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Foundation for Future Generations
Wed. 30 Nov. 2016, 17:45
BEL, Tour & Taxis
"Are B Corps redefining business for the 21st century?"*
(*The Guardian)

Keynote address by Bart Houlahan, co-founder of B Lab

Discussion Panel with
Nicolas Bearelle, CEO of Re-Vive, a certified B Corp
Pierre Gillet, Coordinator of Village Finance
Pierre Mottet, Chairman of the board IBA
Virginie Smans, Laureate of the HERA Master's Thesis Award in Sustainable Finance
Dirk Vansintjan, Co-founder of Ecopower and President of REScoop.eu
Animated by Virginie Xhauflair, Assistant Professor, HEC-ULg.

 

What is the added value of B Corp in the CSR world?
Is B Corp useful for startups?
How does B Corp relate with the 'social economy'?
How can the B Corp community promote circular economy?
These are among the questions that will be addressed by the discussion panel with Bart Houlahan.

Conférence en anglais avec traduction simultanée
Lezing in het Engels met simultane vertaling

 
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B Corp is a corporate certification for sustainable businesses and social enterprises that meet higher standards of social and environmental performance and accountability towards all stakeholders.
B Corps aim to 'redefine success in business by competing not to be the best in the world, but to be the best for the world'.
B Corp is also a diverse community with nearly 2,000 certified companies worldwide, including Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, Etsy.com or in Europe Ecover, La Camif, Nature & Découverte.

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Prior to B Lab, Bart was President of AND 1, a $250 MM basketball footwear and apparel company. Bart is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a recipient of the 2014 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and an advisory board member of the Wharton Impact Investing Initiative, and the G8 Impact Measurement Working Group.
Programme
17:45 Welcome drink
18:15 Introductory address by Benoît Derenne, Director of the Foundation for Future Generations and Pierre Mottet, Member of the Enterprise, Innovation & Sustainable Development Circle
18:20 Presentation of the SE'nSE Fund (Seed Equity & Sustainable Entrepreneurship Fund)
18:30 Conference and Discussion Panel
19:45 Walking Dinner and Soup Bar
21:00 End
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Venue
BEL
Tour & Taxi
Avenue du Port / Havenlaan 86c/3002
1000 Brussels
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contact
Foundation for Future Generations
rue de l'Industrie / Nijverheidsstraat 10
1000 Brussels
+32 2 880 88 68
secretariat@fgf.be

Since 2012, the Enterprise, Innovation & Sustainable Development Circle of the Foundation for Future Generations has been a peer-learning group of entrepreneurs who exchange on solutions to advance the business community along the transition towards a sustainable economy. The programme of activities is designed and conducted in partnership with HEC-ULg.

The Foundation for Future Generations is a public benefit foundation that supports and develops initiatives that aim to provide sustainable solutions, good for both the planet and its inhabitants, through new practices and ways of thinking. www.fgf.be
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