social healthcare innovations respond to governmental policy and funding and others go around them. Many of them are looking to technology as some sort of perhaps not “savior&#...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:51:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/social-healthcare-innovations http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/my-zoo-pets (TrendHunter.com) Created by Alexander Ryu and Annie Ruy, My Zoo Pets is a finalist for Echoing Green's very competitive annual fellowship award this year. The social business was located under the health and...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:41:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/my-zoo-pets http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/snacks-made-by-social-enterprises (TrendHunter.com) There are a breadth of food-based social enterprises out there (and not to mention all of the overload of fair trade, shade-grown and organic coffee bean roasters and cafes), many of which have been...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:31:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/snacks-made-by-social-enterprises http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/wildlifefocused-social-enterprises (TrendHunter.com) While Social Business typically features more socially oriented enterprises that are using hybrid models or adhering to the triple bottom line, these wildlife-focused social enterprises are...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:21:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/wildlifefocused-social-enterprises http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fenugreen (TrendHunter.com) Based in Harvard Square, Massachusetts, Fenugreen is a social enterprise that has created an innovation that attempts to keep fruits and vegetables from spoiling thereby minimizing food waste....]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:11:03 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fenugreen http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blacktop-bloom (TrendHunter.com) Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Blacktop Bloom is a social enterprise start-up that was recently announced to be one of the Echoing Green Fellowship Finalists for this year. The urban farm offers...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 06:02:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blacktop-bloom http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/echoing-green-features (TrendHunter.com) Not too long ago, at the end of April of this year, this comprehensive organization released 53 of their Fellowship Finalists, which is the impetus for these Echoing Green features. Echoing Green...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 05:52:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/echoing-green-features http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wecyclers (TrendHunter.com) Wecyclers is a social enterprise based in Lagos, Nigeria that attempts to tackle the waste problem there. According to Wecyclers, the government collects 40% of the municipal garbage, making it that...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 05:22:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wecyclers http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/effortless-energy (TrendHunter.com) Based in Chicago, Illinois, Effortless Energy, which is a 2013 Echoing Green Fellowship Finalist in the environment category, attempts to simplify the home energy industry. The way it works is that...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 04:57:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/effortless-energy http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/social-business-conference-spaces (TrendHunter.com) If you work at a social enterprise or are interested in the social entrepreneurship space more broadly, these social business conference spaces might prove useful. More and more, non-profits,...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 04:26:03 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/social-business-conference-spaces http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amani-institute (TrendHunter.com) The Amani Institute, of which Roshan Paul is the founder and president, was announced at the end of April to be a 2013 Echoing Green Fellowship Finalist under the education category. There are 53...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 04:11:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amani-institute http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/bracelets-made-by-social-businesses (TrendHunter.com) Bracelets made by social businesses go along with the “wear your cause” activism, made popular—very, very popular—in recent years at least by Lance Armstrong's...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:03 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/bracelets-made-by-social-businesses http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/advocacy-social-enterprises (TrendHunter.com) These advocacy social enterprises carry out their mission through a variety of ways but political process is one such way. For instance, Enterprising Non-Profits, which is a network based in...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 03:30:03 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/advocacy-social-enterprises http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/community-alliance-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-youth (TrendHunter.com) The Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth, also known as CAFETY, is a member-driven advocacy organization that is run and operated by individuals who were in harmful residential care...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 03:15:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/community-alliance-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-youth http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enstitute (TrendHunter.com) Based in New York City, New York, Enstitute is a non-profit organization that attempts to counter the student debt crisis with matching up-and-coming entrepreneurs with founders through a program...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 01:12:03 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enstitute http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aroundsquare (TrendHunter.com) A comprehensive social enterprise that adheres to the triple bottom line, Aroundsquare is a B Corporation based in Calgary, Alberta that creates wooden blocks and other toys but also is involved in...]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 14:29:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aroundsquare