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The actors of the beyond economy Movement are visionary people and organizations actively working on a future-fit economy. They combine responsibility, an innovative spirit, and economic success — engaging with topics such as circular economy, digitalization, regeneration, inclusion, and competitiveness.
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Die Akteure des

beyond economy

Movements           

Die Akteure des beyond economy Festivals sind Menschen und Organisationen, die aktiv an der Gestaltung einer zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaft mitwirken.

Dazu zählen Unternehmen (von Start-ups bis Großkonzernen), innovative KMUs, nachhaltige Vorreiter, Vordenker:innen, Fachkräfte, junge Talente, politische Entscheider:innen, Wissenschaftler:innen sowie Partner und Sponsoren.

Sie eint das Ziel, People, Profit und Planet in Einklang zu bringen und gemeinsam an innovativen Lösungen für die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit zu arbeiten.

The actors of the beyond economy Movement

Dazu gehören: Unternehmen, die ökologische und soziale Verantwortung in ihre Strategien integrieren; Social Entrepreneurs und Start-Ups, die Geschäftszwecke mit Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen verbinden, Banken und Investoren, die gezielt in Projekte mit gesellschaftlichem und wirtschaftlichen Mehrwert investieren, Organisationen, die neue Wirtschaftsmodelle entwickeln,  Universitäten und Forschungsinstitute, die innovative Ansätze für Transformation und Zukunft der Arbeit erproben, sowie Regierungs- und Nichtregierungsorganisationen, die Rahmenbedingungen schaffen und Umsetzung vorantreiben.

Sie alle sind Vordenker:innen und Gestalter:innen einer neuen Wirtschaft, die People, Profit und Planet  in Einklang bringt – durch innovative Geschäftsmodelle, gezielte Investitionen und konkrete Lösungen für die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.

Tristan Horx and Lena Papasabbas, futurists and co-founders of The Future:Project, show how companies can not only understand transformation but live it.

Tristan Horx discusses with representatives of the new entrepreneur generation about the generational conflict, the farewell to megatrends – and what is coming instead.

Lena Papasabbas translates the Future:System into concrete transformation pathways – a tool for everyone who doesn’t want to wait for the next trend.

Beyond that: pointed future impulses, deep dives, and genuine spaces for dialogue on the most pressing questions of our time.



The Future:Project beim beyond economy Festival – für alle, die Zukunft nicht nur neu denken, sondern aktiv gestalten wollen.

‍Über The Future:Project:The Future:Project ist das Netzwerk für Zukunftskompetenz in Zeiten des Umbruchs. Gemeinsam mit Tristan und Matthias Horx und weiteren progressiven Vordenker:innen machen sie Zukunft nicht nur verständlich, sondern ermöglichen echte Transformation. Mit neuen Modellen jenseits der linearen Megatrend-Logik schafft The Future:Project klare, handlungsfähige Perspektiven für eine Zeit, in der alte Sicherheiten wegbrechen.

Why become part of the beyond economy Movement?

Als Akteur:in des beyond economy Movements wirst du Teil einer starken Community, die Verantwortung übernimmt und aktiv an der Gestaltung einer zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaft mitwirkt. Du profitierst von Sichtbarkeit, Vernetzung, Wissensaustausch und konkreten Innovations- und Kooperationschancen.

Mit dem beyond economy Festival schaffen wir einen Ort, an dem möglichst viele Akteur:innen zusammenkommen – um sich gegenseitig zu inspirieren, neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit zu erproben und alternative Wege des Wirtschaftens sichtbar zu machen.

Nutze das Festival, um deine Perspektiven einzubringen, Gleichgesinnte zu treffen, Partnerschaften zu knüpfen und dein Wirken als Teil einer neuen Wirtschaft sichtbar zu machen.

Tristan Horx and Lena Papasabbas, futurists and co-founders of The Future:Project, show how companies can not only understand transformation but live it.

Tristan Horx discusses with representatives of the new entrepreneur generation about the generational conflict, the farewell to megatrends – and what is coming instead.

Lena Papasabbas translates the Future:System into concrete transformation pathways – a tool for everyone who doesn’t want to wait for the next trend.

Beyond that: pointed future impulses, deep dives, and genuine spaces for dialogue on the most pressing questions of our time.



The Future:Project beim beyond economy Festival – für alle, die Zukunft nicht nur neu denken, sondern aktiv gestalten wollen.

‍Über The Future:Project:The Future:Project ist das Netzwerk für Zukunftskompetenz in Zeiten des Umbruchs. Gemeinsam mit Tristan und Matthias Horx und weiteren progressiven Vordenker:innen machen sie Zukunft nicht nur verständlich, sondern ermöglichen echte Transformation. Mit neuen Modellen jenseits der linearen Megatrend-Logik schafft The Future:Project klare, handlungsfähige Perspektiven für eine Zeit, in der alte Sicherheiten wegbrechen.

Your benefits as an actor in the beyond economy Movement

As a partner of the beyond economy Festival, you benefit from a unique combination of visibility, networking, knowledge transfer, and concrete business opportunities. Use the Festival to strengthen your brand, attract talent, and position your company as an innovation leader.

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Community & Networking

Become part of a strong community that takes responsibility and shapes the future. Connect with start-ups, companies, science, politics, and changemakers from all areas of transformation.

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Visibility & Reach

Present yourself and your work where the future is being shaped – with a stand in the Community Area, a pitch, as a guest on the beyond economy Podcast, and with logo presence on the website and in the Festival app.

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Wissensaustausch & Inspiration

Bring your perspective into the dialogue and let yourself be inspired by innovative approaches, experiences, and ideas of others. Together, new knowledge for the economy of tomorrow emerges.

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Neue Partnerschaften & Chancen

Build valuable collaborations and find new partners – be it companies, start-ups, investors, research institutes, public bodies, or civil-society organizations – for exciting projects, pilot initiatives, and new alliances.

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Knowledge Transfer & Inspiration

Gain hands-on knowledge, concrete solutions to real-world problems, and new perspectives.

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Networking & Community Building

Become part of a strong network of innovators and future shapers.

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Our actors

These actors are already part of the beyond economy Movement today.

2bdifferent GmbH & Co. KG

Speyer

2b different is one of the leading providers in the field of sustainability in the events industry. We offer specialized services for the event, trade-fair, meeting, and film industries, as well as for sports business. Our focus is on analyzing, evaluating, and optimizing trade fairs, conferences, meetings, roadshows, film productions, as well as corporate and sports events – considering ecological, social, and economic criteria.

2b different is one of the leading providers in the field of sustainability in the events industry. We offer specialized services for the event, trade-fair, meeting, and film industries, as well as for sports business. Our focus is on analyzing, evaluating, and optimizing trade fairs, conferences, meetings, roadshows, film productions, and corporate and sports events – considering ecological, social, and economic criteria.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Berlin

Acker Impact supports impact startups, social enterprises, foundations, and public administrations in systematically planning, analyzing, managing, and visualizing their social and ecological impact. Through 1:1 coaching, impulses, trainings, and workshops, we develop hands-on, individually tailored sustainable impact management that is firmly integrated into structures and processes – for greater effectiveness, efficiency, and visibility.

Speyer

AI + Munich

Alanus University

AI+MUNICH is a flagship project that connects leading AI minds in Munich and Southern Germany. As a platform for innovation, our goal is to advance the responsible development and application of AI technologies. Start-ups receive up to €25,000 in prototype funding. We are supported by BMWK and EXIST.

Alfter

Since 2006, the Department of Business at Alanus University for Arts and Society has been training professionals and executives for a sustainable economy. We combine business knowledge with perspectives from sociology, philosophy, ecology, and the arts. Our students learn to develop unconventional, future-fit ideas and to grasp complex contexts holistically. With artistic approaches, we foster innovative thinking that is urgently needed in business. We collaborate with around 30 socially and ecologically oriented practice partners, including Alnatura, VAUDE, Weleda, and GLS Bank.

Alsenhof eG

Lägerdorf

Alsenhof is a creative future-place in Lägerdorf. In a former farmstead, coworking spaces, event areas, workshops, and community rooms are emerging – a model project for new ways of working, regional value creation, and sustainable development in rural areas.

Anthropia

Duisburg

Anthropia creates spaces of impact for lateral and out-of-the-box thinkers who want to tackle and solve today’s societal problems. Our Impact Factory is considered one of the largest incubators for sustainability start-ups in the German-speaking region.

Anthropia

Anthropia Ventures

Anthropia Ventures is a re-imagined investment fund for a broad spectrum of impact start-ups in the early-stage phase. Roughly 50% of the capital is to be invested in Exit-Oriented Startups (EOS) and around 50% in Non-Exit-Oriented Startups (NEOS), placing impact and return goals on equal footing.

B Lab Germany

Munich | Hamburg | Berlin

We are building the B Corp Movement to change our economic system – and to do that, we have to change the rules of the game. B Lab mobilizes the B Corp community for collective action to address society’s most critical challenges.

Baumpaten Deutschland

Gotha

Climate change has destroyed many forests through droughts, storms, and pests. As Baumpaten Deutschland, we want to counter this and create new habitats. Since November 2021 we have been operating independently across Germany. Through tree-sponsorships, private individuals and companies help transform fallow areas into forests.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

bcause GmbH

bcause is the finance app for good. Donating, endowing, or impact investing – on bcause, professional engagement becomes as easy as online banking. For everyone who wants to shape society with their money.

BeChange.Earth

Remote

Bundesinitiative für
Impact Investing

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Federal Initiative for Impact Investing

As the Federal Initiative for Impact Investing (BIII), we pursue the vision of regenerative investing and economic activity that respects ecological boundaries while upholding social standards. We see impact investing as the decisive instrument to achieve this and therefore promote the significant reallocation and mobilization of capital toward impact investing.

capacura GmbH

Cologne

With more than 32 startup investments and over €22 million of capital under management (as of August 2024), capacura GmbH is one of Germany’s leading early-stage impact-startup investors, investing in environment, health, and education.

carbonauten GmbH

Giengen

Carbonauten develops and produces CO2-negative plastic compounds with improved properties (stiffness, weight, durability, etc.), reducing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions while remaining cost-competitive. The basis is biocarbon from woody biomass residues. Thanks to the by-product of 24/7 renewable energy, production is climate-neutral.

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Giengen

CARBONEON

ChargeHorizons GmbH

Buxtehude

The ChargeHolidays app lets you plan and book your next trip in line with social and ecological sustainability. Through transparency and inspiring incentives, we bring orientation to the label jungle and enable a comprehensive individual travel experience – with features like sharing your planning, ticket document management, and CO2 tracking.

Coaching with Ines

Nuremberg

Out of survival mode and into joy and energy: in coaching with Ines you discover new possibilities, strengthen your inner compass, and walk your path – for more zest for life and lasting change inside and out.

Circular Technology

Ismaning

Circular Technology is a magazine for sustainability and circular economy. It provides current industry news and analysis on topics like recycling, renewable energies, and resource efficiency, as well as information on market trends and events. The site addresses professionals from business, technology, and management who are interested in sustainable developments and innovations.

clyr AI

Satteldorf

We develop AI-native agents for the order-to-cash process that eliminate routine work and make mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and packaging industries more efficient and innovative.

Contio – Enabling Innovation

Düsseldorf

Since 2018, Contio has been empowering people, teams, and organizations to live what’s new: we believe that changed action changes thinking and feeling. With consulting, coaching, and training, we create spaces of experience for self-responsibility, appreciation, and genuine value creation.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

covolution

As transformation experts, we have been supporting companies in their development since 2016. We provide impulses, know-how, and support in strategic alignment, organizational development, and effective collaboration. Since 2023 we have been a certified B Corporation, committed to an inclusive, fair, and regenerative economy.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Munich

We are a growing movement of young change-drivers. In our CHANGEMAKER ACADEMY we empower employees to shape transformation from within. Our community connects, inspires, and strengthens – for a just, future-fit economy: a Beautiful Economy.

CSX Netzwerk e.V.

Der CSX Netzwerk e.V. ist ein Zusammenschluss von Menschen, die zum Thema gemeinschaftsgetragenes Wirtschaften arbeiten, forschen, beraten oder gemeinschaftsgetragene Unternehmen gegründet haben.
CSX ist inspiriert von dem Erfolg Solidarischer Landwirtschaft (Solawi), im Englischen Community Supported Agriculture, oder kurz CSA: Dabei bildet eine Gruppe von Menschen eine Gemeinschaft und legt die gesamten laufenden Kosten eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebs auf alle Mitglieder um. So wird nicht nur das Risiko und die Verantwortung für die Lebensmittel-Produktion und die Entwicklung der Organisation gemeinsam getragen, sondern auch eine stärkere Unabhängigkeit von Marktpreisen erreicht. Seit einigen Jahren gründen sich jedoch auch außerhalb der Landwirtschaft gemeinschaftsgetragene Unternehmungen und erproben eine Wirtschaft ohne Marktpreise in verschiedenen Versorgungsbereichen. Aus CSA wird damit CSX.

CSX Netzwerk e.V. is an association of people who work, research, advise, or have founded community-supported enterprises around the topic of community-supported economic activity. CSX is inspired by the success of solidarity-based agriculture (Solawi) – Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): a group of people forms a community and shares the entire running costs of an agricultural operation among all members. This shares not only the risk and responsibility for food production and the development of the organization, but also creates greater independence from market prices. In recent years, community-supported enterprises have also begun to emerge outside agriculture, testing an economy without market prices in different supply areas. Thus CSA becomes CSX.

Coaching with Ines

Wir sind die Stimme der Nachhaltigkeitsmanager:innen!

Zertifizierte CSR Manager:innen tragen entscheidend dazu bei, Organisationen nachhaltig zu transformieren. Als zentraler Anlaufpunkt für CSR Verantwortliche in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz bietet der CSR Verband, als Berufsverband, genau diesen Personen ein starkes Netzwerk und fördert den Wissensaustausch sowie die Professionalisierung des Berufsbildes.

We are the voice of sustainability managers! Certified CSR managers play a decisive role in transforming organizations sustainably. As the central point of contact for CSR professionals in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the CSR Association – as a professional body – offers exactly these people a strong network and promotes knowledge exchange and the professionalization of the role.

Du bist hier der Chef!

Eltville am Rhein

Du bist hier der Chef! is the first consumer community in Germany dedicated to conscious consumption, enabling the production and marketing of good and fair food. We are participatory and want to make food and agriculture fairer and more transparent. All in greater trust!

CSX Netzwerk e.V.

ECOnGOOD

The Economy for the Common Good is a sustainable economic model based on ethical values such as human dignity, ecological responsibility, and social justice. It supports companies that want to optimize their business models holistically and in service of the common good.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Ecoviator

Welcome to Ecoviator. We support you in the twin transformation of products – toward sustainability and digitalization. From eco-design via circular economy through to technology and data for the Digital Product Passport.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

emergize

emergize comes from emergence and energy – two essential elements of successful change. We support bold companies on their path to greater sustainability, agility, effective structures, and new ways of leading and working. Together, we stand for companies that make a tangible difference: for people and the planet.

Encory GmbH

Unterschleißheim

Encory is a consulting and service company for the circular economy. Encory operates reverse logistics, has its own product line of remanufactured automotive spare parts, and runs a used-parts business. In its consulting work, Encory supports companies in establishing the circular economy as a profitable business model.

Contio – Enabling Innovation

enkelfähig e.V.

Under the banner of Enkelfähig, a movement of like-minded entrepreneurs is forming – combining entrepreneurship with ecological and social responsibility, creating value across generations.

enough.consulting

Vienna

We are a boutique consultancy that supports organizations on their path to bold, human-centered, and post-growth structures. With a systemic view and co-creative methods, we help leaders redefine success – for the well-being of all within planetary boundaries.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

enpact

We empower entrepreneurs and support organizations across all stages of their journey to develop entrepreneurship ecosystems in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Our approach combines financial support, capacity building, mentoring and network development.

ESG Portfolio Management GmbH

Frankfurt am Main

Award-winning sustainable investments (www.esg-pm.com).

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Faimodel

Fairmodel is the first modeling agency connecting models, influencers, and sustainability enthusiasts with brands through shared values and sustainable development goals. We aim to decrease carbon emissions through our low-carbon operations and the responsible lifestyle choices of our models, influencers, and sustainability enthusiasts.

Feinhütte Halsbrücke

Halsbrücke

For more than 30 years, Feinhütte Halsbrücke has stood for responsibility and competence in handling metals. As a specialized secondary smelter and semi-finished product manufacturer, we accompany our clients with experience and know-how along the entire value chain. From recycling and the production of tin and lead alloys to solders and semi-finished products – always committed to ensuring quality, closing loops, and conserving resources.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Female Investors Network

Founded in 2020, the Female Investors Network (FIN) is a leading network in the DACH region for female business angels, fostering diversity in the startup investment scene. With over 150 members and more than 200 business angels trained through the FIN Academy, it offers a platform for networking, learning, and investing.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften

forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften is the most widely read CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organizations, and society in the German-speaking region. It presents solutions, people, companies, institutions, and ideas that are working to make the world a better place.

FUTUR ZWEI

Bremen

FUTUR ZWEI is a strategy and management consultancy for mid-sized companies, with offices in Bremen, Freiburg, and Hamburg. We stand for good organization, good leadership, and good meetings. We solve organizational problems with a clear eye for specific structures. We see companies as social systems with their own logic – scientifically grounded and at the same time very pragmatic. Instead of working only on symptoms, we identify the actual causes. We develop strategies along the concrete challenges and create room for action. FUTUR ZWEI – we will have moved something.

capacura GmbH

Futurewoman

futurewoman.de makes women in sustainability visible and supports their careers. Our goal is to see more female sustainability experts on stages and in the media. Through our events, mediation, and networking of our experts, we help bring more women into decision-making positions where they can act in the spirit of sustainability.

Geld der Zukunft

Augsburg

Geld der Zukunft is a network project that connects experts and fosters dialogue on modern platforms. It translates scientific findings into concrete, bold solutions for democratic and sustainable money of the future – building the bridge to society.

enough.consulting

Glacier

As the leading provider in the DACH region, Glacier AI removes up to 85% of the stress of CSRD, EcoVadis, and ESG questionnaires. The freed-up time? Best invested in what matters: with our Climate Academy, anchoring ESG knowledge from apprentices to executives.

GlobalCommunityGame

Stephanskirchen

GlobalCommunityGame® is an interactive simulation for a world in change. Participants experience how cooperation, innovation, and a growth mindset create solutions to entrepreneurial and global challenges.

GLS Bank

Bochum

GLS Bank, fully known as Gemeinschaftsbank für Leihen und Schenken, is a German cooperative bank that positions itself as the world’s first social-ecological universal bank. The bank differs from traditional banks through its focus on sustainable, social, and ecological financing. It offers a broad spectrum of financial services – from current accounts and loans through investment opportunities to advisory services – with all activities conducted under strict ethical, social, and ecological criteria.

Good24

Meerbusch

We are Good24, the first non-profit-bound insurance broker in Germany. Instead of enriching ourselves with commissions, we convert profits into our social currency (GoodCents) and use them for the benefit of society. As clients, you can have a say – and together we shape a better world.

capacura GmbH

Groundbreaker gGmbH

Groundbreaker Talents enables young women in Uganda to launch careers in software development and AI. With scholarships, mentoring, and corporate partnerships, we open doors into the tech world, break poverty cycles, and connect untapped talent with global opportunities.

Heartprint

Aying

We drive real transformation. Heartprint GmbH supports companies in connecting digitalization, responsibility, and future-fitness. Our approach: radically honest, courageous, and effective – for business models that hold up ecologically, socially, and economically.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

hey Spendierbrett

Glad you’re here. With the hey Spendierbrett you can buy someone in your neighborhood a coffee, a pretzel, a falafel, or an ice cream – a small gesture with a big effect. It’s nice to be welcome and to live in a community where everyone belongs. It makes our world more loving.

Hofgut Leo Cooperative

Zell im Wiesental

Hofgut LEO is a regenerative space for learning, experience, and development in the southern Black Forest. As the first regenerative cooperative, we shape life-serving cycles for people and nature – concretely, collectively, and oriented to the future.

Contio – Enabling Innovation

HumanSoulMinds – Neurodiversity meets Next Work & Future Co-Society
Veränderung beginnt mit dem Menschen. HumanSoulMinds steht für eine neue, menschlichere Art von Führung, Arbeit und Zukunftsgestaltung.
Als systemische Coach, promovierte Psychologin und selbst neurodivergente Führungspersönlichkeit bringe ich Perspektiven ein, die in vielen Transformationsprozessen noch fehlen – aber dringend gebraucht werden: neuroinklusive, empathische, tief verbundene Denk- und Möglichkeitsräume.
Mein Ziel: Menschen und Organisationen dabei zu begleiten, echte Teilhabe, kulturellen Wandel und kollektive Zukunftsintelligenz möglich zu machen.
Denn: Die Zukunft liegt in der Vielfalt unserer Gehirne und im lebendigen Miteinander – und im Mut, neue Denkweisen willkommen zu heißen. Im konstruktiven Umgang mit metamodernen Widersprüchlichkeiten und Trend-Gegentrend-Dynamiken liegen verborgene Zukunftspotenziale und Chancen für Menschen, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Davon ist Neurodiversität, die größte – viel zu selten genutzte – Ressource unserer Zeit, und ein Gegentrend, der mehr ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit gehört. HumanSoulMinds baut Brücken zwischen Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: für eine regenerative, menschliche und zukunftsgerichtete Ökonomie von morgen. Für mehr Teilhabe, Tiefgang und neue Denkfreiheit in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
HumanSoulMinds Menschlich führen. Neurodivers denken. Zukunft gestalten.

HumanSoulMinds – Neurodiversity meets Next Work & Future Co-Society Change begins with the human being. HumanSoulMinds stands for a new, more humane kind of leadership, work, and shaping the future. As a systemic coach, doctor of psychology, and a neurodivergent leader myself, I bring perspectives that are still missing in many transformation processes – and urgently needed: neuro-inclusive, empathetic, deeply connected spaces of thinking and possibility. My goal: to support people and organizations in making real participation, cultural change, and collective future intelligence possible. Because: the future lies in the diversity of our brains and in living togetherness – and in the courage to welcome new ways of thinking. In the constructive handling of metamodern contradictions and trend/counter-trend dynamics, hidden future potentials and opportunities for people, business, and society are revealed. Neurodiversity is the greatest – yet far too rarely used – resource of our time, and a counter-trend that deserves more central attention. HumanSoulMinds builds bridges between science, business, and society: for a regenerative, human, and future-oriented economy of tomorrow. For more participation, depth, and new freedom of thought in business and society. HumanSoulMinds: Lead humanely. Think neurodiverse. Shape the future.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

IFUB*

Architecture and interior design for the common good – this is how the Institute for Urban and Building Art describes its philosophy. Since 2012 not only the design and construction work, but also the office itself has been organized as fairly and sustainably as possible. What does IFUB*, as a Common-Good-balanced architecture practice, believe? A real change in building can only happen with a change in the system!

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

IMPACT ART with Verena Kandler

Experience participatory live art created from material remnants. On the festival day, a “Symwork” emerges that represents the values and visions of the Festival and the Symworking Ecosystem. Festival guests are invited to take part in the artistic creation process and contribute their own design elements. Feel free to bring individual leftover or company materials that reflect your corporate identity or values. Together we create a powerful visual message.

Impact Design

Bonn

Impact Design is a collective focused on the transformation toward a regenerative economy. In our collective you can acquire knowledge on sustainable transformation or bring some of the best transformation experts into your consulting projects. The most innovative actors in sustainable transformation can train as Impact Business Designers.

ESG Portfolio Management GmbH

IMPACT FESTIVAL

The IMPACT FESTIVAL is Europe’s largest B2B event for sustainable innovation. We connect the ecosystem to accelerate the sustainable transformation. Our main actors are: impact/GreenTech start-ups, companies that need to transform their business, and investors looking to invest in positive solutions.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

INES Analytics

Initiative
Regenerative Marktwirtschaft

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Initiative Regenerative Market Economy

Initiative Regenerative Marktwirtschaft e.V. is committed to inter-generationally fair, future-affirming, and life-serving economic activity. Through formats such as the Regenerative Salon, podcasts, and campaigns, it fosters dialogue around an economy that creates positive impulses through buildup and renewal.

Inner Development Goals

Stockholm

At the Festival, the Institute for Practical Emergence (IPE) will present the Inner Development Goals (IDG). The IDG is a non-profit, open-source initiative dedicated to inner development toward a more sustainable future, helping make the 17 SDGs (the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals) a reality. IPE hosts the IDG Hub Munich and works closely with the headquarters in Sweden.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Institute for Practical Emergence

The Institute for Practical Emergence is a ThinkPlayDoTank focused on topics of societal change and organizational development, and a partner for innovation, strategy, and implementation. We bring exciting networks to Munich, build decentralized communities, accompany transformation processes, and pass on our knowledge and experience through our training programs.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

koorvi

koorvi accelerates the circular transformation of the economy. Through the infrastructure provided, brands are enabled to set up, manage, and track their own take-back programs.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Kulturator | Gute-Dinge-Stiftung

Under the foundation’s umbrella, every person is non-profit and can realize their projects – without founding their own association. They receive plenty of support in the form of organization, banking, insurance, legal advice, and much more.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Leafact GmbH

Leafact supports employee engagement for corporate sustainability goals through gamification – via an app with team challenges. These range from commuting through circular economy and green digitalization to company-specific topics. On average, the use of sustainable mobility increases by 60% among users, 100 kg of CO2 are saved per person per month, and all team members work toward a common goal in role-specific ways.

manaomea

Wir verwandeln Textilabfälle in neue Ressourcen – und gestalten damit Materialien für eine regenerative Wirtschaft. Unser Werkstoff manaomea® sieht aus wie Edelhölzer, besteht aber aus recycelten Textilfasern und wird lokal verarbeitet – fair, mobil und kreislauffähig. Gestartet mit nachhaltigen Schreibgeräten, erweitern wir unsere Anwendung in Interior, Möbeln und Accessoires – immer mit Blick auf soziale Wirkung und ökologische Verantwortung.
Unsere Mission: Impact neu definieren – durch Design, Material und Produktion, die Wirtschaft, Umwelt und Menschen gleichermaßen einbezieht.
Wir leben Kreislaufwirtschaft konkret und kombinieren soziale Innovation mit skalierbarem Unternehmertum. Unsere mobile Produktionsweise schafft lokale Jobs, unser Material spart CO₂ und bewahrt natürliche Ressourcen.

We turn textile waste into new resources – designing materials for a regenerative economy. Our material manaomea® looks like fine wood but consists of recycled textile fibers and is processed locally – fairly, mobile, and ready for the loop. Starting with sustainable writing instruments, we are expanding into interior, furniture, and accessories – always with an eye on social impact and ecological responsibility. Our mission: redefining impact – through design, material, and production that brings business, the environment, and people together equally. We live circular economy concretely and combine social innovation with scalable entrepreneurship. Our mobile production approach creates local jobs, our material saves CO₂ and preserves natural resources.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Markus Eulenkamp

Markus Eulenkamp is an expert in developing a leadership culture that fosters sustainability and high-performing teams at the same time. Via www.nachhaltig-fuehren.com, he offers — among other things — Climate Puzzle workshops, leadership trainings, and team-development sessions, supporting companies on their path to sustainable success with participatory methods.

Mayerhofer Elektronik

Sauerlach

Since 1989, the Mayerhofer name has stood for quality and continuity in Electronics Manufacturing Services. Our customers rely on competent guidance and partnership-based advice across all manufacturing processes. Whether assembly production, electronic component placement, or device assembly – always with an eye on people and the environment.

mindmee

Erlangen

The mindmee Academy is designed to be inter-generationally relevant for those aged 15 and up. The focus is the personal development of young people through Future Skills (e.g. EQ, the ability to handle critique, teamwork, etc.). With the resulting Future-SkillCard, talents can be placed precisely within companies – strength- and personality-oriented!

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Wir hören zu. Jeder Geschichte. Jeder Freude. Jedem Kummer. Jedem Menschen.
momo hört zu e.V. ist ein junger gemeinnütziger Verein, der sich für eine Zuhör- und Wertschätzungskultur in Deutschland einsetzt.
Wir haben zwei Herzkammern: Den ZUHÖRRAUM und das MOMO Training.

We listen. To every story. To every joy. To every sorrow. To every person. momo hört zu e.V. is a young non-profit association committed to a culture of listening and appreciation in Germany. We have two heart chambers: the LISTENING SPACE and MOMO Training.

Monnet – Organizational Development

Freiburg

We accompany companies and individuals on their path to a sustainable and future-fit development. Our approach is holistic: we connect strategy, organization, and leadership with personal development – focusing on values that go beyond purely economic success. Our goal is to shape, together with our clients, a values-driven, resilient economy.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Munich Innovation Ecosystem

MUNICH INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM brings together start-ups, talents, companies, science, universities, and the public sector to lead Munich and the world into a sustainable, resilient, and just future. Our vision: shaping the future together in Munich – through technology-driven innovation!

Muvn Mobility GmbH

Plattform für nachhaltigen Transport von Gegenständen per Mitfahrgelegenheit – einfach, effizient und ohne Blabla.
Wir revolutionieren den Transport von Gegenständen, indem wir Fahrer mit freiem Platz in ihren Fahrzeugen mit Versendern verbinden, die nach kostengünstigen und nachhaltigen Versandlösungen suchen. Unsere Plattform ermöglicht eine bequeme Alternative zu herkömmlichen Carsharing Plattformen oder teuren Logistikfirmen, indem Fahrer ihre verfügbaren Kapazitäten für den Transport von Gegenständen, während ihrer Reisen anbieten können.

Platform for sustainable transport of goods via ride-share – simple, efficient, no fluff. We are revolutionizing the transport of goods by connecting drivers with spare capacity in their vehicles to senders looking for affordable and sustainable shipping solutions. Our platform offers a convenient alternative to traditional carshare platforms or expensive logistics firms, allowing drivers to offer their available capacity for transporting items during their journeys.

MYZELIUM UG

Neuhausen auf den Fildern

As MYZELIUM, we accompany entrepreneurs on the path into a community-based form of entrepreneurship (CSX enterprises). We develop community-supported business models inspired by the principles of solidarity-based agriculture and accompany you in your transformation toward the company of tomorrow.

Impact Design

NELA. Next Economy Lab entwickelt und realisiert gemeinsam mit Unternehmen, Politik und Zivilgesellschaft Konzepte für eine sozial gerechte, klimapositive und kooperative Wirtschaft.

NELA. Next Economy Lab develops and realizes – together with companies, politics, and civil society – concepts for a socially just, climate-positive, and cooperative economy.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Business as usual is broken. It's time to set new standards. Wir sind eine Berliner Beratung und Kommunikationsagentur für die Kreislaufwirtschaft.

Business as usual is broken. It's time to set new standards. We are a Berlin-based consultancy and communications agency for the circular economy.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Hallo, wir sind Novatopia. Wir bilden die Schnittstelle zwischen Nachhaltigkeitsberatung, Markenarbeit und Kommunikation. Mit kreativer und strategischer Expertise fördern wir verantwortungsbewusste Lebensstile und treiben die Transformation der Wirtschaft gezielt voran. Unsere Vision: eine Welt, in der alle Organisationen und Produkte einen positiven Beitrag für kommende Generationen leisten.

Hello, we are Novatopia. We form the interface between sustainability consulting, brand work, and communication. With creative and strategic expertise, we promote responsible lifestyles and actively drive the transformation of the economy. Our vision: a world in which all organizations and products make a positive contribution for future generations.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

On Purpose Berlin Careers GmbH

As an international social enterprise, On Purpose has been helping socially, ecologically, and societally engaged organizations attract experienced and highly motivated employees on favorable terms since 2010. More than 1,000 Associates have successfully supported over 500 organizations in realizing their projects. The Associates are accompanied by mentoring, coaching, and trainings to shape their career change into the public-good-oriented sector. The organizations gain professional support from the participants and access to the On Purpose network.

Otter & Others

Frankfurt

Otter & Others designs joy and hope in sustainability processes. We connect head and heart, knowledge and wonder, to enable real transformation. In our formats, lightness and depth meet – for greater diversity, togetherness, and sustainable change.

PeerCharge GmbH

Tübingen

PeerCharge is an innovative GreenTech start-up from Tübingen revolutionizing electric-vehicle charging with scalable, innovative, and grid-friendly solutions that make e-mobility accessible everywhere and to everyone – simple, sustainable, and retrofittable, with no construction work required. Our approach delivers a smart and far-reaching expansion of controllable charging infrastructure wherever there is electricity. The software solution we developed enables defined use of surplus electricity and the configuration of availability windows, providing you, as the owner, with monetizable benefits with no drawbacks. Our solution also offers a retrofit option for older wallboxes, making them controllable and thus smart and grid-friendly.

Plant-for-the-Planet

Tutzing

Plant-for-the-Planet is a global movement encouraging young people and organizations to restore forest ecosystems and fight for climate justice.

capacura GmbH

Plastic Fischer

Prof. Dr. Johanna Gollnhofer

Plastic Fischer uses low-tech to stop plastic in rivers before it reaches the ocean. Together with companies, we collect wild plastic in India and Indonesia, create jobs, and promote education – for clean rivers, healthy oceans, and a sustainable future.

St. Gallen

Associate Professor for Marketing, Managing Director Institute for Marketing & Customer Insight, University of St. Gallen.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Protect the Planet

Protect the Planet – Society for Ecological Awakening – is a non-profit organization committed to climate justice, sustainable change, and the preservation of our basis for life. We promote climate-friendly solutions, engage politically, and raise awareness of the urgency of consistent climate protection.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Purpose Stiftung gGmbH

We inspire and enable entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors – by rethinking the nature of corporate ownership. For a purpose-driven economy serving planet, people and society.

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Wir gestalten Wirtschaft, die mehr zurückgibt als sie nimmt.
Wie das gelingen kann, zeigen wir in der Praxis – mit integraler Organisationsentwicklung, strategischer Finanz- und Innovationsberatung und systemischem Design.
Wir kreieren Räume der Verbundenheit und machen regenerative Qualitäten erlebbar. Dort entstehen radikale Visionen und intuitive Strategien.
Als Coaches und Berater:innen schaffen wir Prozesse und Erlebnisse, die das Herz berühren, zu nachhaltigen Veränderungen führen und regenerativ wirksam sind.

We design an economy that gives back more than it takes. We show in practice how this can succeed – with integral organizational development, strategic financial and innovation consulting, and systemic design. We create spaces of connection and make regenerative qualities tangible. There, radical visions and intuitive strategies emerge. As coaches and consultants, we create processes and experiences that touch the heart, lead to lasting change, and have regenerative effect.

AI+MUNICH is a flagship project that connects leading AI minds in Munich and Southern Germany. As a platform for innovation, our goal is to advance the responsible development and application of AI technologies. Start-ups receive up to €25,000 in prototype funding. We are supported by BMWK and EXIST.

REGWI

REGWI – Institut für Regeneratives Wirtschaften – is a scientific affiliated institute of Alanus University for Arts and Society. It researches and shapes ways for the economy to become a regenerative force – for people, organizations, society, and ecosystems. In co-creative processes with partners from science, practice, and civil society, approaches are developed that not only reduce harm within degenerative business models but actively improve living conditions – holistically, systemically, and truly future-fit.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

Reinventing Society e.V.

Reinventing Society is a non-profit and independent think tank founded in late 2020. Our mission is to accompany people into a regenerative society. To this end, we develop positive future visions, accompany change processes, and convey future skills. We see our own organization as a real-world lab in which new experiential knowledge emerges.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Sales4Good GmbH wurde gegründet, um ethischen Vertrieb als neues Normal zu etablieren – weg von Manipulation, hin zu wertebasiertem Sales. Wir zeigen, dass Vertrieb mit Haltung funktioniert!
Unsere drei Säulen:
1. Empowerment: Wir stärken gemeinwohlorientierte Unternehmen durch Beratung, Training, Coaching und Services. So leisten wir einen Beitrag zu den UN-Nachhaltigkeitszielen, insbesondere SDG 17.
2. Community: Wir bauen eine Gemeinschaft für ethisches Verkaufen auf und fördern die mentale Gesundheit aller, die dem manipulativen Verkaufsdruck entkommen wollen – unabhängig vom Arbeitgeber. Fokus: SDG 3.
3. Movement: Unsere Bewegung steht für faire Verkaufsprozesse und bewussteren Konsum – ein Beitrag zu SDG 12.
Für diesen Wandel arbeiten wir in unserem Netzwerk mit freiberuflichen Sales-Expert:innen und Partnerorganisationen in Deutschland und Europa zusammen.

Sales4Good GmbH was founded to establish ethical sales as the new normal – away from manipulation and toward values-based selling. We show that sales with stance works! Our three pillars: 1. Empowerment: We strengthen public-good-oriented companies through consulting, training, coaching, and services. This contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 17. 2. Community: We are building a community for ethical selling and supporting the mental health of everyone wanting to escape manipulative sales pressure – regardless of employer. Focus: SDG 3. 3. Movement: Our movement stands for fair sales processes and more conscious consumption – a contribution to SDG 12. For this change, we work in our network with freelance sales experts and partner organizations across Germany and Europe.

SaveClimate.Earth

Mainz

SaveClimate.Earth – Organization for Sustainable Economy – introduces, with the complementary resource currency ECO, an innovative emissions management system. The emergent economic model captures GHG emissions seamlessly and presents them transparently. At the same time, it ensures that agreed reduction targets can reliably be met.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

SEND e.V.

SEND e.V. strengthens social enterprises that develop entrepreneurial solutions to central societal challenges. We make their impact politically visible, connect politics, business, and civil society, and create structures for growth and change.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Sharkbite Innovation GmbH

Sharkbite is guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, turning sustainability challenges into new business opportunities and bringing companies together with innovators. The result: new business models that are financially successful while simultaneously fostering people’s prosperity and the protection of the planet.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

SINN|MACHT|GEWINN eG

SINN|MACHT|GEWINN is a congress, exchange platform, and community for entrepreneurs whose companies are on the path of transformation toward sustainable, meaningful, future-fit economic activity. For a new ethic in entrepreneurship and the economy. Once a year we hold the SINN|MACHT|GEWINN Congress as a class reunion and retreat for deep, honest exchange.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Social-Bee gGmbH

socialbee supports refugees and migrants in entering the German labor market. With targeted qualification and personal support, we place motivated talents in occupations facing skills and labor shortages – for example in retail or public transport. This creates new opportunities for people with migration backgrounds and solutions for a fairer, stronger society.

Social Impact gGmbH

Potsdam

For 30 years, we have been developing infrastructures and projects to address societal challenges, sharing our expertise, and building strong networks. As an engine of systemic change, we create innovations for a fair and future-fit society of tomorrow.

Solution Worker

Greifenstein

Solution Worker relieves companies through smart outsourcing. We take on back-office, accounting, and project tasks – flexibly, reliably, and remotely. This way our clients gain time for what matters most: growth, strategy, and their actual core mission. Company name: Solution Worker!

StartMiUp Factory

Fronhausen

StartMiUp Factory accelerates sustainable transformation by connecting science, start-ups, and companies. With a focus on “Sustainable Life,” it creates innovations in health, climate protection, resource efficiency, and food security – made in Central Hesse.

Syenah GmbH

Risk Intelligence, Surveillance & Knowledge.

Platform in Realtime.

Symworking Ecosystem

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

Risk Intelligence, Surveillance & Knowledge. Platform in Realtime.

Together for an economy that unites ecology, people, and financial returns. We are a community of entrepreneurs and companies that collaborate in the digital ecosystem to grow sustainably through knowledge exchange and cooperative innovation.

Terra Institute GmbH

Brixen, Italy

As a pragmatic partner for sustainable and digital transformation, we have been supporting companies in Europe and worldwide for over 15 years on topics such as sustainability reporting, strategic alignment, ESG training, CO₂ measurement and reduction, circular economy, innovation, data and AI solutions, as well as supply-chain and biodiversity management – for measurable progress and long-term success.

Acker Research & Impact gGmbH

The Dive

TheDive is a management consultancy, ideas lab, and expert network for systemic innovation. With transformation consulting, training programs, ecosystem building, and its own publications, TheDive helps shape a life-serving economy in which economic success and a positive contribution to societal coexistence on this planet go hand in hand.

CSX Netzwerk e.V.

tölt Markenagentur GmbH

We help brands increase their positive impact on people, environment, and society. With hands-on strategy projects and real empowerment.

Geld der Zukunft

Umweltcluster Bayern

Umweltcluster Bayern is the network of the Bavarian environmental industry. In close cooperation with politics, research, science, and business, its work focuses on transfer, education, and the strengthening of cooperation. Its central task is networking companies and research institutions. The aims of this networking are the strengthening and expansion of the Bavarian economy and Mittelstand.

Coaching with Ines

Unverpackt e.V.

Unverpackt e. V. is the trade association of zero-waste shops in Germany. Since 2018 we represent the interests of our member shops and support their ideal, legal, economic, labor-market, and social-policy concerns. We work with supporting members (companies and consumers) and partners that share our values and goals.

Up-Preneurs

Wetzlar

Up-Preneurs supports companies in advancing the circular economy. Existing resources are turned into new ones. This can happen through matchmaking between companies or via a fully circular concept. Conversely, we also help companies that want to increase their use of secondary materials.

valueverde

Leipzig

valueverde is the digital platform for transparent and simple investments in regional energy cooperatives. Private individuals can take direct part in the energy transition, invest sustainably, and benefit from stable returns – with direct local impact.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

ver.de Projektgesellschaft AG

Found Germany’s first sustainable insurance with us: ecological-social, cooperative, transparent, and Common-Good-balanced. Insurers are among the largest investors worldwide – and it makes a huge difference whether their money finances renewable energy or coal power. To this day, no insurer invests its money exclusively, ecologically-socially, and transparently.

viversus gAG

Langelsheim

viversus gAG is a nationwide organization and independent provider of youth services. Strictly aligned with the UN’s 17 SDGs, everything here revolves around children, education, and sustainability. Whether GRILLNINJAS®, for healthy nutrition, or LUGS®, Germany’s only SDG learning magazine for 3 million primary-school children – everyone is included and inspired.

WEtell GmbH

Freiburg im Breisgau

WEtell offers consistently sustainable and fair mobile tariffs that promote climate protection and fair coexistence. Daily communication becomes a simple solution that everyone can take part in.

CRITICAL FRIENDS gGmbH

ZEV Consulting

ZEV Consulting drives the decarbonization of transport with the innovative Wheels of Change approach. The holistic process unites technology, people, and ecology to make transport companies efficient and future-proof. ZEV Consulting navigates transformation – purposeful, sustainable, and powerful.

Zukunft.Gründen

Nürtingen

Zukunft.Gründen is a brand, a vision – and consists of three interconnected units. These include our Venture Studio, which has emerged from the entrepreneurship center of the same name at the University of Applied Sciences for Business and Environment Nürtingen-Geislingen (HfWU). Our mission: to build future-fit organizations that act resiliently, agilely, and responsibly – and are therefore successful in the long term. We support entrepreneurs of today and tomorrow – from early stage to scale-up – and accompany experienced entrepreneurs (especially in the Mittelstand) on their innovation and transformation journey. Our approach combines growth hacking and agile management, innovation and DeepTech, future economics and regenerative business, strong brand-building and community development. We don’t say we support “impact startups.” For us: future-fitness always means thinking of people, planet, and society – of life itself – as integral. Only those who understand this will still be relevant tomorrow.

Zukunftswiesen Summit

Schrozberg

Under the motto “Tradition meets Innovation,” the Zukunftswiesen Summit on April 27/28, 2026 brings together thought leaders from the Mittelstand, corporates, start-ups, and universities. It builds bridges between the proven and the new, offering space for exchange, inspiration, and the joint shaping of the future.

News from the beyond economy Actors

Here you’ll find publications by actors of the beyond economy Movement:

Profit for People and Nature: How the first beyond economy Festival went at Muffathalle

450 attendees, 150 experts, plus numerous talks, panels, networking events, and workshops: the first beyond economy conference at Muffathalle was a great success – and a foretaste of what is yet to come. The most important message: the Mittelstand, financiers, and idealists need to come together. And start doing business regeneratively. Only then will we be future-fit!

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beyond economy Festival – 450 attendees shaping the economy of the future

450 attendees, 150 experts, plus numerous talks, panels, networking events, and workshops: the first beyond economy conference at Muffathalle was a great success – and a foretaste of what is yet to come. The most important message: the Mittelstand, financiers, and idealists need to come together. And start doing business regeneratively. Only then will we be future-fit!

The beyond economy Festival 2024, which took place on September 17 at the Muffatwerke in Munich for the first time, was a great success for organizers and visitors alike. With around 450 participants, including leading figures from business and the German sustainability scene, the festival initiated by Sym set important impulses for the ecological and social transformation of the economy.

Responsibility Capitalism | Sustainable Business (forum-csr.net)

450 attendees, 150 experts, plus numerous talks, panels, networking events, and workshops: the first beyond economy conference at Muffathalle was a great success – and a foretaste of what is yet to come. The most important message: the Mittelstand, financiers, and idealists need to come together. And start doing business regeneratively. Only then will we be future-fit!

The coming years will determine whether and how humanity copes with mounting crises. Will capitalism finally lead into dystopia, or can it be reformed in ways that open paths to a “paradise”? A constructive look ahead.

Future:Guide Marketing – New Paths for Brands of Tomorrow

450 attendees, 150 experts, plus numerous talks, panels, networking events, and workshops: the first beyond economy conference at Muffathalle was a great success – and a foretaste of what is yet to come. The most important message: the Mittelstand, financiers, and idealists need to come together. And start doing business regeneratively. Only then will we be future-fit!

Nina Weiss is co-author of the Future:Guide Marketing by The Future:Project, and in her talk “New Dimensions in Marketing” at the beyond economy Festival, she will present impulses from it.

forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften on the beyond economy Festival

450 attendees, 150 experts, plus numerous talks, panels, networking events, and workshops: the first beyond economy conference at Muffathalle was a great success – and a foretaste of what is yet to come. The most important message: the Mittelstand, financiers, and idealists need to come together. And start doing business regeneratively. Only then will we be future-fit!

The leading CSR magazine forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften reported on the beyond economy Festival – enjoy the read.

The 60% Potential – Using Marketing to Engage the Mainstream for Green Consumption

450 attendees, 150 experts, plus numerous talks, panels, networking events, and workshops: the first beyond economy conference at Muffathalle was a great success – and a foretaste of what is yet to come. The most important message: the Mittelstand, financiers, and idealists need to come together. And start doing business regeneratively. Only then will we be future-fit!