Review of the panel discussion at CAIF Conclave during the SANKALP Summit 2021 in India At the end of last year, our Co-founder and Managing Director Christina Jäger spoke at CAIF (Circular Apparel Innovation Factory) Conclave during the 2021 Sankalp Global Summit, contributing to the panel discussion ‘Reimagining Jobs and Livelihoods in the Textile Industry’. …
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ValuCred is a consortium led by Yunus Environment Hub, Nehlsen & Rodiek, and BlackForestSolutions. It is one of the first projects promoted by PREVENT Waste Alliance, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Röchling Stiftung. The aim of ValuCred is to design an internationally applicable system to …
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How do we deal with the environmental and climate challenges of our time? And how can social innovations contribute to a more sustainable and just society? On behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Yunus Environment Hub (YEH) is analysing the ecological, social, and economic potential …
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Yunus Environment Hub (YEH) is happy to announce that we have joined SEND e. V. – a network with more than 700 members advocating for social entrepreneurship in Germany. The goal of SEND e. V. is to create a society in which everyone profits from progress, and this is done by linking those in the …
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The pandemic has thrown a wrench into the global economic machine, curtailing growth in many parts of the world. Governments and businesses are now directing all of their energy toward restoring the old normal and the pre-pandemic growth rate. And yet, our policy mantra really should be the opposite: “No going back.” After all, in …
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The GrowUp Incubator for green Social Businesses is one of the programs under the umbrella of a “Brighter and Greener Future for Africa’s Youth”. An initiative by YEH to support social businesses that create jobs while protecting the environment in sectors such as waste management, circular economy, clean energies and agriculture. Register for our digital …
Yunus Environment Hub has teamed up with Impact Hub Berlin in the Feeding the City Germany 2021 program. The six-month incubator program supports teams in Germany to develop innovative sustainable food solutions in their community by starting a business that benefits urban communities and our environment. Yunus Environment Hub is a partner of the initiative …
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis with the Corona-virus pandemic. It is revealing day after day all the failures in our economic and social system, and in our thinking process. We were aware of these failures all along, but we ignored them, and let them grow worse each day. We knew about global warming, …
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On 23 December 2020, the Global Plastic Action Partnership partnered with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam and WWF-Vietnam to officially launch a national collaboration platform for plastic pollution action. The Yunus Environment Hub with its Zero Plastic Waste City program is part of the national collaboration efforts. The Global Plastic Action …
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