how CICs are changing company law around the world...

[Adrian Ashton]

there's an interesting paper been recently published (well, interesting for governance 'geeks' like me...) that looks at how social entrepreneruship and social enterprise have changed company law on a global scale;

 

interesting read, especially for the section where it looks at the CIC model

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1795042

 

[John Mulkerrin]

Nice spot Adrian

It really is amazing to me how internationally the success of CIC is being picked up on while we still struggle for any sensible policy/strategy on development here in the UK.

 

I think the interest in CIC is reflecting a wider appetite for change, the medium term indicators look very strong.

[Jeff Mowatt]

It's even better than you think in the general context of business investing in community and social objectives.  When RBS asked for a social report for their SE100 Index recently, I was able to describe how impact was being made on policy of 3 governments, the leading business schools and even our own Prime Minister.