Business with a social purpose

Creating value, measuring impact.

Social enterprises combine organized economic activity with precise constraints on purpose, management and profit distribution.

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People work in an inclusive workshop combining production, services and social purpose. — RUNTS sectionEconomic activity is the tool; social purpose sets the direction.

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A public status, not an automatic endorsement.

These profiles list “Social enterprises” in their RUNTS section field. The status helps explain the organization, but should be read alongside its documents, work and results.

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Active profiles with this section in the available data.

Regions in this selection

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Causes represented

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What this section tells you

A plain-language overview. The official register remains the authoritative source for legal verification.

In plain language

They sell goods or services like a business, while operating under rules that make their social purpose paramount.

Form and status

The status may apply to different company forms. Social cooperatives qualify as social enterprises by law.

How to take part

Responsible purchasing, employment, partnerships, compatible investment and project support.

Three useful checks

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Registration in the special Business Register section
Social report and statutory purpose
Relationship between revenue, work and social results

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Fondazione Emanuela Zancan Onlus – Centro Studi e Ricerca Sociale

Foundation · RUNTS Imprese sociali

Across Italy

Fondata nel 1964 a Padova da don Giovanni Nervo, la Fondazione Emanuela Zancan Onlus – Centro Studi e Ricerca Sociale è un centro di studio, ricerca e sperimentazione dedicato alle politiche sociali, sanitarie, educative e ai sistemi di welfare. Collabora con studiosi ed esperti italiani e stranieri, enti pubblici e privati per analizzare problematiche sociali emergenti e implicazioni etiche. Elabora orientamenti teorici, metodologici e di politica sociale per promuovere solidarietà, partecipazione e umanizzazione dei servizi alla persona.

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