社会企业参与旧衣回收研究——以同心互惠公益商店为例

Research on social enterprises to participate in recycling used clothes——In Tongxinhuhui charity shop,for example

社会企业是采取企业化运作获取利润,并把利润主要用于对社会目标的支持性投资或直接投资到社区中,而不是回报股东或所有人。为了探讨中国现有社会企业的运作,调研了同心互惠公益商店如何采取企业化方式,参与旧衣的回收、分拣和销售,通过出售捐赠来的旧衣,同心互惠公益商店为打工者节约了几千万元生活成本,为数十人提供稳定的就业岗位,挖掘了社会资源,所获利润用于支持打工者自身文化教育事业及其他相关公益活动,从而改善打工者群体的生存状况。同心互惠在创造社会效益的同时,实现了赢利,证明其运作方式具有可持续性,高度透明是其持续运营的必要保证。

Social enterprises mainly aim at achieving their social objectives, by adopting commercialized operation to make a profit, and then using the profit to invest in their social goals or communities, rather than returning to shareholders or owners. In order to study the operation of the existing social enterprises in China, the author investigated business methods of collecting, sorting and selling used clothing taken by Tongxinhuhui charity shop. Within 10 years, Tongxinhuhui provided dozens of migrant workers, the vulnerable groups, stable employment, and saved migrant workers tens of millions of living costs by tapping community resources. Its profits were used to support migrant education and other related activities, so as to improve the living conditions of migrant groups. Tongxinhuhui created social benefits, at the same time, turned a profit, which demonstrates sustainability of its operations, transparency is necessary guarantee for its continuing operations.