Last September, I attended the CSR and the Social Innovators Forum.

I had no idea what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised when I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Penny Low, founder of Social Innovation Park², an impartial, not-for-profit organisation based in Singapore that incubates social entrepreneurs worldwide to bring positive innovations to lives and societies.

Of course, the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, lent some mega star power to the event.

I had never thought about Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Innovation prior to this, despite being in business for the past five years. Mainly because I had always had the impression of it being something that only applied to large corporations and executives, because of the extent of their influence.

But at this forum, I learnt quite the opposite. CSR and Social Innovation is everyone’s responsibility. And to make any significant kind of change, efforts have to be made from the “ground up”. This means the responsibility is yours and mine.

CSR and Social Innovation can be as simple as participating in Food Bank initiatives, like this: Food Bank Project X-pired –  Converting Food Into Fashion!

Find out more about the inspiration behind Social Innovation Park and what entrepreneurs can do to contribute to this cause, by watching my interview with Penny here: