November 2021
Common Good Product Now! Global initiative calls on G20 leaders to replace Gross Domestic Product with a future-fit successor
In light of climate change, the Covid crisis, biodiversity decline, and growing inequality, there is an ever-increasing worldwide consensus that fundamental changes in our economies are urgently needed. [...]
October 2021
Global G20 Common Good Product Campaign
The Economy for the Common Good is launching the G20 Common Good Product campaign under the title “Rebalance our Economy” today, 25 October – and you can be [...]
Economy for the Common Good invited at Worldwide Meeting on Human Values, 22-23 October
ECG is part of the XIII Worldwide Meeting on Human Values (Encuentro Mundial de Valores) held completely online from 22-23 October. It is organized in alliance with the international [...]
Tipping point for corporate transparency on sustainability: reporting benefits outweigh costs
As the European Union considers the new draft Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and associated sustainability standards, striking new evidence shows that the proposed legislation saves rather than costs [...]
Second International ECG Conference, in March 2022
The ECG movement started in 2010 with the publication of the first edition of the book "Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie" (Economy for the Common Good) by Christian Felber and the presentation [...]
Counting the true costs of an unjust and unsustainable economic system
What should be the purpose of the economy, and the goal of public spending: promoting the wellbeing of people and the planet, or reacting to immediate, avoidable problems? [...]