The European Centre for Innovative Enterprises of Valencia, Spain has promoted, through the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness, the first self-diagnostic test for companies and entrepreneurs to quantitatively assess the social and environmental impact of their business. The methodology is based on the model of the Economy of the Common Good. This test has [...]
Doughnut Economics – Compass to Shape Sustainable Economies by Design Kate Raworth, Senior Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, on March 16th at 5:45 pm (CET) will talk about her model of “Doughnut Economics”, which can serve as a framework for economic players to align their activities in order to meet the core [...]
Trio of authors publishes "Common Good Economics" in special issue of the renowned scientific journal "Sustainability” For ten years, “Economy for the Common Good” (ECG) has been implementing an economic model that can better serve people, the planet and future generations. “Common Good Economics” now provides the theoretical foundation for that model, published by [...]
Eleven years after its first publication, Christian Felber's book Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie (Economy for the Common Good), which built the foundation of the movement, makes it to the SPIEGEL bestseller list for the first time at number 14 in the non-fiction paperback category. SPIEGEL is a German weekly news magazine. With a weekly circulation of 840,000 [...]
This German book tells the stories of 24 companies and organisations that have started on the path to implementing the Economy for the Common Good. Using practical examples, the portraits show what is possible when relationships with suppliers, employees and customers are based on trust and solidarity and the effects on the environment and [...]
Publication: Economy for the Common Good: A Common Standard for a Pluralist World? This books brings together scholarly works on the ECG, both from conceptual and empirical perspectives. The contributions were presented at the first-ever international scientific conference on ECG in Bremen, Germany. It was organised by the School of Graduate and Professional Studies [...]
ECG has been invited by the regional parliament of Gelderland, Netherlands to talk about Common Good Regions. The event on February 3rd at 1:30pm can be view via livestream.
Christian Felber, Initiator of the Economy for the Common Good, is one of the plenary speakers at the OnSustainability 2021 Conference on February 24th at 5:30pm CET | 10:30am EST. This is the international conference on environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability. The plenary sessions will be delivered as a combination of pre-recorded and [...]
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 [...]
