Contributors Acknowledgements The research presented above was shaped by interviews with various private businesses, international organizations, social enterprises, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions. The authors would like to express our gratitude to the following individuals and organizations not only for the time they spent engaging with our team but also for their thoughtful and sincere responses to our questions. Nish Acharya Chief Executive Officer, Equal Innovation Jens Andersson Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship Ariadna Bardollet Urgelles Director, International Programs, Fundacion Dancaria La Caixa Jacques Berger Managing Director, Action Tank Jeroo Billimoria Founder, One Family Foundation Jonathan Camuzeaux Senior Director, Global Strategy and Engagement, Environmental Defense Fund Chantal Line Carpentier Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, Division for International Trade, United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Karen Chern-Zangle Senior Director, Programs, REDFRachael Clay Director, Ethicore Paula Daniels Co-Founder, The Center for Good Food Purchasing Marcel Fukayama Senior Policy Adviser, B Lab Toby Gazeley Policy Lead, Euclid Network Maria Kim President and Chief Executive Officer, REDF Patrick Klein Head, Sector, Social Economy and Social Enterprise, European Commission Ilze Kivleniece Assistant Professor, Strategy, Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) Michael Mapstone Director, Anglo American Foundation Zoran Puljic Director, Mozaik Foundation Ashwini Saxena Chief Executive Officer, JSW Foundation Gary Sutton Managing Director and US Firm Business Diversity Leader, Deloitte Alexandra Van Der Ploeg Senior Vice-President, Corporate Social Responsibility, SAP World Economic Forum François Bonnici Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Head of Foundations Veerle Klijn Social Economy Policy Lead Daniel Nowack Head of Social InnovationDeloitte Patrick Griffin Senior Manager Peter Liu Managing Director Sarah Jane Maxted Senior Manager Katrina Zdanowicz Manager Unlocking the Social Economy: Towards Equity in the Green and Digital Transitions 28

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