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Social Business Conference 2013 - The Power of Social Business and Innovation to Serve Humanity

The second annual meeting of the Social Business Conference was held at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, on May 15 2013, with the participation of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, as keynote speaker. For the second consecutive year we successfully had a full house with over 400 participants crowding the Aula Magna of USI. ... Read more

Hampton Creek - the Food Company which is finding new ways of utilizing plants in food products

Hampton Creek was founded in the summer of 2011 to use technology to make healthier food without trans fats and MSG by using plant based ingredients. Better… Read more

The Plastic Bank - Turning Plastic Waste into a Currency

The Plastic Bank is turning plastic waste into a currency that can be exchanged to help lift people out of poverty & transition them into a self-sustaining… Read more

A walk through a Roma Community in Eastern Slovakia

It is difficult to describe the feeling of walking through a Roma community settlement in Eastern Slovakia. Roma are known by majorities as the” gypsies”… Read more

Asquith - Ethical and Organic Yoga/Pilates/Lounge and Maternity Wear

Asquith London offers contemporary layering in organic cotton, bamboo and Tencel for yoga, Pilates and living in. The clothes are manufactured in two small… Read more

Social Business and Youth – Why it is important to involve the young generations in social business

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, the initiator of the social business model, spends most of the year travelling from one university to another… Read more

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