Promoting Economic Pluralism has now launched Festival For Change and ECG is an official partner. Christian Felber, initiator of the ECG, speaks at the festival on Thursday, July 30th July at 7pm BST. His session is titled “Provocation: Can trade be for Good?” Promoting Economic Pluralism, wants to give young people 25 and under [...]
The world is in a period of upheaval of tectonic proportions. The COVID19 pandemic has caused seismic tremors that have ruptured long-held beliefs about what economics is and its role in shaping the world. The resulting economic fallout has further fore fronted questions of racial, gender and economic disparities. The climate crisis is asking [...]
Source: forbes.at Forbes Austria published this opinion piece by Antje von Dewitz and Lisa Fidler. The two authors are the CEO and the sustainability manager of Vaude, an outdoor clothing and gear manufacturer that has been an ECG company for many years. The authors stress that the corona pandemic has upset our social life [...]
A first for an ECG Delegates Assembly. After 7 years of face-to-face assemblies, this year it took place online. The advantage of this changed format was a record number of participants and represented countries. We had 98 participants from 12 countries. The Delegates Assembly is the annual meeting of all ECG Local Chapters and [...]
This video, in Spanish with English subtitles, has involved people from several countries identified with the values promulgated by the ECG: Human Dignity, Solidarity and Social Justice, Environmental Sustainability as well as Transparency and Co-Determination; Values that are basic to an economic transformation where people must be the protagonists, and money only a [...]
Out of 300 submitted petition proposals, experts recommended the proposal for a petition of the German ECG association! This petition proposes that in addition to the gross domestic product, the Common Good Product should be introduced, which measures the well-being of the general public. At last the organizers of 12062020Olympia are going to submit [...]
The government of the Autonomous Community of Valencia has been the first to promote the model of the Economy for the Common Good. On the occasion of the Covid-19 crisis, the regional Association of the Economy for the Common Good (L'Economia del Bé Comú) has developed a series of online seminars with the [...]
Representatives of the ECG and nine companies, that have documented and published their comprehensive responsibility in a Common Good Balance Sheet, followed the invitation of Economic and Financial City counsellor Peter Hanke. The 360-degree sustainability instrument of the ECG is proof of their ethical management and at the same time serves as a basis [...]
What do businesses expect from EU policy? What obstacles would have to be removed, what incentives would have to be set? Two members of the European Parliament Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg and Henrike Hahn therefore seek the dialogue with exciting pioneering companies from Germany. The kick-off of interesting dialogues and a new perspective on our economy [...]
A new video which explains the basics of the Economy for the Common Good is now available. Questions such as What is the ECG?, How does it work? are being answered. Enjoy the brief animation!
