Would each of you agree that the real goal of social finance, social enterprise, is the social outcome at the end of the day, not the monetary return on investment? The reason why these programs work, the reason why these models have been established, is the social outcome, perhaps even projects that maybe lose a bit of money from time to time, or simply break even, but have more of a social purpose. Who wants to comment on that? That seems to me the most important goal at the end of the day, that the social purpose has been achieved, rather than, necessarily, a bottom-line-driven organization?
On February 24th, 2015. See this statement in context.