Social Entrepreneurship & Its Role in Sustainable Development

8/6/2019 Social Entrepreneurship & Its Role in Sustainable Development

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By :Mariam Noronha Asst. Prof.

Ness Wadia College of Commerce, Pune



` Between Single Flora Honey & Small Farmers in

Gujarat?

` Rag Pickers & Up Market Retail Stores Like

Mother Earth, Satva, Ants and, cafés such as JavaCity and Daily Bread?

` A Rural Home Stay Venture & An Abandoned Cow

Shed?



` To Highlight Instances of Social Enterprise In India

` To Determine If and How This Can Help to Build

Local Sustained Development Processes

` To demonstrate how wealth creation can extendwell beyond the commerce of products and

services to include socio-environmental

development



` Founded by Vijaya Pastala

` A market-focused, customer-centric, and profit-

driven business enterprise

` A social enterprise aimed at improving the qualityof life of primary producer families

` The Hive´, an endeavor to promote community-

based beekeeping



` Product portfolio organic Certified USDA NOP, EEC

2092/91 and NPOP cereals; pulses; cotton, tea,

vegetable & plant based oils; various essential oils;

herbs, spices; , sea buckthorn products, medicinal &

aromatic herbs other botanicals such as aloe vera,

soap nuts; honey and beeswax

` Business Mantra: Providing long-term market linkages

between rural producers and urban consumers

searching for pure, fairly-traded, organic certifiedagriculture and forest produce.



` Established by Suren Vikash

` Making eco-friendly products such as laptop bags,

table mats, shoulder bags and pouches using

shredded plastic bags and Tetra Pak` Retails at up market stores Mother Earth, Satva,

Ants and, cafés such as Java City and Daily Bread

in Bengaluru and stores located in Chennai,

Coimbataore, Pune, Pondicherry and Cochin.



` Partners: A Bangalore-based non-profit

organization to collect garbage

` Designers and weavers in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu to

explore varied weaves` Corporates



` Founded by Rashmi Sawant

` Tourism: Launched its home stay venture in

Sindhudurg in May 2005

` Revival of Art: May 2006 the formal opening of theThakar Adivasi Kala Aangan, an art arena

` Women Empowerment: April 2007 to prepare,

pack and market food stuff under the brand name

³Hirakani´ made by women¶s self-help groupsacross Sindhudurg



` Academicians and educationists should

encourage students to associate themselves with

social enterprises through internships and

research projects` Sensitising youth to social issues while

enlightening them about opportunities in these

areas is a task that must be taken up by

academicians today to prepare for tomorrow.



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