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Groupe SOS: Impact Entrepreneurs

Groupe SOS is a French social enterprise group created in 1984 to address social issues. It has grown to 15,000 employees across 350 structures in France and other French territories, serving over 1 million people annually with a turnover of $900 million. Groupe SOS innovates social solutions in areas like employment, housing and the environment through acquiring or founding organizations and companies to help those in need while saving public funds. It works by developing new ideas with partners, establishing supportive structures, and reinvesting profits into social programs and job creation.

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Groupe SOS: Impact Entrepreneurs

Groupe SOS is a French social enterprise group created in 1984 to address social issues. It has grown to 15,000 employees across 350 structures in France and other French territories, serving over 1 million people annually with a turnover of $900 million. Groupe SOS innovates social solutions in areas like employment, housing and the environment through acquiring or founding organizations and companies to help those in need while saving public funds. It works by developing new ideas with partners, establishing supportive structures, and reinvesting profits into social programs and job creation.

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Groupe SOS

Impact Entrepreneurs
History
First organization created in 1984 : Prvention
et soin des addictions (programmes against
drug addictions)
Second organization created in 1985 : Habitat et
Soins (against the AIDS epidemy)
1995: Creation of Groupe SOS
(collaboration with the French state)
1995 : Creation of Alliance Gestion
Key figures
15,000 employees
350 structures in 12 regions in France and 4
French overseas territories
1 million direct beneficiaries every year
A turnover of $900 million
Present in France and in 35 other countries
Social innovation
Addressing a social issue in the fields of
employment, environment or housing and
adapting to the changes and evolutions of our
society in order to find solutions to the
social needs of our times.
times It is responding
to social issues whilst allowing the community
to make significant savings.
Main economical goal :
Saving money by creating
structures that avoid
useless expenses
How does it work ?
STEP 1 : Working with associations, think tanks to
invent innovative solutions to social issues
STEP 2 : Buying / Founding/ Supporting structures
( retirement home, hospitals) or companies (fair
trade, startups) to help people in need or to
address social/environmental issues
STEP 3 : All benefits are reinjected in research
projects and in the organizations of Groupe SOS +
creation of job opportunities
Some examples
Controversies ?
Run like a real company by Alliance
Gestion : some structures are closed,
sometimes downsizing measures
Complex internal organization, lack of
information ?
Thank you for
your attention !
Sources : http://www.groupe-sos.org
http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/Economie-
Entreprises/Economie/Le-Groupe-SOS-geant-assume-
de-l-economie-sociale-_NP_-2012-05-06-803072

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