Not sure if you are aware of this or simply consider this to be fundamentally different from your approach, but there are some companies out there who are majority-owned by charitable foundations. An example is Robert Bosch GmbH (one of the largest industrial companies in Germany). Most (if not all) of the profits go to the Robert Bosch Foundation which spends them on charitable causes (not EA-aligned though).
See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_Stiftung
Hope this helps to assess the viability of your approach & learn from existing solutions.
There are more companies like this out there, let me know if you want me to point you to them.
Yes. In Germany, I think people are aware of Bosch’s charitable ownership, but this is seldom known by the broader world. I’m looking to look more into Bosch for insight.
I would be interested in learning of more companies like this.
EDIT: and that is an example of a Guiding Producer/Company. If you look at my larger essay, I note the conditions of Guided Consumption. You basically need networking and communication in addition to the existence of Guiding Producers/Companies. But Bosch and Newman’s Own have definitely been able to do well… I suspect they would do even better if there was a social movement buttressing them further.
EDIT2: Keep in mind Bosch and Newman’s Own took off prior to the age of the Internet. There may be more potent ways nowadays to further movements.
Not sure if you are aware of this or simply consider this to be fundamentally different from your approach, but there are some companies out there who are majority-owned by charitable foundations. An example is Robert Bosch GmbH (one of the largest industrial companies in Germany). Most (if not all) of the profits go to the Robert Bosch Foundation which spends them on charitable causes (not EA-aligned though). See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_Stiftung
Hope this helps to assess the viability of your approach & learn from existing solutions. There are more companies like this out there, let me know if you want me to point you to them.
Yes. In Germany, I think people are aware of Bosch’s charitable ownership, but this is seldom known by the broader world. I’m looking to look more into Bosch for insight.
I would be interested in learning of more companies like this.
EDIT: and that is an example of a Guiding Producer/Company. If you look at my larger essay, I note the conditions of Guided Consumption. You basically need networking and communication in addition to the existence of Guiding Producers/Companies. But Bosch and Newman’s Own have definitely been able to do well… I suspect they would do even better if there was a social movement buttressing them further.
EDIT2: Keep in mind Bosch and Newman’s Own took off prior to the age of the Internet. There may be more potent ways nowadays to further movements.