Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which trade in goods or services for a social purpose. The need to deliver on financial, social and environmental performance targets is often referred to as having a triple bottom line.
Social firm Social entrepreneurship Fair trade Charitable organization Public/social/private partnership Social business enterprise Social Venture Capital Impact maximization Abraham George The George Foundation Social economy Development trust Grameen family of organizations Industrial and Provident Society Cafédirect Welsh Water Triple bottom line Ideal type The Big Issue Housing association Charity shop Surplus Company limited by guarantee The Co-operative Group Social responsibility Credit union Shareholder Scottish Government New Statesman Profit Max Weber Cooperative Wales Scotland England