Slogan Lead the Way Motto Lead the Way | Founded 1987 | |
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Location San Francisco, California Key people Joshua Mailman & Wayne Silby, Co-FoundersDeb Nelson, Executive Director Similar Green America, Net Impact, Ceres, Skoll Foundation, Green for All Profiles | ||
What is social venture network
Social Venture Network (SVN) is a nonprofit membership organization composed of socially responsible business leaders who are committed to creating a more just and sustainable world. Founded in 1987 by Joshua Mailman and Wayne Silby, SVN encompasses nearly 500 national and international leaders of both for-profit and non-profit sustainable enterprises. Those in the for-profit space are also recognized as companies dedicated to a triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit.
Contents
- What is social venture network
- Social venture network lead the way
- Events
- Notable members
- Innovation Awards
- Sister organizations
- Sustainability
- References
Social venture network lead the way
Events
Social Venture Network hosts two annual conferences, one on the West Coast in Spring and one on the East Coast in Fall, in addition to nationwide local gatherings held throughout the year.
Notable members
Some notable past and current members of Social Venture Network include:
Dominique Conseil - Aveda
Thomas H. Stoner, Jr. - Entelligent
Ben Cohen - Ben and Jerry's
Amy Domini - Domini Social Investments
Gary Erickson - Clif Bar
Eileen Fisher - Eileen Fisher, Inc.
Margo Fraser - Birkenstock
Paul Hawken - Smith & Hawken
Gary Hirshberg - Stonyfield Farm
Jeffrey Hollender - Seventh Generation Inc.
Adam Lowry - Method
Anita Roddick - The Body Shop
Wayne Silby - Calvert
Innovation Awards
SVN's Innovation Awards began in 2007 as a way to provide scholarships through its Bridge Project to emerging social entrepreneurs to help scale and expand their impact. Honorees have included TerraCycle, Back to the Roots, Revolution Foods, World of Good, Root Capital, and Green for All, among others. Several of the Innovation Awards winners have also been honored as Echoing Green Fellows, Hitachi Foundation Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs, White House Champions of Change, and have been listed on the Forbes Impact 30.
Sister organizations
SVN has been identified as inspiration and catalyst for several other successful organizations in the business ethics and corporate social responsibility spheres, including B Lab, Investors' Circle, Net Impact, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Sustainability
The Social Venture Network office is located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California in the Thoreau Center for Sustainability and is a Certified Green Business. SVN publishes tools and best practices for including B Corp Certification, as well as a Sustainable Shopping Guide.