New research — Social Stock Exchange
CAN is supporting a piece of national research on the need for a Social Stock Exchange for social enterprises.
CAN is looking for organisations with:
- Turnover of at least £500K (where trading income is more than grant income)
- at least two years’ trading history
- Companies limited by guarantee or Companies limited by shares
If you would like to take part in the research, please email mailto:k.markey@can-online.org.uk with Social Stock Exchange in the subject and your contact details plus a short description of your organisation.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
We are setting up North America’s first social stock exchange connected to a green social network at: http://greensx.com, which will be launched in the Summer of 2008 to begin trading. It will trade shares in social businesses. A social business is a business that makes a profit, but benefits society as well. We have a triple bottom line (economic + social + environmental).
Since all the listed companies on the exchange are pre-screened, evaluated, and audited according to social and sustainable guidelines set by the exchange, it will make it much easier for green investors to find and support social businesses. The GREENSX provides opportunities for small green Issuers to access public equity capital efficiently, while providing early stage investors, angel investors, and venture capitalists with greater liquidity.
We have been working on the Green Stock Exchange, even before Muhammad Yunus’s book came out. We have not made any press releases yet, so nobody knows about it yet. It is till in the beta stage testing. Check it out at: http://greensx.com.