Social Purpose Navigator
Your AI-powered guide to social purpose
The Social Purpose Navigator is an interactive tool designed to help Canadian businesses and others navigate social purpose tools, resources, guidance, and examples. Drawing on the Canadian Purpose Economy Projects’s frameworks, case studies, and practical guidance, it provides personalized answers to your questions and helps you find relevant information.
What the Navigator can help you with
Navigate Canadian Purpose Economy Project’s resources
The primary purpose of this Navigator is to help you efficiently navigate the in-depth and carefully curated resources available from the Canadian Purpose Economy Project, including:
- Comprehensive frameworks and toolkits
- The 7-Step Social Purpose Roadmap
- Real-world Canadian case studies
- Research reports and business case statistics
- Implementation guides and assessment tools
Exploring social purpose
- Understand what social purpose is (and isn’t)
- Learn how it differs from ESG, CSR, and philanthropy
- Discover the business case with data on financial performance, innovation, and employee engagement
Defining your purpose
- Navigate the 7-Step Social Purpose Roadmap
- Evaluate purpose statements using Canadian Purpose Economy Project’s 10 criteria
- Learn from Canadian case studies such as Coast Capital and Hemlock Printers
Implementation resources
- Understand the Social Purpose Continuum (stages 1.0 to 4.0)
- Access resources for governance, employee engagement, and measurement
- Connect with Canadian Purpose Economy Project to explore practical approaches to implementing and strengthening social purpose
How to use the Navigator
- Click the chat button in the bottom-right corner of your screen.
- Choose your privacy preference: share your information for personalized follow-up from Canadian Purpose Economy Project, or explore anonymously.
- Start with a question or use one of the quick-start prompts to begin exploring.
- Ask follow-up questions: the Navigator understands context and can dive deeper into any topic.
- Access resources: get links to Canadian Purpose Economy Project’s frameworks, toolkits and case studies throughout your conversation.
Additional information
Quick-start questions
Try asking:
- “What’s the difference between social purpose and ESG?”
- “Walk me through the seven steps to develop a social purpose.”
- “What’s the business case for social purpose?”
- “Show me examples of Canadian companies with strong social purpose.”
Privacy and data
Your conversation is private and saved in your browser session. If you choose to share your contact information, CPEP may follow up with relevant resources and updates about the purpose economy movement. You can use the Navigator completely anonymously if you prefer. This Navigator is powered by Claude AI (Anthropic).
Need more support?
The Navigator is designed to help you explore Canadian Purpose Economy Project’s resources and answer questions about social purpose. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please contact us at info@purposeeconomy.ca.
Ready to explore?
Click the Chat button to get started.