FC St. Pauli to become world's first professional football club with a Common Good Balance Sheet. Hamburg-based FC St. Pauli is a football club unlike any other. Encompassing music, sport and politics, its fans welcome refugees, fight fascists and take a stand against all forms of discrimination. "Another football is possible" is the unofficial [...]
Policy recommendations on Article 15 “Combating climate change” of the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive In light of the severity and the short timeframe that remains to take action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, it is important that the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) leaves no legal ambiguity [...]
Seen in picture: Giant scales of justice presented during campaign launch at climate movements congregation. In 2021, The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) joined other committed NGOs and trade unions to mobilise hundreds of thousands of people to respond to the EU’s consultation on a draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The [...]
"From Growth to Wellbeing: Rethinking Development for a Digital, Green, and Just Transformation" This year, the Divisions "Economic and Social Development, Employment" & "Methods, Digital Transformation, Innovation" of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in collaboration with the Sector Networks created a joint learning journey: Future Forum 2022. A series of virtual learning [...]
The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) local chapter in Uruguay, collaborated with the Association of Chemical Engineers of Uruguay (AIQU) and other educational centres and civil society organisations to launch the first edition of the "Environmental Management Program for a Possible 21st Century". Through this program, they seek to promote a Chemical Industry [...]
The Commission proposal is a good basis, but it must be improved by the Parliament and Member States to really make a significant contribution to better sustainability due diligence: Sustainability due diligence should cover the whole value chain (upstream and downstream), in a risk-based and proportionate manner. Sustainability due diligence should cover all human [...]
Civil society calls for impact data, Paris-aligned targets and transition plans and a holistic approach to sustainability in global reporting standards Following a public consultation closed this summer, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is discussing in September the results of the input received on their draft proposals for climate and general sustainability standards. [...]
The French version of Christian Felber's book is now available. Already translated into twelve languages, but unpublished in France and the French-speaking world until today in such a complete form, this seminal work lays the foundations for a model for society that will profoundly influence the debates on the redesign of our economy for [...]
The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) has joined other 35 organisations present at European and global level reacting to three key concerns to the proposed compromised text on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): "1.The proposed compromise allows companies to [continue buying supplies even if there is a “severe” human rights or [...]
Hamburg chapter celebrates 10th anniversary and sends out a strong signal to city politics. Hamburg is one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Despite this, an above-average number of Hamburg residents are at risk of poverty - in work, in old age and among children. No surprise then that the Economy for the [...]
