The Introduction to New Economies Programme (PINE) is a space co-created with global references and Latin American perspectives. This unique virtual diploma in Spanish aims to explore new ways of inhabiting the planet and fostering economic systems that respect life in all its form, as it helps individuals recognize themselves as agents of change [...]
The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) spokespeople team and Youth Hub united to support a Manifesto published by Generation Climate Europe (GCE). This document calls for an intergenerationally just post-growth European economy. It explores a message proved by science and its potential solutions: the younger generations are to inherit an uninhabitable planet. Capitalism [...]
Transforming lives and building the future through the Ecogood Business Canvas Infinitea is fine tea shop in Colombia, but also a story of success and transformation. For the past 18 years, founders Ericka and Jenny Henao Jaramillo have explored connection and awareness through tea, an ancestral product with countless proven health benefits. They've made [...]
Otto Scharmer is the co-founder of the Presencing Institute (MIT) and developer of the systemic transformation model known as Theory U, as well as an invaluable supporter and promoter of many Economy for the Common Good (ECG) initiatives at a global scale. During his visit to Uruguay, he was granted the title of distinguished [...]
CSDDD: A first step in the right direction but it could be easier The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) welcomes the EU Parliament's position on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) published on June 1. In particular, the fact that the many attempts to water down the guideline have been successfully averted. Nevertheless, [...]
The importance of referring to responsible purchasing practices in the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive The undersigned civil society organisations and businesses, warmly welcome the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). This is a pivotal step for stronger corporate accountability on human rights and the environment, as the CSDDD can ensure that [...]
Within the context of the 2023 Beyond Growth conference at the European Parliament, The European Environmental Bureau, Think Tank Oikos and Green European Journal collaborated to release a joint publication about economic transition. In "Imagining Europe Beyond Growth", academics, policymakers and civil society representatives came together to expand on the need -and the way- [...]
Report from the Beyond Growth 2023 in the EU Parliament From May 15 to 17,2000 activists, scholars and concerned citizens assisted in-person at the "Beyond Growth" conference in the EU Parliament, organized by 20 MEPs of diverse parties. Another 2,900 online guests followed the speeches and contributions of 150 speakers in 7 plenary sessions [...]
As part of its participation in the Beyond Growth 2023 Conference in Brussels today, the International Federation for the Economy for the Common Good (ECG), which advocates for a Common Good Product, declared the following features as must-haves for the successor of Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Citizen participation The components of a successor to [...]
Authored by: Timothée Parrique, Kate Raworth, Vincent Liegey (see pdf for full list of signatories) As political leaders gather for a second conference at the European Parliament on how to move “beyond growth”, we, the undersigned academics and civil society organisations, see the geopolitical crisis as an opportunity to disengage from the socially and [...]
