The Bonfires of Social Enterprise
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A podcast hosted by the founder and managing partner Romy Gingras, of Gingras Global, a social enterprise standards development and assessment firm located in Detroit. Gingras Global's goal is to greatly reduce the number of small businesses, that have a social mission, from failing, by encouraging sustainable business practices.
The podcast is named The Bonfires of Social Enterprise because it's a metaphor for the spirit of one business creating opportunities for others who have needs. These needs can vary from being a safe social environment; jobs; repurposing blighted buildings; transportation; or growing fresh vegetables and other food in areas that grocery chains of left behind. Romy Gingras is the host of this podcast. She's the managing partner of Gingras Global and Gingras Global Groups which developed business standards for social enterprises and provides assessments of social enterprises to impact investors and organizations that share a common goal of corporate social responsibility.Romy and her colleagues believe that social enterprises can fill the vacuum left behind by major manufacturing... Show full description