Social entrepreneur Scott Griffiths

A social entrepreneur is the one who recognizes a social problem and organize resources to achieve a change that is beneficial for the society through innovation. Scott Griffiths is the one. Recently, he was selected as CEO of the Year in the ‘social entrepreneur’ category.

Zipcar has helped change urban life by providing instant affordable mobility in 14 major metropolitan areas, 220 college campuses in the United States, United Kingdom and Canda. He tried to make the business “do well by doing good”. Using fuel efficient cars only, they charge for car sharing services at a cheap price. Through a highly innovative operation system, Zipcar achieves the goal of sustainability by making the most efficient use of resources. Since each Zipcar removes 15 personally owned vehicles from the road, Zipcar helps reduce congestion, ease parking demands and lower a community’s overall carbon footprint. Scott has been CEO since 2003 and has made Zipcar to be the world’s biggest car share company successfully.

Reference:
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/zipcar-ceo-wins-social-entrepreneur-ceo-year-award/26/70643