2. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to draw upon business techniques to find
solutions to social problems.
• Social entrepreneurs take into account a positive return to society.
• Social entrepreneurship attempts to further broad social, cultural, and environmental
goals often associated with the voluntary sector.
3. JEFFREY HOLLENDER
• Jeffrey Hollender (born 1954 in New York City) is an American entrepreneur, author
and activist.
• Founder & CEO of Sustain Natural
Co-Founder of American Sustainable Business Council
4. • Hollender has written six books which all cover topics of social & corporate
responsibility, sustainable practices and activism.
• In 2010 Jeffrey was named Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of Greenpeace USA,
where he has served on the board since 2005.
• His goal was to educate and help people connect the dots between hunger, health
care, poverty, and climate change
• Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hollender
5. SCOTT HARRISON
• Harrison often cites his Christian faith as a source of inspiration and motivation in his
work and life.His spiritual re-awakening led him to volunteer with Mercy Ships and to
found charity: water.
• Lack of clean and accessible drinking water is something that millions of people
worldwide/
• Scott Harrison decided to make it his mission to change that, heading up the non-
profit organization charity: water.
6. • The charity has delivered clean drinking water to more than a million people in 17
different countries around the world.
• Harrison is perhaps one of the most successful social entrepreneurs of all time, with
his organization growing more than 100% in the first quarter of 2011, despite a major
economic crisis that paralyzed many similar ventures.
• Source: http://www.onlinecollege.org/2012/06/26/the-10-greatest-social-
entrepreneurs-all-time/ and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Harrison_(charity_founder)
