{"id":4799,"date":"2012-01-12T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T20:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:43:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:43:01","slug":"social-responsibility-is-everybodys-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/social-responsibility-is-everybodys-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Social responsibility is everybody\u2019s business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>High Five!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social responsibility is everybody\u2019s business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marie-Soleil Thellen is the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boutique4elements.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>4\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e9ments<\/em><\/a>, a retail store which opened its doors in May 2010. Located on Saint-Denis Street in Montreal, <em>4\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e9ments<\/em> offers a wide range of locally-produced and environmentally-friendly fashion accessories, beauty products and home d\u00e9cor items. \u201cI am offering a new concept that promotes an environmentally-friendly lifestyle in a way that favours sustainability, buying locally and equity,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>For Marie-Soleil, social responsibility is not only a priority but also one of her key missions. She offers this advice to entrepreneurs that want to become more socially responsible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give priority to local start-ups or small providers. Buying locally will reduce distance that your products travel, thus minimizing their environmental impact. Furthermore, you will save a lot of time.<\/li>\n<li>Inform your customers that buying from independent local businesses rather than from superstores results in a greater reinvestment in their own community. Buying locally creates new employment, supports local infrastructure and non-profit organizations, and more. Don\u2019t underestimate support that customers will show to independent businesses.<\/li>\n<li>Adopt and maintain a \u201cresponsible\u201d image. This could become a great marketing tool and set you apart from your competitors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are lots of online resources including articles, blogs and websites dedicated specifically to entrepreneurs wanting to make their businesses more socially responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Five! Social responsibility is everybody\u2019s business Marie-Soleil Thellen is the owner of 4\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e9ments, a retail store which opened its doors in May 2010. Located on Saint-Denis Street in Montreal, 4\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e9ments offers a wide range of locally-produced and environmentally-friendly fashion accessories, beauty products and home d\u00e9cor items. \u201cI am offering a new concept that promotes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-impact-and-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}