Members profile
David Lenefors

SVN Europe is a network of socially and environmentally engaged
entrepreneurs dedicated to changing the way the world does business.
The network creates opportunities for learning, partnerships,
and launching new ventures,  and is associated with
SVN United States and SVN Asia.



FOR DUTCH MEMBERS: NEW SVN NL SITE

Ga naar www.svnnederland.nl voor de nieuwe SVN Nederland website! Het publieke gedeelte is online. Leden krijgen binnenkort een persoonlijke mail voor hun persoonlijke SVN pagina's en ledengedeelte.


Food for Thought

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work.


Buying green defies economic slump




The Yin and Yang of CSR Reporting

Crafting an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) report is both an art and a science.


The New Sustainability: Surviving While Waiting To Thrive

Not many months ago it was not good form to make serious comparisons between the current global economic recession and the Great Depression. Now it is becoming almost fashionable.


The 19th Consumers International (CI) World Congress... Hong Kong, 3 – 6 May 2011

Businesses, governments and civil society will be invited to join consumer groups from around the world for four days of debate and discussion on the issues that matter most to consumers.


Green Ideas for 2010

Some 2010 Green New Year's Resolution Ideas


Good & Green Guide Amsterdam

With special offer for SVN: Amsterdam is the first European capital with an own sustainable travel guide: the Good & Green Guide Amsterdam has been launched in November.


Building confidence for the economy

Trust and confidence are the socio-psychological attributes that everyone considers to be essential to get the local and global economies going.


We Need to Make Good Jobs Out of "Green Jobs"

Last December, Republic Windows, maker of energy-efficient windows, gained worldwide attention when members of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers (UE) Local 1110 occupied the plant after their company refused to provide them with severance pay


Introducing the Terra International Monetary Union

There is an enormous amount of pain and suffering of millions of humans and other sentient fellow creatures on account of the synchronous crises in the global financial system and in the change of the climate.

What Environmental Leaders Can Learn from Obama’s Mastery of Social Media

On January 20, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States after a tough-fought campaign ... read more


Carbon Emissions, Prices Drop As Downturn Bites

A steep decline in industrial production, combined with decreased demand for electricity across Europe, both caused by the economic downturn, has prompted Point Carbon to reduce its carbon emissions forecast by... read more


The Cash in Your Trash: the Value of Recyclables

The current economic crisis is affecting the environmental movement in the U.S. and Europe.


Business world discovers sustainability can pay

With oil prices skyrocketing and global warming's danger looming, the idea of sustainability is becoming more and more prominent in the business world.


CSR, just good business

Corporate social responsibility, once a do-gooding sideshow, is now seen as mainstream. But as yet too few companies are doing it well... read more

WELCOME to Social Venture Network Europe!

SVN Europe is a network of socially and environmentally engaged entrepreneurs dedicated to changing the way the world does business.


Books by SVN Members

Check out books by SVN Members


Repositioning SVNE in the new

What is the new reality?To look at the new reality we have first to look back into the past century. We could say that we are in the middle of a transformation to a higher level of consciousness.