{"id":20514,"date":"2023-02-26T07:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T07:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infogm.goodmarket.global\/info\/?page_id=20514"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:19:58","slug":"enterprises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/about\/enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20514\" class=\"elementor elementor-20514\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ec2b911 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ec2b911\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40463ebb\" data-id=\"40463ebb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19632b2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"19632b2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/\">Good Market Info<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78d2716 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78d2716\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b37ec3\" data-id=\"5b37ec3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e0262d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e0262d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eee5ee\" data-id=\"6eee5ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762f084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"762f084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Good Market commons is for enterprises that prioritize people and planet over profit.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb1b665 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb1b665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><b>Enterprise<\/b>: A purposeful project, a bold undertaking<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f282d78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f282d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The word enterprise is used to include informal community initiatives, mutual aid groups, registered companies,&nbsp;non-profit organizations, cooperatives, hybrid models, networks of enterprises, and other projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729c8d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"729c8d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These enterprises are co-creating a new economic story.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e24d714\" data-id=\"e24d714\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c742b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c742b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Get-Involved-NEW-Apply.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4463\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Get-Involved-NEW-Apply.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Get-Involved-NEW-Apply-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f97037 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f97037\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e33d76c\" data-id=\"e33d76c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b642218 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b642218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36494db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36494db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Old Economic Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70b87a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b70b87a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our economy is a human system. It&#8217;s based on stories and social rules that we create, and these stories and rules can change over time.\u00a0<\/p><p>According to the 20th-century economic story, businesses exist to maximize profits for private shareholders, and they are expected to grow these profits at exponential rates.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3525b99 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3525b99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6da02f\" data-id=\"d6da02f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d681e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12d681e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1-1024x939.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23963\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1-1024x939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1-768x705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1-13x12.jpg 13w, https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1-600x550.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.goodmarket.global\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tom-Toro-Climate-Cartoon-1.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tom Toro via www.CartoonStock.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef02ee8\" data-id=\"ef02ee8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c23a30e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c23a30e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Social and environmental initiatives can be justified if they attract customers or workers, but the underlying priority is financial returns. There is an expectation of &#8220;shareholder primacy,&#8221; which means shareholders come first in all decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When profits and growth are prioritized over people and the planet, the negative social and environmental consequences are devastating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The solution, according to the old story, is to redistribute a fraction of these profits through government, private philanthropy, and nonprofit charities. The underlying assumptions about profit maximization and growth aren&#8217;t questioned.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a65407b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a65407b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82f0845\" data-id=\"82f0845\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd95ff elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bdd95ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44971ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44971ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-051d9bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"051d9bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63e7722\" data-id=\"63e7722\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdf60f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cdf60f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Good Market commons is for enterprises that question &#8220;business as usual.&#8221; While they are all part of the broader movement, they can operate according to very different models.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ee09f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ee09f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb7f756\" data-id=\"fb7f756\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac48d5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac48d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prioritizing People and Planet<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f30bedc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f30bedc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc1908c\" data-id=\"bc1908c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea3cbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cea3cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><b>Names and Networks: <\/b>responsible businesses, impact businesses, sustainable businesses, common good companies, triple bottom line companies, benefit corporations, green businesses<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a6a846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a6a846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Instead of focusing solely on shareholders, these enterprises value and prioritize other stakeholders like workers, customers, suppliers, communities, and the environment, but they continue to use traditional business structures and take on traditional finance.<\/p><p>\u00a0Their founders usually have strong personal commitments to social and environmental responsibility, but it can be difficult to maintain this focus over time. Economic downturns, changes in management or ownership, and investor pressure can lead to mission drift and a watering down of socially and environmentally responsible practices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c049db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c049db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Contribution to Systems Change<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Changes the narrative by demonstrating an alternative to shareholder primacy<\/li>\n<li>Raises the bar for existing businesses&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Accelerates the transition to socially and environmentally responsible practices<\/li>\n<li>Buys time while we work towards deeper transitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-427b5df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"427b5df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9098b6\" data-id=\"a9098b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-096a601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"096a601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Putting People and People First<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-741a267 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"741a267\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ff19a7\" data-id=\"1ff19a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8200716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8200716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><b>Names and Networks: <\/b>social enterprises, fair trade enterprises, cooperatives, mutualist organizations, post-growth enterprises, earned-income nonprofits, not-for-profit businesses, social businesses, steward-owned businesses<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cc2b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cc2b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These enterprises go beyond prioritizing stakeholders. They exist to solve social and environmental problems. Enterprises that put people and planet first reinvest the majority of any surplus towards their purpose and protect their purpose in their governance model or legal structure. The approach has&nbsp;deep roots in indigenous and traditional communities that self-organize to manage resources and solve shared challenges.<\/p>\n<p>These enterprises find it difficult to mobilize investment, but they are able to unlock social and environmental solutions that are not possible within grant-dependent nonprofit structures or traditional business structures that require private profit and continuous growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696e15d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"696e15d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Contribution to Systems Change<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Demonstrates a new economic paradigm that is regenerative and distributive by design<\/li><li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Inspires the next generation of enterprises<\/span><\/li><li>Pilots innovative governance models and 21st-century legal structures<\/li><li>Redirects resources from the extractive economy to emerging economies, where they can continue to circulate<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c333cea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c333cea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1598e6d\" data-id=\"1598e6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eaf6ed elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1eaf6ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c021802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c021802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Collaboration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6513040 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6513040\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46ffb2a\" data-id=\"46ffb2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e075ed4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e075ed4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The challenges we face are too big for any single organization or network. Climate change, biodiversity loss, rising inequality, political instability, and a growing distrust in public institutions all shorten the runway for an economic transition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When we work in isolation, it slows our progress and increases the risk of cooptation, but when we recognize and value the strengths of different parts of the broader movement, it opens new leverage points and opportunities for collective action. 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