Social Enterprises

Businesses with social objectives and where surpluses are usually reinvested into business or in the community, rather than maximising profits for owners or shareholders.

Social Cost Benefit Analysis

Any cost benefit analysis that takes into account social costs and social benefits as well as those experienced solely by individuals.

Social Costs

Costs to the wider public stemming by externalities/policy interventions.

Social Benefits

Benefits to the wider public stemming by externalities/policy interventions.