Civic consumption is a model for social change that leverages shared buying power to reward socially responsible businesses. The model operates by gathering a group of consumers to leverage the group's size in order to expand access to a particular good or service.[1]
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^"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
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^"Civic Consumption Summit 2013" 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine CivicConsumption.org
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civic, consumption, this, article, tone, style, reflect, encyclopedic, tone, used, wikipedia, wikipedia, guide, writing, better, articles, suggestions, september, 2014, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, model, social, change, that, leverages, share. This article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Civic consumption is a model for social change that leverages shared buying power to reward socially responsible businesses The model operates by gathering a group of consumers to leverage the group s size in order to expand access to a particular good or service 1 History editThe 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 This network includes organizations such as Freelancers Union First Book EveryoneOn and Common Market 4 In December 2013 with the support of the Ford Foundation the Rita Allen Foundation and the Kendeda Fund Groundswell hosted a national summit to discuss strategies for social change 5 Notable attendees included Sara Horowitz of the Freelancers Union Andrew Kassoy of B Lab and Lewis of the U S Green Building Council See also editCollective buying power Group purchasing organizationReferences 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 Civic Consumption Summit 2013 Archived 2015 01 09 at the Wayback Machine CivicConsumption org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Civic consumption amp oldid 1189392111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
