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Soco Asia is our hope for building a Social Community by encouraging Social Connections between the uninitiated and social sphere, fostering Social Collaborations between stakeholders.
01/01/2021
Happy New Year! What are you hopeful for in #2021? 🌈
2020 has been an eventful year. Let's take a moment to celebrate that despite the adversity, we have seen new movements towards compassionate action and towards a kinder world.
Here's to wishing everyone lots of love and joy in 2021!
12/10/2020
🤔🤔Bothered by inequalities in society? Want to make a change but not sure where to start? Begin with a conversation with like-minded youth!
Join us in our 2nd run of the Youth Dialogue Series with Egypt, on the topic of United Nations SDG 10: Reducing Inequalities.
Engage social organisations from both countries such as Social Impact Catalyst (SG), Social Collider (SG), Narrative Summit (EG) and more!
Participants can put their learnings into action by forming international teams and brainstorming ideas to reduce inequalities together.
There are prize vouchers to be won!
Register by 15th Oct: www.tinyurl.com/epsgdialogue20 ☝️☝️
11/10/2020
B Corps are riding a wave of consumer interest in sustainable companies! The B Corp movement was founded by Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy with the belief that business needs to work for everyone.
B Corp certification supports the adoption of the Impact-Business Model (IBM) & aims to help capitalism work for the long-term to the benefit of all.
09/10/2020
As part of our 😁"Faces in the Community"😁 Feature series, we interviewed Kathy, the founder of the Dorsal Effect 🐬, an eco-tourism business aimed at providing an alternative livelihood for shark fishermen in Lombok, Indonesia.
She shares with us how important it is to provide mentorship especially in the giving space to aspiring youths who wish to be more involved. 🌎
📖 Read more: https://soco.asia/blog-post/Kathy-Xu/
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08/10/2020
What is Social Entrepreneurship?
The concept of Social Entrepreneurship emerged in the 1980s and since then has only been more popular in the 2000s among society.
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02/10/2020
As part of our 😁"Faces in the Community"😁 Feature series, we interviewed Esther, a former intern at Green Nudge, a social enterprise with a zero waste focus.
"All movements always start with one person who dares to be different." -- Esther provides a bold take on environmental sustainability in Singapore, sharing with us even bolder ideas through the interview. Curious to find out more? 👀 Visit us through the link below! 👇👇
📖 Read more: https://soco.asia/blog-post/esther/
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01/10/2020
What is Triple Bottom Line? What are some areas you can expect to learn from this book:
✓ How to create an enterprise that is truly sustainable
✓ How sustainability is different and more important than corporate social responsibility and corporate philanthropic efforts
✓ How to measure the impact of an organization’s activities on the
world
24/09/2020
As part of our 😁"Faces in the Community"😁 Feature series, we interviewed Jay, a student who supports youth facing adversity through friendship and mentorship!
He shares with us what he's learnt through his experience in the social sector, and seeks to increase people's involvement in the public sphere in support of SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. 🕊️
📖 Read more: https://soco.asia/blog-post/Jay/
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17/09/2020
*Drum rolls* 🥁🥁🥁 The long-awaited second and final part to our interview with Vincent from 🎉
He shares with us his journey being a part of AGS, the struggles some changemakers may face, and some inspirational advice for youths seeking to make a change! ✨
📖 Read more: https://soco.asia/blog-post/vincent-2/
Image courtesy of AGoodSpaceSG.
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17/09/2020
A wonderful book to get a glimpse into the framework about the players in our social space trying to create collective efforts in enabling social change.
It is not a 'how to' book and raises the awareness about not just being effective or efficient in our own individual social objectives.
14/09/2020
Soco.Asia is proud to be one of the Ecosystem Partners for UNLEASH HACK Singapore 2020! ✨✨
The UNLEASH - Innovation lab for SDGs Singapore (Virtual) Hack invites participants from around the globe to tackle Singapore’s waste challenge through a weekend in October!
Singapore has a massive waste problem: less than 4% of all plastics consumed in the country are recycled annually, the nation’s only landfill will reach capacity by 2035, and COVID-19 has caused a spike in single-use materials due to health concerns
Have innovative ideas to solve the country's waste challenge and to encourage affordable, sustainable and responsible consumption?
Applications are open at http://bit.ly/HacksSingapore and close on September 20 !
Are we doing enough in corporate giving? Are there new forms of corporate giving or new ways that we can enable it?
Let us know! 👇👇