700,000 euros of aid will be granted to sustainable companies in 2021. The Minister of the Valencian Community of Sustainable Economy, Industry, Commerce and Labor, Rafael Climent, in a resolution issued on December 4, has approved the continuation of aid to non-profit organizations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and university research institutions in the [...]
From April 20 to 22, 2021, the second BEST ECONOMY forum will take place at Kloster Andechs, near Munich, Germany. In 2019, the symposium was launched as a collaboration of the three associations Bioland, BIO HOTELS and Economy for the Common Good.The BEST ECONOMY forum aims to inspire companies to position themselves sustainably. The basic [...]
Economy for the Common Good (ECG) accepted the invitation of the German government and issued a joint statement on the German Sustainability Strategy. With the support of various politicians, scientists and entrepreneurs, ECG offered suggestions for additions to the sustainability strategy and illustrated the reasoning for these. The proposals aim to increase the binding [...]
The Future Markets Consultation, an initiative of an interdisciplinary group of researchers from four Dutch universities, has invited Luigi Zingales, co-developer of the Financial Trust Index and Christian Felber, initiator of the Economy for the Common Good, for an online discussion. The focus will be on the practical side of a new, different type [...]
The organization Escodi is organizing the conference "Retail with the Economy of the Common Good" to present successful experiences of retail companies that have begun to apply the economic model of the Economy for the Common Good (ECG). The Austrian author Christian Felber and an a global citizen’s movement are working to implement a [...]
During the ECG's campaign around the 10-year anniversary of the movement, more than 300 social media profile pictures were placed upside-down to symbolize how our economy is upside-down. Since October 5th, we have been posting a daily message about how our economy follows false goals.
ForstBW is the first state-owned company in Baden-Württemberg, Germany to complete a Common Good Balance Sheet. ForstBW administers all public forests in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. "The Balance Sheet is a comprehensive and transparent presentation of the company's orientation towards the Common Good. The external audit certifies that the work is being done [...]
With the decision to draw up a Common Good Balance Sheet for the first time, the private insurance company Vorarlberger Landesversicherung (Austrian Life Insurance) has set itself the goal of helping improve business practices in all industries and helping companies reorient towards the common good. Between January 2019 and May 2020, the insurance company [...]
Christian Felber, initiator of the Economy for the Common Good, hands over the certificate for the Common Good Balance Sheet to Heinz-Josef Senneka, representing the mayor, Carsten Torke, during a ceremony at the city hall of Steinheim at the beginning of September 2020. This is the first city in Germany to have drawn up [...]
Lilly Germany is the first pharmaceutical company to commit itself to the goals of the Economy for the Common Good. Nicole Weichelt and Oliver Stahl have accompanied the process from the beginning. Health Relations, the German publisher of medical publications, has interviewed Nicole Weichelt and Oliver Stahl about the obstacles, competitive advantages and the [...]
