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First professional Football Club with a Common Good Balance Sheet

2024-01-10T16:24:23+01:00January 5th, 2024|

“Another football is possible”: Hamburg | Hamburg based FC St Pauli is the first professional football club in the world to complete a Common Good Balance Sheet in line with the values of the Economy for the Common Good (ECG). The club, known as a pioneer for anti-racism, anti-discrimination and inclusion, was able to [...]

Sustainable Economy Forum in Berlin

2023-12-20T01:44:46+01:00December 19th, 2023|

Stefan Maier from Prior1 during the ECG session at the Sustainable Economy gGmbH in Berlin, Germany. Economy for the Common Good calls for a new guiding culture for the entire economy The first Sustainable Economy Summit (SES) ended on December 13th with a clear wake-up call to all political parties in Berlin. For the [...]

Common Good Communities School in Spanish

2023-12-21T00:02:29+01:00December 9th, 2023|

Escuela de Comunidades del Bien Común - open for Spanish speakers! The purpose of this initiative is to support and nurture the creation of human groups centered around a life, social or environmental development project, under the practical guidance of ECG models and tools in order to create their own Common Good Community. These [...]

To ensure an effective CSDDD

2023-11-21T03:24:23+01:00November 14th, 2023|

COREPER I meeting - Ensuring an effective Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) On the occasion of November 15 negotiations on the CSDDD, the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) has co-signed an open letter addressed to the actors involved, the European Union Committee of Permanent Representation (COREPER). In this meeting, they will discuss [...]

ECG & Japan: A values-based market

2023-11-25T13:24:15+01:00November 5th, 2023|

Earlier this year, Japan celebrated the launch of the first Japanese edition of the internationally acclaimed book “Economy for the Common Good” (ECG) written by the movement’s founder Christian Felber. The theory presented in this publication and successfully implemented by the growing movement over the past ten years, captured the interest of the public [...]

Governing the economics of the common good

2023-12-20T22:49:48+01:00October 30th, 2023|

Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director and Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), recently published her working paper "Governing the economics of the common good: from correcting market failures to shaping collective goals". In the introductory section, she quotes diverse papers published by the Economy for the Common [...]

Re-Thinking Economics

2024-02-04T21:57:06+01:00October 21st, 2023|

Economy for the Common Good (ECG) Founder Christian Felber participated in the Clarity and Collaboration for the Community of Changemakers (The 5Cs) podcast, hosted by business consultant Charlene Norman. The show focuses on sharing practical insights and provocative points of view from experienced guests and exploring Compassionate Capitalism together, focusing on the role of [...]

Growing the alternatives: societies for a future beyond GDP

2024-02-04T21:56:57+01:00October 19th, 2023|

In the face of climate change and growing inequality, our current way of measuring economic success is unfit. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not designed to support human and planetary thriving. It fails to inform decision-makers how sustainable our economies really are. The right path and solution to this worldwide issue, although often viewed [...]

ECG International Conference 2024

2023-10-18T22:01:21+02:00October 17th, 2023|

The III ECG International Conference (ECGIC24) "Converging Future-fit Economic Models: Advancing Just and Sustainable Regions" will be held on June 3, 4 and 5, 2024, in Leeuwarden, Province of Fryslân, The Netherlands. A seed originally planted by ECG Nederland, the hosting partnership blossomed to feature, next to the Economy for the Common Good, the [...]

A dialogue with the European Commission

2023-10-20T14:54:39+02:00October 9th, 2023|

At the start of the European Parliament Beyond Growth Conference in May 2023, an open letter was sent to EU leaders, supported by over 150 civil society organisations and over 250 experts in the field of environmental sciences and economics. In August, senior representatives of the European Commission sent us a reply. In their [...]

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