Business didn’t begin with companies, currencies, or contracts. It began more than 10,000 years ago , when people first started exchanging goods, labour, and skills to survive. Long before governments or formal institutions existed, trade shaped who lived where, who depended on whom, and how communities formed. Business wasn’t an abstract system layered on top of society — it was one of the earliest ways society organised itself . And despite how complex the modern economy ha

Most businesses treat the sale as the finish line. In reality, it’s the handover point — where responsibility either becomes operational or quietly disappears. In our earlier piece, Why Responsibility Starts After the Sale , we explored why trust, impact, and real-world consequences are shaped long after money changes hands. This toolkit answers the next question: What does responsibility actually look like once the sale is done? Not in theory. In decisions, systems, and ever

Across Mongolia, a small but growing group of businesses are using commercial models to address practical social and environmental challenges. These are not charities or pilots. They are trading enterprises operating under real constraints. One of the organisations coordinating this activity is the Mongolian Social Enterprise Association (SEA Mongolia) , a national network that supports businesses whose operations are designed to generate both income and measurable community

Most business owners know about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but far fewer understand what comes after  2030. As the world prepares for the next phase of global development, the UN’s emerging Post-2030 direction makes one thing clear: small businesses will be central to driving progress. This shift represents both an opportunity and a responsibility for SMEs everywhere. ⭐ 1. The Post-2030 Agenda focuses on real-world action The first SDG decade built awareness

Why Small Steps Matter More Than Ever Good business has never been about size, budgets, or having a perfect strategy. It’s always started with something much simpler: intent . Most small businesses already want to do good. They care about their community. They want to treat people well. They want to make choices they’re proud of. But between the daily grind, competing priorities, staff, suppliers, customers, and the constant pressure just to “keep things going”… it’s easy for

Every business has a story — and sometimes, the next chapter begins when someone else picks up the torch. Across the world, entrepreneurs are constantly creating, growing, and reinventing. From small cafés tucked away on coastal streets to innovative SaaS startups in European capitals, every venture begins with a spark of ambition and a dream to build something meaningful. But entrepreneurship isn’t always about starting from scratch. Sometimes, it’s about continuing  a story