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ARTICLE · 30 JUNE 2023

Steward-Ownership: Not Just For World Changers

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In our previous blog, ‘A social structure: steward-ownership', we briefly discussed a way to ensure the social, sustainable or social mission of your company.

NetherlandsCorporate/Commercial Law
Lisanne van der Velden
Lisanne van der Velden

In our previous blog, 'A social structure: steward-ownership', we briefly discussed a way to ensure the social, sustainable or social mission of your company. This structure is called 'steward-ownership' and separates control and economic interest. This allows the steward-owned company to focus entirely on its mission, and gives the "stewards" complete control.

We ended our previous blog with a reference to the following misconception: a steward-owned company is some sort of quality certificate for world improvement and is not allowed to make or distribute profits. In this blog we explain why this assumption is incorrect.

Focus on your mission..

Steward-ownership may exist in different (legal) forms, sizes and degrees. Each company is structured differently and has a different purpose. All steward-owned companies have one thing in common: the desire to protect its purpose and putting its purpose before profit. This does not mean that no profit is or may be

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