With more and more companies striving for impact, and non-profit organisations seeking more sustainable revenue models, the lines between the business and non-profit sector are blurring. What new sustainable business models will emerge for non-profits and impact-driven enterprises to deliver lasting and effective impact?
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Drawing from new ideas and new networks that grew out of a November 2018 convening, the Luc Hoffmann Institute has begun incubating a number of initiatives that make use of innovative business models to deliver environmental gains. The institute is always scouting for bright minds and ideas, and helps connect new approaches together. With its incubation model, the institute works with innovators in both non-profits and impact-driven enterprises to transform good ideas into concrete solutions for nature and people.
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Ideation
The Luc Hoffmann Institute publishes a thought piece by Judith Sanderse, PhD candidate
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The Luc Hoffmann Institute facilitates a convening on innovative business models for non-profits and social enterprise.
Adrian Dellecker, Head of Programme at the Luc Hoffmann Institute, publishes a call for innovators with ideas for generating revenue for life on Earth.
Incubation
The Luc Hoffmann Institute and WWF-Norway engage with and challenge innovators directly at the Business of Conservation Conference in Africa. Ideas and leads are gathered to include in an upcoming analysis publication.
The Luc Hoffmann Institute publishes a thought piece by WWF-Norway’s Melissa de Kock about her work with the institute on finding and nurturing future business models for community-based conservation, with an initial focus on Africa.
The Luc Hoffmann Institute publishes an analysis of over 130 incentives for community-based conservation.
New Luc Hoffmann Institute analysis surveys over 130 incentives for community-based conservation
Aspiration
A new generation of sustainability-minded entrepreneurs emerges and fundamentally transforms the way society values and conserves nature.
Related resources
Diversifying local livelihoods while sustaining wildlife
– A January 2020 Luc Hoffmann Institute analysis publication of over 130 incentives for community-based conservation.
New horizons for non-profit business models
– thought piece by Judith Sanders, PhD candidate
Wanted: disruptive entrepreneurs for conservation
– thought piece by Adrian Dellecker, Head of Strategy and Development (ad-interim), Luc Hoffmann Institute
Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefits
– A thought piece by Melissa de Kock; WWF-Norway, Senior Advisor: Conservation, Climate and Communities
From crisis to solutions for communities and African conservation (commentary)
– A May 2020 commentary by Dickson Kaelo, Daniel Sopia, Damian Bell, Richard Diggle and Fred Nelson on the Mongabay website