A Social Enterprise ‘Square Mile’ for London?

John Elkington

February 18, 2010

Was very interested to see the proposal that “a social enterprise ‘square mile’, similar to London’s Canary Wharf business district, should be created as part of the 2012 Olympic legacy.” According to socialenterpriselove.com, the idea was suggested by Mark Sesnan, who heads one of the UK biggest social enterprises, leisure company GLL.

It chimes with our thinking around mapping and co-evolving a London Sustainability Cluster in the build-up to 2012. To date, we have had behind-the-scenes conversations with the likes of SustainAbility (which will be 25 in 2012), Futerra and the Carbon Disclosure Project, but it looks as though we need to open out the conversation.