Social enterprise is a powerful business model to tackle the challenges our economy and communities are facing today. Buy Social Canada sees the movement for social enterprise growing steadily as more people acknowledge that the future of business is social enterprise.

As part of the 2024 Buy Social Canada social enterprise re-certification process, we asked our Certified Social Enterprises to share updates and stories about their business and mission outcomes and impacts. We heard from 106 respondents, representing 123 Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprises operating across Canada.

The responses from the social enterprise re-certification survey reinforce the value of the social enterprise business model. Survey responses show us that social enterprises create inclusive employment opportunities that improve people’s lives; they divert waste from landfills; they create more inclusive and just communities; and they are changing the shape of the marketplace in Canada to put people and planet before shareholder wealth.

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