Social Venture Network

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The Social Venture Network (SVN) is a network of socially responsible business leaders committed to building a just and sustainable world through socially and environmentally sustainable business. As of 2007, SVN has over 430 members within the United States.

SVN was founded in 1987 by Josh Mailman and Wayne Silby, and provides:

Two annual conferences
Local member gatherings
Social Venture Institutes
Community forums for its members which include Ram Dass, Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Gary Erickson, Eileen Fisher, Ben Cohen and Amy Domini.

In 2004, SVN launched the SVN Book Series, a series of paperback guides to creating socially responsible businesses. [1]

In 2005, SVN joined the Social Impact Leadership Coalition, funded by a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, as part of a "network of networks" dedicated to economic justice. [2]