Social Business Award 2006
supported by Microsoft

Social Business Award is given to excellent social businesses to honor their good achievements, which is the very first award in Japan.
The Social Business Award promotes further social businesses by awarding successful business models that implement both social mission and sustainable management.  A lot of social entrepreneurs, particularly in early stage and middle stage, are to be greatly motivated.
Most of social businesses in Japan are facing financial difficulties in achieving economic self-reliance.  Those awarded successful business models provide social entrepreneurs with information and hints for their own businesses. 

■3 Categories
 - Social Business Award: given to an excellent project out of big companies’CSR
    projects
 - Social Venture Business Award: given to an excellent project implemented by
    social (Non Profit/For Profit) Ventures
 - Social IT Business Award: given to an excellent social project with IT 
    utilization

■3 points to select award winners
The excellent social businesses need to be “social”, “innovative” and “financially stable” so that they are sustainable.

■2006 Award Winners
We held a ceremony in the Social Entrepreneur Gathering 2006 for the award winners.

 - Social Business Award
    Challenged Creative Project (implemented by Felissimo Corporation)