BUY SOCIAL VANCOUVER ISLAND

Buy Social Canada’s certification program recognizes your organization as a verified social enterprise, and enhances your marketing potential as a business that actively prioritizes community benefits and social impact over private profit and shareholder returns.

Calling all Island-based Social Enterprises – Get Buy Social Canada certified FREE for one year!

Scale Collaborative has partnered with Buy Social Canada to help support more great social enterprises here on Vancouver Island. The Social Enterprise Certification Program recognizes your organization or business as a verified social enterprise, and enhances your marketing potential by showing how you actively prioritize community benefits and social impact over private profit.

Certification is absolutely free for the first year and comes with these great benefits to promote and support your social enterprise:
  • Business Opportunities: Get listed on the Buy Social Canada directory
  • Marketing: Use of the nationally recognized Buy Social Canada logo, marketing materials and access to Buy Social Canada events as a vendor/exhibitor
  • Support: Access to tools and resources specifically created for social enterprises, including 2 free hours of direct consulting support
  • Networking: Be part of a network of social enterprises across Canada

Interested in certification? Vancouver Island-based Social Enterprises can contact Rob Fisher who can assist you through the application process. Scale Collaborative is able to help you find out if your organization would be a fit for this program and can guide you through the process at no cost. If you are interested in finding out more please let us know and we can have an initial conversation with you to see if your organization will meet the certification criteria.