Nearly one week after the world celebrated the Social Business Day, the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) and Yunus Centre together with the Social Welfare Club and the Sustainable Development Club of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), hosted on...
By Deepika Gunasekera
The above headline describes great management guru Stephen Covey's 8th habit in his book "From Effectiveness to Greatness". The best example that Stephen has quoted which teaches the 8th habit is the concept of Grameen Banking in Bangladesh founde...
June 27th, 2011, was Professor Yunus's Birthday, Social Business Day, and YouChange June Family Day. The events were hosted by YouChange Foundation, and were assisted by YouChange PuRong. It was held in the Old Town Rose Restaurant, south of Capital Mansion in Beijing. ...
An agreement has been signed between Social Business Earth and Yunus Centre. With this agreement, Yunus Centre recognizes SBE as an organization that will conduct research into social business and find solutions for them by starting social businesses. SBE will also prom...
Social business campaigners and experts from 15 countries joined Prof Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka on Tuesday to mark Social Business Day for the second time, sharing experiences of the fast-spreading movement and seeding the new economic idea among students and young entrep...
The 2nd annual Social Business Day events were held on June 28, at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus opened the event that was attended by over 500 national and international guests. Participants from 15 countries came to ...
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change gathered last week for the United Nations Foundation Board of Directors meeting in Norway. The semi-annual meeting, presided over by UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner, took place on June 19-...
An agreement has been signed between Grameen Telecom Trust and IHS Alliance for Fibreglass to start a social business called Grameen Fibreglass Ltd.This social business will produce biogas tanks, fibreglass roofs, which can also be used as boats when necessary as well a...
Social Business Day 2011 will feature 19 organizations that will take part in the event. These organizations will have stalls on the day, featuring their products, services and solutions. A list of the participating organizations is given below.
Yunus Centre
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Bonsai People – Unleashing the power of the free market to eliminate poverty, hunger, and inequality. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus did his part to fight poverty by micro-lending $27 to 42 women, an effort which has now grown to 8 million women and 8 bi...
