Civic consumption
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Civic consumption is a model for social change that leverages shared buying power to reward socially responsible businesses. The model operates by gathering groups of consumers to leverage the group's size in order to expand access to a particular good or service.[1]
History
[edit]The term first appeared in 2013, in a Fast Company article featuring Groundswell co-founder, Will Byrne.[2] The model has been used in the clean energy sector by Groundswell. The model has expanded to increasingly include hybrid organizations.[3]
In 2013, Groundswell launched the Civic Consumption Network.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "4 Innovators Using Civic Consumption to Change the World" Forbes, Retrieved on 23 December 2013
- ↑ "Purchasing Power is Social Impact Power" Fast Company, Retrieved on 22 June 2012
- ↑ "How Civic Consumption Can Drive Change in Business as Usual" Fast Company, Retrieved on 19 October 2012
- ↑ "Civic Consumption Puts the We in the Sharing Economy" Sharable, Retrieved 6 January 2014