Social Business Award 2007
supported by Microsoft

Social Business Award is given to excellent social businesses to honor their good achievements.  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 points to select award winners
The excellent social businesses need to be “social”, “innovative” and “financially stable” so that they are sustainable.

■4 Categories
The "Microsoft Award" was newly added this year.
 - Social Business Award: given to an excellent CSR project by companies or 
         organizations 
 - 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
 - Microsoft Award: given to an excellent social project in early stage

■2007 Award Winners
We held a ceremony in the Social Entrepreneur Gathering 2007 for the award winners.

[Social Business Award]
Employment creation for disabled persons by collaboration with big companies (implemented by Japan Sun Industries Group)

Distribution and sales of organic foods (implemented by Daichi Co. Ltd. and Daichi Wo Mamoru Kai)

[Social IT Business Award]
Multi-language information services for people from other countries (implemented by Golbal Contents Co. Ltd.)

"A Click will change the world!" E-kokoro prpject (implemented by United People Corporation)