Social entrepreneurs often navigate complex socioeconomic and political challenges in order to reach their goals. Each Monday, we’ll kick off the week with the top five Social-E news picks that caught our interest and inspired our thinking. This week’s top stories:
 
1. Accountants Will Save The Planet – a report of the environmental summit at Rio de Janeiro focusing on the general consensus that we need to assess the world’s resources quantitatively if sustainability is a top priority
 
2. Shell, GE Urge EU to Prop Up Carbon Market – large European companies request EU to support green energy efforts on the short-term
 
3. Susan Ross, Author Of “Expanding the Pie,” On Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships – Susan Ross answers questions about her book and analyzes the benefits of nonprofit organizations partnering with large corporations in order to improve social impact
 
4. Saving its face: proving the value of social enterprise – private healthcare companies must change their goals to be more socially oriented in order to form beneficial partnerships with other institutions
 
5. Scaling Social Impact in Six Steps -  nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and philanthropists alike discuss critical questions for healthy growth