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What is social business?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A social business is a business whose main aim is solving social problems while securing sustainable revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike models that depend on charity or donations, it aims for long-term social impact by standing on its own as a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is drawing attention as a framework that can address a range of issues, from the environment and poverty to employment and food loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features and background of social business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Definition: a business model that reconciles solving social problems with profitability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background: addressing issues that governments alone cannot solve, and rising awareness of CSR and the SDGs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features: measuring social impact, reinvesting profits, and partnering with communities and NPOs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits: sustainable problem-solving, higher corporate value, and earning stakeholder trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trend: growing attention in the context of ESG and impact investing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Agriture practices social business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Developing food-loss-reducing products from off-spec vegetables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating jobs for people with disabilities and older workers through agriculture-welfare collaboration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning \"regional-circulation\" products that draw on local agriculture and heirloom vegetables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advancing CSR through sustainable packaging and OEM products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related keywords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SDGs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESG Investing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agriculture-Welfare Collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethical Consumption<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The relationship between non-standard vegetables and food loss | Solutions and case studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The potential of new businesses using unused resources, and 5 secrets to success<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sustainable Food Future Agriture Aims For<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Q1. How does social business differ from CSR?
A. CSR is an effort to fulfill social responsibility as part of corporate activity, while in a social business the enterprise itself exists to solve social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2. What are successful examples of social business?
A. Microfinance, renewable-energy ventures, and food-loss-reduction businesses are representative examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3. What kind of social business does Agriture practice?
A. We develop upcycled products from off-spec vegetables and unused resources and advance solutions to social problems through agriculture-welfare collaboration.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":854,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"swell_btn_cv_data":"","ssp_meta_description":"\u30bd\u30fc\u30b7\u30e3\u30eb\u30d3\u30b8\u30cd\u30b9\u3068\u306f\u3001\u793e\u4f1a\u7684\u8ab2\u984c\u306e\u89e3\u6c7a\u3092\u4e3b\u306a\u76ee\u7684\u3068\u3057\u3064\u3064\u3001\u6301\u7d9a\u53ef\u80fd\u306a\u53ce\u76ca\u3092\u78ba\u4fdd\u3059\u308b\u30d3\u30b8\u30cd\u30b9\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3067\u3059\u3002\u5f93\u6765\u306e\u6148\u5584\u6d3b\u52d5\u3084\u5bc4\u4ed8\u306b\u4f9d\u5b58\u3059\u308b\u30e2\u30c7\u30eb\u3068\u7570\u306a\u308a\u3001\u30d3\u30b8\u30cd\u30b9\u3068\u3057\u3066\u6210\u7acb\u3055\u305b\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3067\u9577\u671f\u7684\u306a\u793e\u4f1a\u7684\u30a4\u30f3\u30d1\u30af\u30c8\u3092\u76ee\u6307\u3059\u306e\u304c\u7279\u5fb4\u3067\u3059\u3002","ssp_meta_keyword":"\u30bd\u30fc\u30b7\u30e3\u30eb\u30d3\u30b8\u30cd\u30b9","ssp_meta_canonical":"","ssp_meta_robots":"","ssp_meta_title":""},"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-539","word","type-word","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ingredient"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/word\/539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/word"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/word"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}