Businesses that work for a cause are booming (in number)

Would you operate a business -- and use the profit -- purely for a social purpose, like helping the environment, creating a charity or employing those who cannot get work? Swinburne University in Melbourne says there are about 20,000 such enterprises in Australia and they employ 300,000 people. And the number is growing. For more SBS Small Business Stories: www.sbs.com.au/bizsecrets Follow Small Business Secrets on Twitter and like us on Facebook

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