Social Enterprises (SEs) that are private, autonomous, entrepreneurial organizations providing goods or services with the goals of provide benefit to the community.
Develop new and inclusive definition, new and innovative business model, the impact measurement systems. Encourage the public-private partnership
CORPORATE SOCIAL INNOVATION
Corporate Social Innovation refers to a set of strategies and instruments whereby community needs can be transformed into business opportunities to develop new ideas, find and serve new markets, and solve long-standing social and business problems.
New business models and emerging corporate strategies (e.g. B corp).
Strategic relationships with new players (social enterprise).
Change in operational processes and tools (planning, measurement, reporting…)
Social Impact metrics and mesurement are designed to measure the social, environmental and financial performance of an investment.
Our impact assessment methodology focuses on the quantitative and the qualitative dimensions of social impact: reach and depth.
INCLUSIVE INNOVATION POLICY
Inclusive innovation is any form of innovation that addresses the needs of persons that are excluded from ordinary consumption of goods and services, either because they are poor, or because of their disabilities, or because of lack of education or physical access to organized makes.
They are based on the efforts of firms, governments, non-governmental organizations, individuals or even grassroots innovators with little formal education. Inclusive innovation policy is any form of policy that focuses explicitly at fostering innovation by the public and private sectors to address the needs of this population.
– Challenge driven policies
– bottom-up and collaborative policy design
– Science, technology and inclusive innovation
– public-private partnership design for social innovation
– regulatory, fiscal and financial support to inclusive innovation
SOCIAL IMPACT FINANCE
Social impact finance is a strategy of asset allocation where capital are intentionally used for financing project that generates blended value, combining the creation of measurable social impact and, under certain circumstances, financial returns. New technological opportunities and the focus on preventive intervention may change the nature of social service providers from labour to capital intensive raising the need of patient capital. However, few of the several Social Impact Finance instruments have already get a mature shape in the Italian market
– size of the market
(demand and supply of social impact finance);
– feasibility of instruments
– drivers of adoption
– engagement of public sector