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The Social Bill - Small Change Makes a Big Difference
GEXSI promotes the concept of social billing -
i.e., routinely rounding up regular bills and donating the difference
to civil society - as a worldwide middle-class habit.
The Social Bill:
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Takes advantage of state-of-the-art
electronic billing systems used for example by utility, telephone
and credit card companies as well as by supermarkets and department
stores department store or credit card companies |
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Channels donations directly from
the customer to a qualified charitable organisation |
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Enforces stringent eligibility criteria
for the accreditation of beneficiary organisations |
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Offers transparent, public reporting and stringent
financial controls |
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We create strategic
partnerships with like-minded organizations to spread this idea
both in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere; social billing
can be practiced by anyone who has regular bills (phone, water
and energy, credit cards etc.) |
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We are developing
a global Quality Seal which governs all transactions, guaranteeing
transparent and efficient use of the funds raised. |
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We encourage companies to investigate
the potential of social billing in a broad variety of countries
and markets, and to join our efforts in building up a quality
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The Social Bill is a unique opportunity to generate
a continuous flow of funding for civil society organizations. The
scheme is particularly suited to support organizations that require
alternative sustainable sources of income, e.g., those providing
services in education, healthcare, care for the young or aged, or
environmental protection.
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