Social Business
Yunus Discusses Social Business with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus had an hour long meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, wife of Malaysian political leader Anwar Ibrahim, at the Parliament Building in Malaysia. Professor Yunus presented to her the activities of Malaysian Network of Social Business involving five leading universities which created Yunus Social Business Centres, along with My Harapan, a national youth organization. Vice chancellors of...
Chinese Edition of Yunus's Three Zeros Book Launched
Through Five City Yunus Social Business Week in China Yunus Centre Press Release (24 July, 2018) From July 19 to July 24, Grameen China organized Yunus Social Business Week in honor of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. The week-long event stretched across multiple cities in China, comprising of various sessions with state dignitaries, business leaders, social business activists, leaders of finance and banking, microcredit practitioners, and students in China. In Beijing Prof. Yunus gave...
Yunus leads the procession of artists as honorary Chair of the 15th annual International Folk Art Market at Santa Fe
On July 12, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Professor Muhammad Yunus has led the procession of artists at the 15th International Folk Art Market at Santa Fe, New Mexico. Prof. Yunus has been invited to chair the 15th annual celebration of folk art at the historic Santa Fe Plaza which is the largest market of its kind worldwide. The yearly bazaar is a global amalgamation of artists and consumers of folk art coming from all over the world. The three-day market serves as a platform for cultural exchang...
Impact 2024 presented at the Social Business Day 2018
Social Business Day gathers every year the whole family of social business practicionners on the date of Peace Nobel Prize Laureate Prof Yunus. 2018 edition was held in Bangalore at the Infosys Convention Centre and gathered over 1200 participants from 42 countries.At the occasion of SBD 2018, Yoan Noguier, Director of the Yunus Sports Hub presented its 2018 activity plan.Elisa Yavchitz - Managing Director of Les Canaux, Social Business House in paris - and Yoan Noguier then presented Impact 202...
Eighth Social Business Day 2018 Concludes with Enthusiasm and Promise of a Better Future
Following a successful, opening and day 1 of the eighth Social Business Day on June 28, 2018, Day-2 marked the final day the ceremony with enthusiasm abound. Social Business Day 2018 took place on June 28 – 29, 2018, in Bengaluru, India as organized by the Yunus Centre and Yunus Social Business India with support from INK and Infosys, and attended by 1200 delegates from 42 countries.The second day opened with the opening plenary “Corpoates in Social Business” which added to the...
First Day of Social Business Day 2018 in Bengaluru, India
On June 28, 2018, the curtain has been raised for the eighth Social Business Day 2018 in Bengaluru, India at Infosys Electronic City Campus. The signature event of the Yunus Centre, which held all its seven previous celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, marked the annual global celebration of social business for the year 2018 through the headship of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.The celebration began with a special Assamese song performance by celebrated singer, Joy Barua. Following the p...
Social Business Day 2018 To Be Launched in Bengaluru, India
Press ReleaseBengaluru, India June 27, 2018The Eighth Social Business Day will be launched for the first time in Bengaluru, India. The event is set to take place at Infosys Electronic City Campus in Bengaluru, India. This is the first time after the previous seven Social Business Days that this event is being held in India; all of the previous seven global annual celebrations of social business were held in Dhaka. This is the signature event of Yunus Centre which marks an annual celebration of s...
Yunus Signs Agreement with Mayor of Paris to Create Inclusive Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has signed this Wednesday, May 23, 2018 an agreement with the organizers and financiers of Paris Olympics and Paralympics 2024 to transform the Olympic Games event to being inclusive and solidarity-driven. For the first time in the history of the Game, Paris Olympics 2024 is going to be held as an Olympics focusing on social business and the circular economy. It will be done through the creation of IMPACT 2024. IMPACT 2024 is designed as a platform t...
Speaker of Italian Parliament Greets Yunus
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was received by Roberto Fico (44), the newly elected Speaker of the new Italian Parliament during his visit to Rome during his recent visit. They had very detailed discussion on social business. His party has own the recent national election to give new direction to Italian economy and provide jobs to the youth, 40 percent of whom are unemployed. Speaker Fico was particularly interested in Yunus's idea of turning unemployed youth into entrepreneurs. During...
IOC President Welcomes Professor Yunus at Lausanne
On May 15, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met IOC President Thomas Bach at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) head quarters in Lausanne. Professor Yunus was invited by him to discuss the details of collaboration between Yunus Centre and IOC for mainstreaming social business in the sports world. Thomas Bach shared the thrilling experiences organising the joint march of the South and North Korean teams under the specially designed common flag at ...
Yunus Meets the Chief Minister of Orissa and Addresses the top Officials of Orissa Government.
In a visit to Bhubaneswar, as a State Guest of State Government of Orissa, Nobel Laureate Profrssor Muhamnad Yunus addressed the ministers and top civil servants of the Orissa government organized by the government sponsored by the Orissa Knowledge Hub at the State government Secretariat in Bhubaneswar. At the end of the event Prof. Yunus held an one on one discussion with the Hon’ble Minister Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare and Cooperation Sri Surya Narayan Patra, Chief S...
Yunus Attends First Joint Working Session of Olympic 2024 Organising Committees
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the first joint working session of all organising committees of Paris Olympic 2024 on April 20, 2018 to conceptualize the details of the social orientation of Paris Olympic 2024. It aims to deliver the first inclusive and socially oriented Olympic facilities in the history of Olympics under the guidance of Professor Yunus. During the meeting he gave his guidance to the working groups composed of the co-ordinating committee Paris ...
Yunus Addresses "Future of Finance" Conference For Top CEOs & Bankers at Imperial College London
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus presented keynote speech at ‘The Future of Finance’ conference at the Business School of Imperial College London. Professor Yunus called upon financial regulators and policymakers to design a new financial system which will deliver services to all people, not just the rich. He called financial services as financial oxygen for the poor. Present financial system has created a ticking time bomb by creating wealth concentration in the hands of hand...
President Sergio Mattarella of Italy Receives Yunus at Palazzo del Quirinale
Yunus Centre Press Release (April 20, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy to discuss the ideas promoted by Professor Yunus. The President welcomed Professor Yunus at Palazzo del Quirinale and thanked him for his continuous endeavour for a better, equitable world. They also discussed about the potential of social business in addressing the pressing issue of unemployment in Italy through creating entrepreneurship opportunities for the yo...
Yunus Urges Audience at Illinois State University to work for ‘Three Zeros’
Yunus Centre Press Release (April 18, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed the students and faculty at Illinois State University (ISU) the first public university established in the state over150 years back. ISU hosted the lecture on Saturday evening. This was attended by 500 students, faculty, staff and community members. Extra seating capacity had to be arranged at the last moment due to huge response from the audience even during an inclement weather. Professor Yunus signed ...