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Welcome to the Toolkit for Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs!

Building enterprises for sustainable development together.

What is this Toolkit for?

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Entrepreneurs from every corner of the world are launching businesses that are reducing environmental impacts, creating prosperity, and improving lives in their communities.

Are you one of them?
Log-in now at the top of this page and make your contribution.
Would you like to be?
Explore the Toolkit and discover how to build a socially responsible business.


Who is this Toolkit for?

A social or environmental entrepreneur is someone who uses business principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change and protect or restore the environment. Social and environmental entrepreneurs work through nonprofits, private companies and government and are making important impacts on society.

Social or environmental entrepreneurship is not incompatible with making a profit, rather these enterprises are for ‘more-than-profit’, and can use business models that combine revenue-generation with social and environmental benefits.


First time here?

Our page on Business Planning for Sustainable Enterprises is a good place to start.

How to participate
Make a contribution
Do you have something to share? Log in now at the top of the page and create your content - it’s fast and simple.

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Find a solution
Do you need information? Use the search bar on the left or browse by Topic, Sector or Country/Region and find what you need.
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How to...
Our How-to section will lead you to quick guides for managing your enterprise.


Topic
If you browse by Topic, you will find in-depth content on business planning, marketing, e-commerce, markets and many other topics helpful to running your social and environmental enterprises.


Sector
If you browse by Sector, you will learn about entrepreneurs setting up and running a wide variety of businesses, in arts and crafts, biofuels, ecosystems services, tourism, waste management, water and sanitation services.


Country/Region
The toolkit includes both general information and content relevant to specific developed and developing countries and regions.


Who has made this Toolkit possible?

We would like to acknowledge the support of the SEED Initiative and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Please go to Our partners to see a list of partner organizations, and visit About this Toolkit to learn more about this project in general or to find out who to contact if you have any questions or suggestions. This site is hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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