Social entrepreneurship occurs when businesses develop, fund and implement innovate solutions to social, cultural and environmental issues.  Whereas conventional businesses are established largely to generate profits, social entrepreneurs direct part of their profits to generating a positive return to society.  Businesses involved in social entrepreneurship focus on sustainable goals with contributions to conservation and the communities in areas such as poverty alleviation, health care and community development.

Local experts Gene Hardy, Cape to Cape Tours, Toni Dearle, Pemberton Discovery Tours and Gary Muir, WOW Wilderness Tours will share with you their innovative programs developed to give back to their community.  Their insights will be supplemented by contributions from two world class experts in Tourism's Giving Back - Albert Teo from Malaysia and Amy Carter-James from Mozambique.

	Amy Carter-James is the Co-Founder of Guludo Beach Lodge, Mozambique.  Amy has been internationally recognised as a leading social entrepreneur finding innovative, grass-root solutions to life vulnerable children and their families out of poverty.  Amy combined her passion for relieving poverty and conservation in the creation of Guludo in 2002.  Through the development of a boutique eco-resort and the Nema Foundation, Guludo continues to relieve poverty to over 24,000 people living in rural Mozambique.  Guludo has become a leader in responsible tourism and has received a plethora of personal and professional international awards.  Amy has also founded Thin Cats Thinking, assisting other hotels and resorts around the world to work more efficiently with local communities to maximise their positive impact.
	Albert Teo is the Founder of Borneo Eco Tours and Sukau Rainforest Lodge, Malaysia.  Both companies, have won numerous international ecotourism awards including Wild Asia Responsible Awards - Best in Community Engagement & Develoment 2014 and 1st Place Honoree of ETC (Educational Travel Community) USA Responsible Tourism Showcase 2015.  In 1996 Albert founded the non-profit organisation Borneo Ecotourism Solutions and Technologies (BEST).  The Society was founded to address community issues and alleviate poverty through capacity building, and to make this world a greener place through sustainable environmental projects.  To date it has contributed 2million Malaysian Ringgits ($650,000) to a range of projects in Sabah, Borneo.  In 2014 BEST Society won the prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ulysses Award for its Social Entrepreneurship contributions.