Berlin cheaply offers an open space. One of these collaborative workspaces, the Institute of Social Impact, is designed to promote collaboration and foster ideas. Many social businesses made money here through scholarship programs. George Tarne, the CEO of Soulbotles, which produces carbon-neutral water bottles, states “a community or a dreamer madhouse where you can work with other crazy people who believe you can actually change the world.”
Berlin is gaining a reputation as a hub of sustainable creative social projects due to the space for such cooperation. Twenty percent of Berlin’s GDP flows to the creative industries and more than four percent is created by higher education. Berlin has built the most creative foundations together with over 70 public funds, along with 40 technology incubators.
Recently, the German International Cooperation Federation launched a "comprehensive corporate action network" in Berlin. Also, entrepreneurship, the latest initiative, vows to establish a social enterprise in which entrepreneurs across Germany will reinvest half of their profits into social projects.
Germany's largest crowdfunding platform, the StarNext Institute in Berlin, hosts entrepreneurs in office space. Regional collaboration eliminates intermediaries between producers and consumers. Startnext Lab's crowdfunding campaign for Original Unverpackt has collected more than 100,000 euros to fund the unpackaged store.
Supporting businesses that strive to make social impact is a great act. By making a social impact, businesses in Berlin can achieve the five principles of social impact, including change, clarity, confidence, courage, and being considerate.
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https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/30/social-innovation-business-berlin