From February 26th – 27th social venture entrepreneurs will gather in Philadelphia to discuss triple bottom line business at the 2010 Social Venture Institute in Philadelphia. Hear “True Confessions” keynote speakers including two 2007 SVN Innovation Award Winners, Ron Gonen of RecycleBank and Brenda Palms Barber of Sweet Beginnings. SVN Executive Director Deb Nelson and Green for All’s Melissa Bradley-Burns will also be participating so be sure seek them out too.
Social Venture Institute focuses on businesses that respects three bottom lines: social prosperity, environmental stewardship, and profitability. Join this February when the Sustainable Business Network hosts it’s 8th annual SVI conference, where you’ll:
- Learn how the Triple Bottom Line can increase your competitive advantage
- Find out about innovative capital solutions and non-traditional funding sources for green business initiatives.
- Network with a diverse group of local entrepreneurs and nationally recognized Triple Bottom Line business leaders.
Visit www.sbnphiladelphia.org for ticket details, scholarship opportunities and more information on how to get involved. To register for the event, click here.
About SVI:
Social Venture Institute is the brainchild of the Social Venture Network and is the only organization of its kind to focus on the triple bottom line approach to doing business. Since its inception in 1996, SVI has offered leaders of socially responsible businesses and innovative non-profits, a national forum in which to participate in a “marketplace of ideas.” SVI offers participants the unique opportunity to network with established national and regional businesses and to hear firsthand how these innovative companies are “effecting social change and making a positive impact on their community, while also making a profit.”
About the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia:
Our mission is to help local, independent businesses thrive while they build an economy that values people, planet, and prosperity for all. Through educational seminars, conferences, networking events, and one-on-one mentoring, the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia (SBN) teaches the “triple bottom line” business model – people, planet, and profit – that measures business success by an organization’s impact on its employees, its community, and the environment. SBN supports more than 400 active business members from across the Delaware Valley, and 1,200 people attended our educational events last year alone.
Hosted by the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, SVIs are a program of SVN.
