# Occupation profile — social entrepreneur

- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/73b10c97-b003-45dc-a36d-c1d585c04be1
- **ESCO code:** 1120.6
- **ISCO-08 group:** 1120 — Managing directors and chief executives

## Description (ESCO)

Social entrepreneurs create innovative products or service models to tackle social and environmental challenges, pursuing through their profits a social mission that benefits a wider community or the environment. They often use a more democratic decision-making system by involving closely their stakeholders, and strive to achieve change at a systems level, by influencing policies, market evolutions and even mentalities.

## Definition

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## Alternative labels

- eco-entrepreneur
- green entrepreneur
- social business founder
- social business venture founder
- social enterprise founder