"The Sustainable Entrepreneur generally focuses on the root
sustainable added value rather thanhow the economic return is
yielded. Accordingly sustainable entrepreneurship encompasses a
wide range of entrepreneurship types from non-profit social
entrepreneurship that aims to create social transformation to ones
that develop sustainable business practices."
Dr. İzel Levi COŞKUN
Imagine a business that acts with an awareness of carrying out
its duties in line with sustainable development principles. This
business also pursues the shared interests of the whole system in
addition to its own interests in the industry in which it operates.
It knows what "stakeholder" means and also that a
business belongs not to the board of directors and shareholders but
to all stakeholders involved, notably the employees, supply-chain
and the society. This awareness can be felt in all the decisions
made by this business. It even views its competitors and future
generations as