Standard finance treats cooperative returns as 'costs.' It’s a data error.
My consolidated Sovereignty Audit reclassifies 'Mutual Surplus' as Tier 1 Capital for Solvency II and identifies 'Trojan Horse' clauses in Private Equity deals. Words – and definitions – are the only thing standing between your mission and demutualisation.
If you use the master's metrics, you'll rebuild the master's house. 🏚️
EBITDA measures how fast value leaves a firm. We need metrics for how well a community retains it.
I'm building a 'Sovereignty Dashboard' to audit the SSE: ⚖️ Extraction Ratio 🗳️ Governance Density
Stop optimising for exit. Start optimising for autonomy. 🌳
“Independent companies… are following a model pioneered… by an Oregon produce distributor (Sundance Natural Foods)… U.S. business owners choosing to sell or gift their company to a trust, instead of selling to a person or another company, so they can protect its values... The model is called a “perpetual purpose trust”.”
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/16/perpetual-purpose-business-trust-oregon-companies/
#PerpetualPurposeTrust #PurposeTrust #Capitalism #Finance #SocialFinance #Oregon #ORPol #Eugene #SundanceNaturalFoods #WorkerOwned #WorkerCoop
Patagonia made headlines in 2022 when its founders said company profits would go to fighting climate change. They followed a model pioneered in the U.S. by an Oregon produce distributor, and the approach is offering independent business owners a new way to preserve companies.
Listen to this episode from Be & Think in the House of Trust on Spotify. In this episode of Be & Think in the House of Trust, I am speaking with Vicki Saunders.Vicki is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change-makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world. Vicki is the Founder of #radical generosity and Coralus (formerly SheEO), a global community of radically generous women supporting women-led ventures working on the world’s To-Do List.Highlights from this episode:• (02:01) Vicki’s practice of being more graceful• (7:21) We are looking for businesses that are healing• (08:36) The hardest part of being an entrepreneur• (14:13) The collective vs. the individual• (25:39) Control is wildly expensive.Useful LinksBecome an activator or a Coralus Venture https://coralus.world/Connect with Vicki Saunders on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/vsaunders/Connect with Servane:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/servanemouazan/ Website: https://www.servanemouazan.co.uk
There is now a #SocialEnterprise Group on Mastodon, so please do follow @socialenterprise
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Dear Friends, enjoy the last job listing for 2022 with juicy opportunities for people who love to invest in social and environmental change. ❤️
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Et hop! Here's another #joblisting, for people seeking to ignite positive social and environmental impact from the #SocialFinance, #ImpactInvesting, #Philanthropy sectors.
Check out these various remote and place-based opportunities around the world and share this with love! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/servanemouazan_20221119-conscious-innovation-job-listing-activity-6999655920632745984-svWP
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