シュワブ財団は世界中のさまざまな分野において、グローバルな課題に取り組むとともに世界の現状を改善しているソーシャル・イノベーターのコミュニティを運営しています。
私たちの目標は、ソーシャル・イノベーターが集う世界初の部門横断型コミュニティを結成して、あらゆる分野における社会的イノベーションの優れたモデルを発信し、拡大することです。
社会起業家とは、低所得者、社会的弱者、疎外された人々など、社会的に不利な立場にある人々に焦点を合わせ、革新的な方法で社会および環境に関する課題に取り組む創設者、最高経営責任者（CEO）を指します。
企業のソーシャル・イノベーターは、多国籍企業や地域企業において、社会および環境に関する課題に対処するための新製品、イニシアチブ、サービス、ビジネスモデルの開発を推進するリーダーたちです。
公共セクターのソーシャル・イノベーターは、政策、規制、公共イニシアチブを通じて公益を生み出すために、ソーシャル・イノベーションや社会起業精神の力を活用する政府のリーダーたちです。
社会的イノベーションのオピニオンリーダーは、その分野の進化を形作り、貢献している著名な専門家や第一人者たちです。
集団的ソーシャル・イノベーターは、個々の組織が単独で取り組むよりも大きな課題の解決に専心する組織グループを主導または促進する、セクター横断的なリーダーたちです。集団的モデルを使用して、構造的な変革を実現します。
社会起業家たちは、教育、健康、環境、企業開発などの分野において、社会的イノベーションと変革を推進しています。起業家精神に富む彼らは、ビジネス手法を活用し、従来の慣行を革新し克服する勇気をもって、貧困の緩和という目標を追求しているのです。
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