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SVN: "Small Is Beautiful" vs. "Scale Matters"
SVN: "Small Is Beautiful" vs. "Scale Matters"
SVN: "Small Is Beautiful" vs. "Scale Matters"
Right now
Love
GIIRS/White House
Benefit Corp
300 B Corps
Birth RIP
Time
Scale matters
3 examples 1 myth
• Wal Mart • Local = Better
• $1/kwh
• 3,000,000,000
Local = Better?
Employees 57 - 56 -2% 62 9%
Community 38 - 39 3% 41 8%
Environment 49 - 52 6% 58 18%
Some more stats about impact
Employees 57 - 56 -3% 62 9%
Compensation
& Benefit 57 - 54 -5% 63 10%
Employee
Ownership 29 - 21 -28% 30 5%
Work
Environment 72 - 74 2% 80 11%
Community 38 - 39 2% 41 6%
Local 64 - 69 8% 63 -2%
Diversity 40 - 33 -18% 39 -3%
Charity /
Service 25 - 26 3% 31 25%
Ask the right questions
Small v Scale? +
One-off vs Systemic?
Systemic Change Driven by
High Impact Companies
Public Policy
• changing corporate law – Benefit Corp
• creating incentives – B Corp tax break
B Corps
Impact Investing
• GIIRS – creating an asset class