{"id":2868,"date":"2014-06-09T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/six.stimulatingminds.co.uk\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T07:59:43","slug":"breaking-through-how-corporate-social-innovation-creates-business-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/breaking-through-how-corporate-social-innovation-creates-business-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Through &#8211; How Corporate Social Innovation Creates Business Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corporate social innovation is an approach where corporate strategies and operating practices enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously promoting economic and social well-being in the communities in which it operates. Simply put, it is about fuelling breakthrough changes in how businesses operate so that they can achieve social and environmental value creation alongside financial profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aimedat inspiring and provoking a new conversation among business leaders in Canada and beyond,&nbsp;<em>Breaking Through: How Corporate Social Innovation Creates Business Opportunity&nbsp;<\/em>was co-written by Volans, KPMG and SiG, with support from MARS and launched at the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX)&nbsp;Summer School 2014 heldin Vancouver from May 27-29 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpmg.com\/Ca\/en\/IssuesAndInsights\/ArticlesPublications\/Documents\/5441-KPMG-Social-Innovation-Report-FY14-web-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to download the report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate social innovation is an approach where corporate strategies and operating practices enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously promoting economic and social well-being in the communities in which it operates. 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