SOCAP strives to offer diverse content across the spectrum of business and capital innovation advancing social and environmental impact. SOCAP Open is a public submission platform that helps us source suggestions directly from our community. As in past years, SOCAP16 will include interactive sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and storytelling opportunities. By proposing a session idea and/or voting, we invite you to add your unique voice to the conversation.
There are several models used by for-profit businesses that have varying levels of focus on “doing good” and varying ways that the focus is incorporated in marketing strategies. Some of these models include techniques such as conscious consumerism, which includes buy-one, get-one (BOGO), and responds to the …
Peace Boat is an NGO run on a social business model that combines education, business, advocacy, and global travel for sustainability. This session showcases our Ecoship Project to build the world’s most sustainable passenger ship. Building on our over 30-years of social business and 90 around the …
We are experiencing the most significant culture shift of our time in 2016. The Millennial Generation now out populates all other generations in the workforce. The values that this generation demands are changing the way we market, the way we buy and the way we lead. The …
AgTech startups and innovators in emerging markets have taken off in recent years and are scaling up to reach a billion smallholder farmers globally. Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development has identified game-changing solutions that will increase water availability and/or promote efficient use of …
For many CSR professionals there is nothing more frustrating than not being able to move the needle & help their org. realize the business value of their corporate responsibility efforts. The Hagen-Wilhelm Matrix was designed by renowned sustainability consultant Kevin Wilhelm & Iron Mountain CSR Director Kevin …
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 4-15
Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting. - JUNE 16-28
Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP16 Content Team. - JUNE 29
Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
