1. Social and sustainable entrepreneurship. Make the difference!

Objectives and goals

Main Objective

This module aims to explain the concept of social and sustainable entrepreneurship. Focusing on the learner background and profile, the module will introduce the principles of sustainability, based on the social approach of the content.

Learning objectives

• Explain the concept of sustainability;

• Introduce the different components of sustainability and how they can be applied into entrepreneurial context;

• Introduce the social entrepreneurship concept;

• Explain the differences between an entrepreneur and a social entrepreneur;

• Explain the characteristics of a social entrepreneur; and

• Introducing the concept of social enterprise.

Learning outcomes

After completion of this module, the learner (you) will know:

• what is sustainability;

• the components of the sustainability and how to apply the concept in the enterprise;

• the differences between a sustainable and unsustainable scopes;

• the meaning of social enterprise ; what is a social enterprise;

• characteristics of a social enterprise and what it makes different; and

• the differences between an “enterprise” and “social enterprise”.

Structure of the module

The content of the module is structure in two units:

Unit 1. What sustainability is?

Unit 2: Social entrepreneurship. Concept and scope.

Duration of the module: 2,5 hours (see “Lesson plan” for more details)