Social Enterprises, Benefit Corporations and Community Interest Companies: The UK Landscape

• Stelios Andreadakis ^[1]
  1. [1] Brunel University London

     Brunel University London

     Hillingdon, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law: Benefit Corporations and Other Purpose-Driven Companies / coord. por Henry Peter, Carlos Vargas Vasserot, Jaime Alcalde Silva, 2023, ISBN 978-3-031-14215-4, págs. 881-901
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The present chapter deals with the social enterprises’ landscape in the United Kingdom, with emphasis on certified B corps, benefit corporations and community interest companies (CIC). Although the United Kingdom has the reputation of a jurisdiction that supports the shareholder value maximisation paradigm, it has introduced special rules for social enterprises and has facilitated the development of benefit corporations and B corps. The UK experience may be significantly different from the United States’ one, but it can operate as a roadmap for countries that aim at becoming more inclusive in terms of corporate social responsibility and social purpose.