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Business & Social Economics
11.6M members worldwide
Rebuilding the economy as if people and planet were the point
Statement of Purpose
Where UnitedPeoples rebuilds the economy as if people and planet were the point. B&SE convenes founders, workers, investors, economists, cooperatives and enterprises to redirect commerce toward shared prosperity — proving that profitability and purpose compound rather than compete. It treats the economy as a designed system open to redesign, and it is the engine room of the flywheel: UP Bank, UP BusinessBank and the embedded-finance rails route capital toward regenerative ends.
11.6M
members worldwide
2,900
ThemedCircles
10,700
BrandedCircles
72K
Projects this year
Fully live since 2027 — eleven stewards, a monthly town hall, minutes published in the open.
An Age of Thriving, here
Enterprise serves life. Companies are measured by the value they create for workers, communities and the biosphere as well as for owners; finance funds dignity and regeneration rather than extraction; and a floor of economic security lets people take the risks that thriving requires. Prosperity is widely held, not concentrated.
Founding Missions
Every Mission resolves into Projects — the unit of action
Rewriting the Rules of Prosperity
measures of progress and fiscal logic beyond GDP
Shareholder Democracy
equity wielded as a civic instrument through member voting blocs
Money in Service of People
public money funding a stable economic floor, not austerity
Finance That Serves
UP Bank, UP BusinessBank and embedded finance aligned to members
Regenerative Enterprise
companies designed to restore, not deplete
Fair-Value Supply Chains
transparency and equity from source to shelf
The Cooperative Century
broaden ownership through cooperatives and shared equity
The Carbon Dividend Compact
price pollution and return the proceeds to people
Ethical AI & Automation
technology that augments labour and dignity
The Future of Work & Worker Voice
agency, security and representation in a changing economy
Inclusive & Sustainable Finance
capital access for the historically excluded
Community Wealth Building
anchor prosperity in places, not just portfolios
A living palette — the Circle's leadership sets and revises its Missions in the open.