Social Business
Report of the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Welbeing-Autonomous University of Baja California 2018
Training for social businesses With the objective of fighting the condition of poverty and inequality in our region, in the year 2018 the Assistance Program for Social Businesses was continued, and implemented by the university students and collaborating professors of the UABC - Yunus Center. Stages for Social Businesses Assistance 1. Structure and operation Through specialized instruments, the students developed diagnostics, operational analysis, evaluations and compiled evidence of the perform...
YSBC alliance of 8 universities in Taiwan Meeting with government for USR policy
In order to combine the resources of industry, government and academia to create a good future. The Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan held a forum on March 15th. The President of Foundation for Yunus Social Business Philippa Thai invited the eight universities that have been established Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC), the YSBCs attended this forum including:Chang Jung Christian UniversityNational University of KaohsiungNational Quemoy UniversityNational Pingtung University of Scie...
Yunus Plants Tree in International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece, And Agrees to launch Joint Programme
Yunus Centre Press Release (05 April,2019)Professor Yunus was taken on a tour of the Municipal Market of Kypseli by Maria Stratigaki, Vice Mayor of Athens in charge of Social Solidarity and Welfare & Equality to be given an introduction to Greek social entrepreneurship ecosystem.The Municipal Market of Kypseli is the first Social Market in Greece that hosts the most successful Greek social enterprises, operated by Global Impact Hub Network, which is a social business created in Vienna with t...
Yunus joins HRH Grand Duchess of Luxembourg in a fight to end sexual violence
Yunus Centre Press Release (03 April, 2019)On 26 – 27 March, 2019, Stand Speak Rise Up! International Conference was held in European Convention Center, Luxembourg hosted by the Luxembourg Government and HRH The Grand Duchess Maria Teresa who summoned leaders all around the world to raise awareness and to call for action in a bid to put an end to the suffering of women and children who become victims of sexual violence in war and conflict.“Stand Speak Rise Up!” conference was c...
Yunus launches marketplace platform to offset carbon emissions in Partnership with largest French Bank BNP Paribas
Yunus Centre Press Release (01 April 2019)Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus Signed an agreement with BNP Paribas, in Paris on 28 March, 2019 to create a social business company called the ClimateSeed. This is the first independent social business company created by the bank. It will combat the adverse effects of climate changes in a social business way. The agreement is signed between Grameen Creative Lab of Germany of which Professor Yunus is a co founder and Chair...
Grameen Trust (GT) has crossed 9,000 New Entrepreneurs(Nobin)
March 31, 2019Grameen Trust (GT) has crossed 9,000 New Entrepreneurs in its 509th Executive Design Lab (EDL) held on March 28, 2019 at Faridpur Sadar Unit under Faridpur Anchal. The Design Lab was chaired by Mr. Shamsul Arefin, Anchal Prodhan, Faridpur Anchal. A total of twenty three proposals were presented by the potential new entrepreneurs and all the proposals were unanimously approved during the Lab. Till March 28, 2019, GT has approved a total of 9,026 Nobin project...
Yunus Challenges Manila Youth to Create a New Civilization
Yunus Centre Press Release (26 March, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Manila, Philippines recently for the Social Business Youth Summit and for a book tour of "A World of Three Zeros".He delivered the opening speech at the Social Business Youth Summit organized by Social Business Youth Alliance which took place at the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde in Manila with a call to the young people to take the lead in creating a new civilization, where the safety of the planet i...
Enhance Loco Connect Global, 2017 Global Culture Summer Camp Promote Social Business Concept
In order to enhance the international communicate event and offer more chance for students to exchange with sister schools, and improve global and foreign language ability. Since 2015 started the Global Culture Exchange Summer Camp, CJCU let students experience a different culture through the camp.To promote the social enterprise and the three-zero concept advocated by Dr. Yunus, YSBC cooperate with the office of international affairs and hold the 2017Global Culture Exchange Summer Camp. St...
Hello from our YSBC friends at Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Watch the video to know more on the students' vision of building a better world through social business and entrepreneurship.Thank you to Ms. Yanniz Valadrez, Coordinator of the YSBC at UDEM for sharing their mission and work through this video. ...
Yunus releases research study findings of “Microfinance in the United States: Early Impacts of the Grameen America Program” with Grameen America
Yunus Centre Press Release (March 11, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus released the early results of the first-of-its-kind random study-assignment through research findings of “Microfinance in the United States: Early Impacts of the Grameen America Program” with Grameen America, in New York on 8 March 2019. The date was chosen to commemorate the achievement of women all around the world on International Women’s Day. Professor Yunus presided over the board meeting of...
Yunus Warns Young People of France and Switzerland About the Dangers of Wealth Concentration and Artificial Intelligence
Yunus Centre Press Release (March 07, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited the Campuses of three Universities in France, and one University in Switzerland to address their students. French Universities are Montpellier School of Business, in Montpellier, and Lyon Business School in Lyon, and Dijon Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, all in the South of France. Swiss University was Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), of Lausane in Switzerland. This ...
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - 9TH SOCIAL BUSINESS DAY, 28-29 JUNE, 2019, BANGKOK, THAILAND
We invite you to register for the 9th Social Business Day, being held June 28-29, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.Hosted by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and organized by Yunus Centre, Dhaka, Social Business Day is an annual gathering that celebrates the groundbreaking idea of social business and highlights emerging developments from all over the world. This year your local host is the Yunus Center at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), supported by the Yunus Social Business Cente...
Letter from YSBC@JAIN
JAIN-Yunus Social Business Centre is a collaboration between Yunus Centre, Dhaka and JAIN (Deemed-to-be-University), Bengaluru, India. The YSBC @JAINworks with the mission to alleviate 1 million families out of poverty. Explore this report to find out more on the activities that have taken place under this YSBC and what more is to come:Design Thinking Workshop, Makeathon Best Social Business Idea,Social Business Course,JAIN-YSBC Beta Initiative!For more information please contact:Nayaz Ahmed,Chi...
Surveying the Asian philanthropy and social investment sector: How well did Malaysia do in 2018?
Malaysia found herself in the second cluster based on the performance of 15 Asian economies in the Doing Good Index (DGI). Instead of outright rankings, DGI measured the performance in terms of four clusters - Doing Well, Doing Better, Doing Okay, and Not Doing Enough. Each cluster represents the distance left to travel toward a conducive environment for doing good.Joining Malaysia in the Doing Better cluster were Hong Kong, Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, all trailing behin...
Want to know about YSBCs in Bangladesh? Here is what Daffodil International University (DIU) had to say about a recent activity under their YSBC
Daffodil International University (DIU) hosted the 2nd edition of 2019 Youth4SDG Asia Leadership Program in Bangladesh from 19th to 26th January 2019 organized by YouthinkCenter China and supported by Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC), DIU with active participation of 18 talented students from 18 different universities in China and 5 participants from Bangladesh. Under this program, the young leaders worked to create social business plans after surveying different villages of Bangladesh ...