Selling Social : : Procurement, Purchasing, and Social Enterprises.

• Author: Sumner, Jennifer.
• TeilnehmendeR: Chan, Andrea.; Luk, Annie.; Quarter, Jack.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press,, 2023.; Ã2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (307 pages)

Drawing on Canadian case studies, Selling Social offers insight into the successes and challenges regarding social procurement and social purchasing from the perspective of social enterprises.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Selling Social -- Part 1: Overview of Non-profit Social Enterprises, Social Procurement, and Social Purchasing -- 1 Literature Review -- 2 Procurement and Purchasing Policies for Social Value by Governments in Canada -- 3 A Pan-Canadian Survey of Social Enterprises -- Part 2: Securing Large Contracts through Relationship Building -- 4 BUILD Inc. -- 5 SARCAN Recycling: A Division of SARC -- 6 Ever Green Recycling -- 7 EMBERS Staffing Solutions -- Part 3: The Importance of Parent Organizations -- 8 Social Crust Cafe &amp -- Catering -- 9 ImagineAbility Inc. -- 10 Wachiay Studio -- 11 Diversity Food Services -- 12 Rainbow's End Community Development Corporation -- Part 4: The Dilemma of Selling Social Value -- 13 Let's Work Atlantic and Market Wizards -- 14 Ethnicity Catering -- 15 Horizon Achievement Centre -- 16 Calgary Progressive Lifestyles Foundation -- 17 Stone Hearth Bakery -- Part 5: Balancing Multiple Bottom Lines -- 18 The Groupe PART (Programmes d'Apprentissage au Retour au Travail) -- 19 Harbourview Training Centre -- 20 Challenge Disability Resource Group -- 21 Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP) -- 22 LOFT Kitchen -- Conclusion: Selling Social: Future Directions -- Contributors -- Index.