What: Focused Research Organisations (FRO) are non-profit organisations designed to address the organisational-design gap for managing scientific projects that are bigger than an academic lab can undertake, more coordinated than a loose consortium or themed department, and not directly profitable enough to be a venture-backed start-up or industrial R&D project. They pursue pre-specified, quantifiable technical […]
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What: Co-operatives are organisations owned and run by a group of members who come together to meet a shared economic, social or cultural need. In contrast to traditional business models, co-operatives strive to generate benefits for their members, rather than investors or shareholders. Members in this context can include a variety of people, including customers,
What: B Corps are businesses that have been certified by the non-profit network, B Lab. To gain certification, businesses must provide evidence that they adhere to specific social, environmental, and governance practices. This is with the ambition of accrediting businesses that achieve high standards of social and environmental responsibility. The assessment reviews and scores a
