Global Social Business Summit held in Berlin, Germany

The four-day event, which is the seventh of its kind, will explore how social businesses can address each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were unveiled in September by the United Nations. It was mentioned in the summit that if Sustainable Development Goals carried out properly, they will eradicate poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and combat climate change.

More than 1,000 participants from around 70 countries were attended the programme. The summit is a leading forum for social business and companies with a social goal.

Since its inception, social business has become an important driver in turning unemployment into entrepreneurship in many countries. We all know about the frustrating situation especially for many young people who are full of creativity and therefore, the implementation of Global Social Business Summit was very useful.
Other than the SDGs, topics such as the Three Zeros (zero poverty, zero unemployment, zero carbon emission), the social business ecosystem, and fostering partnerships to create social impact was discussed.

The conference was chaired by CB Bhattacharya, a professor of European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, and moderated by Lamiya Morshed, executive director of the Yunus Centre in Dhaka.

Let us also note that, it has been a while since the IEPF started to collaborate with the Yunus Center, chaired by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus. Chairman of the International Eurasia Press Fund Umud Mirzayev was also at the invitee list of the Global Social Business Summit.

The IEPF Information Department