Driving the social economy agenda

Promoting social innovation: (From left) Thornton, Nancy and Agensi Inovasi Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Mark Rozario at the launch of Social Outcome Fund and Social Progress Assessment at SEIC 2017.

WITH the rising popularity of ethical companies and with investors increasingly looking at investing in socially responsible businesses, there is a growing need to develop an ecosystem that supports a vibrant and robust social economy.

While different parties, such as investors, end-users and supporting industries, play a part in bringing the ecosystem together, governments have a critical role to play in building and growing the social economy ecosystem.