Social Innovators speak at Hong Kong Summit with Impact on millions
- Flagship Social Enterprise Summit invites over 60 global leaders from 15 locations
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“Designing for Happiness” the chosen theme to explore scalable and sustainable solutions
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The challenges we face today are becoming more complex and interlinking than ever. Whether we are living in increasingly polarised societies, dealing with the positive and negative impacts of technology for everyone, making investment worth not just for dollar return or running a business that would tick off the ESG goals with social impact, it is clearly requiring diverse stakeholders and innovative solutions to address such complexity. Dialogues and exchanges are facilitated at Social Enterprise Summit between people from different backgrounds, including leaders and social innovators from businesses, investors, civil society, academia, policy makers, foundation and NGOs. These exchanges are based on mutual value, cumulative experiences on delivering social impact to millions of people around the world, and the common goal of “Designing for Happiness”.
Social Enterprise Summit (SES) 2019 invites over 60 speakers from 15 countries, including USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Mainland China, and Hong Kong, to discuss the future of social innovation on 21 to 23 November 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The flagship Summit this year will examine innovative and sustainable solutions on Business, Finance, Inclusion, Collaboration, Youth Entrepreneurship and will include workshops on growth mindset and design thinking, in addition to a social innovation exhibition, a business for good award as well as inspiring exchanges and empowering networking to engage people of all ages to get involve as changemakers.
Resigning the Corporation
Keynote speaker Mr Bart HOULAHAN, (along with his partners, Jay Coen Gilbert and Andrew Kassoy) co-founded B Lab in 2006. Since then, the “B Corp” movement has been starting to redefine the success in business by shining a light on leaders through a corporate certification and use business as a force for good. It encourages all companies to measure and manage their social and environmental impact using the B Impact Assessment (80,000+ companies engaged).
To further investigate the impact through different business models and business case study to creating shared value, representatives from local and overseas corporations will demonstrate and explore with delegates on “Designing Happy Business”. Panels will discuss business models, mission driven legacy and evolving business eco-systems.
Social Innovators are leading no ordinary businesses
Guayaki has been operating a business model that markets and sells yerba mate through 30,000 retails to regenerate ecosystems and create vibrant communities. With the strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea and the euphoria of chocolate, yerba mate is the national drink of several South American countries and is now finding a home in North America. Mr Chris MANN, The chairman of Gourd of Guayakí Sustainable Rainforest Products, Inc., will join the session “Business Model Innovation “to share its unique Market Driven Regeneration™ business model.
Aspiring to hitting on new ideas and drawing on resources to keep the business thriving for long-term development while making an impact? Mr Luis DUARTE serves as Chief Philanthropy Officer of ZOMALAB - the family office of Ben and Lucy Ana Walton, and as President of the ZOMA Foundation may offer some insights. Luis leads key efforts to address social issues in Colorado and Chile. He supports the team with structuring blended finance investments as a catalyst to pilot, incubate and prove innovation in the field of Early Childhood Development as well as enable thriving and resilient communities. Luis will speak at “Towards a Mission Driven Business” session.
Mr James PERRY, Director of B Lab in UK who is also the Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of COOK will speak at the session of “Business Eco-system”. COOK is one of the UK’s first B Corporations. It now employs over 1,200 people. The goal of COOK is to create a company that is good for shareholders while also nourishing relationships with everyone who comes into contact with it – employees, communities, suppliers and customers. James will use examples to illustrate how to find the right place in a business eco-system and to illustrate the concept of ‘co-opetition’.
Enjoy early bird offer with a 3-Day Pass admission to the flagship Summit. Offer valid on or before 15 Oct 2019. Register here: http://bit.ly/2lUn2Nz
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