Viewpoint: Social enterprise doesn't have a monopoly on doing good

By Tom Savage, Third Sector, 19 December 2007

Being a for-profit company can often be the best way to achieve social and environmental objectives, says Blue Ventures founder Tom Savage

I read an article recently called ‘Social enterprise will change everything’. Having spent seven years working in the sector, I’m not so sure. Blue Ventures, which I founded in 2002, is a classic social enterprise, with a business and a charity side working in tandem. It runs marine conservation expeditions...

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