Purpose Economy

🌍💫 STORIES OF PURPOSE # 2 is out! 💫🌍 We’re delighted to share the second edition of our magazine, STORIES OF PURPOSE, spotlighting the growing global movement of steward-ownership. This issue reflects on 2024 and showcases the transformative potential of steward-ownership on businesses, communities, and economies across the globe. What’s inside? 🧘 Groundwork: Key milestones like our G20 recommendation and updates on steward-ownership in the EU. 🌎 Global Movement: Inspiring stories from Bhutan, Brazil, Japan, and beyond. 🙌 Knowledge Sharing: Case studies and highlights featuring companies like Stapelstein, Wildplastic, and BuurtzorgT. 🧬 Aligned Financing & Research: Updates on innovative financing solutions and academic insights. 💡 Education & Connection: Learn about upcoming events like the SO:25 Conference. This magazine is a heartfelt thank you to everyone supporting our mission at the Purpose Foundation – from donors and partners to the pioneering steward-owned companies that bring this concept to life. 🫶 Together, we’re making steward-ownership more accessible and building an economy fit for the 21st century. Let’s keep this going! 🚀 👉 Read and download your copy of STORIES OF PURPOSE # 2 at purpose.ag/magazine – and join us in the years to come. 
#StewardOwnership #PurposeFoundation #StoriesOfPurpose #SocialImpact #FutureOfBusiness

We’re now hosting weekly open Q&A sessions on steward-ownership! If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or just curious about alternative ownership and financing models, we warmly welcome you to join us. These interactive sessions are designed for you to ask questions, hear from others, and explore steward-ownership and our work in depth. Just a heads-up: these aren’t webinars or presentations – we’re here to answer your questions, so bring them along! 🔄 Sessions will alternate between English and German each Thursday, always at 3 PM (CET) Tomorrow's event will be in German. The next English-speaking session will be held on January 09th 2025.

🌟 Let’s bring steward-ownership on stage at SXSW in London in 2025! 🌟 We’re excited to share that #stewardownership is represented in five panel and keynote submissions for the upcoming SXSW London conference . in order to see them become part of the official program, we need your votes before Thursday night! Let’s make it happen! 🔗 Here’s how you can help: 1️⃣ Create an account on the SXSW voting platform: https://lnkd.in/etKRgC-M
 2️⃣ Vote for the sessions you believe in (you can vote for as many as you like!). Check out the 5 sessions featuring steward-ownership below: 🌍 The Only Constant is Change: Rethinking Ownership for People and Planet 🌍
 Speakers: Greg Curtis (Patagonia), Emma Shaw (Library of Things), Mark Vletter 🤙 (Voys), Annika Schneider (Purpose)
https://lnkd.in/e3r4R68m 💚 Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Exploring Steward-Ownership in Finance 💚
 Speakers: Achim Hensen (Purpose), Michelle de Rijk (Fair Capital Partners), Pim de Morree (Krisos), Lilly Pokraka (Purpose) 
https://lnkd.in/eBgXzQ5R 💸 A New European Way: Capital Structures for Impact-Driven Companies 💸
 Speakers:Evert Meijer (business angel), Eveline Harrewijn (E3 Partners), Erinch Sahan (Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), Rein Van Erp (RVO) 
https://lnkd.in/eDRhU7ET ⛩️ If I Have Seen Further, it is by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants ⛩️
 Speakers: Greg Curtis (Patagonia), James Reed CBE (Reed), Annika Schneider (Purpose)
 https://lnkd.in/ei9BGt4X ⭐ This Is Not Woke Capitalism, This Is the Future of Business ⭐
 Keynote by Achim Hensen (Purpose co-founder)
 https://lnkd.in/eS6fvzqZ A huge thank you to Gijsbert Koren and Evert Meijer, co-initiators of this initiative, for championing the importance of steward-ownership at SXSW London. Vote now and help shape the conversation on the future of business! #StewardOwnership #SXSW #SXSWLondon #FutureOfBusiness #PurposeEconomy

🎉 Welcome to the family Games for the Planet! 🌳 Games for the Planet is setting the course from day one with steward-ownership and the veto-share model protecting their mission-orientation: Planting real trees with their mobile game “Reforest Rainforest” – by donating the profits made by ads and in-app purchases to reforestation projects. 💛 We’re so excited to see Games for the Planet join the #stewardownership universe and bring this alternative ownership model to life. Wishing you a great start and many memorable milestones ahead! #Purpose #PurposeEconomy #StewardOwnership #Verantwortungseigentum #VetoShare #PlantingTrees

🎉 We are beyond excited to celebrate the transition of Rootical Ventures Uganda Ltd. to become the first-ever steward-owned organization in Uganda, East Africa, and likely on the entire African continent! 🌱  Rootical is doing something truly amazing: As a venture studio, they empower Ugandan entrepreneurs in building and running their regenerative agri-food businesses. Steward-ownership protects their mission: to tackle food system challenges. 🎯 In short, steward-ownership is a model that redefines ownership by ensuring companies remain independent and their purpose-orientation is protected for the long term. For Rootical, this means that the company's mission and purpose always remain the focus of business, helping to accelerate the shift toward a fair, inclusive, and regenerative food system. 💛 Huge congratulations to the Rootical team – we’re so proud to work alongside you as you reimagine food systems and inspire new ways of doing business in Africa! #StewardOwnership #Verantwortungseigentum #Uganda #Purpose #ImpactInvesting #SocialEntrepreneurship #Agroecology

Do you also believe the future of business deserves a stage at SXSW in London next summer? Your vote can make that happen! Out of 2.500 submissions for SXSW London, 5 feature steward-ownership. Let’s give steward-ownership a stage! How you can vote: 1️⃣ Create an account on the voting platform: https://lnkd.in/etKRgC-M 2️⃣ Navigate to the session(s) you want to vote for (you can give one vote per session and vote for as many sessions as you want). Below are direct links to the 5 sessions featuring steward-ownership: 🌎 The Only Constant is Change: Rethinking Ownership for People and Planet 🌎 - featuring Greg Curtis from Patagonia, Emma Shaw from Library of Things, Mark Vletter 🤙 from Voys and Annika Schneider from Purpose: https://lnkd.in/e3r4R68m 💸 A New European Way: Capital Structures for Impact Driven Companies 💸 - featuring business angel Evert Meijer, Eveline Harrewijn from e3 Partners, Erinch Sahan from Donut Economy Action Lab and Rein Van Erp from RVO: https://lnkd.in/eDRhU7ET 💚 Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Exploring Steward-Ownership in Finance 💚 - featuring Achim Hensen from Purpose, Michelle de Rijk from Fair Capital Partners, Pim de Morree from Krisos and Lilly Pokraka from Purpose: https://lnkd.in/eBgXzQ5R ⛩️ If I Have Seen Further, it is by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants ⛩️ - featuring Greg Curtis from Patagonia, James Reed from Reed Group and Annika Schneider from Purpose: https://lnkd.in/ei9BGt4X ⭐️ This Is Not Woke Capitalism, This Is The Future Of Business ⭐️ - a keynote by Achim Hensen, co-founder of Purpose: https://lnkd.in/eS6fvzqZ Big thanks to Evert Meijer for encouraging Purpose Economy and We Are Stewards that steward-ownership should get a stage at SXSW London :-)

🎉 Exciting news from Hamburg, Germany: steward-owned companies Goldeimer and WILDPLASTIC® have won the German Sustainability Award in the Product category (Transformation Field: Society)! 🏆 This recognition highlights their innovative collaboration to create impactful products that make a difference for both people and the planet. 💛 Goldeimer produces "social toilet paper," with every purchase supporting education, research, and global initiatives for water, sanitation, and hygiene access. 
♻ The paper is made from 100% recycled cardboard and meets the high environmental standards of the Blue Angel eco-label. 
🐯 Its packaging, developed with WILDPLASTIC®, is made of 50% "wild plastic" – plastic collected from the environment and upcycled into the first supermarket product packaging in Germany to actively reduce waste pollution. This marks the third award for Goldeimer’s toilet paper this year, following the German Packaging Award and the Marketing for Future Award. It’s incredible to see the potential of steward-owned companies in leading transformative, purpose-driven change. 🙌 Join us in celebrating this wonderful achievement for Goldeimer and Wildplastic 👏👏 #GermanSustainabilityAward #PurposeEconomy #StewardOwnership #Sustainability #ImpactInnovation #Wildplastic #Goldeimer #SocialBusiness #CircularEconomy #Nachhaltigkeitspreis

We’re now hosting weekly open Q&A sessions on steward-ownership! If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or just curious about alternative ownership and financing models, we warmly welcome you to join us. These interactive sessions are designed for you to ask questions, hear from others, and explore steward-ownership and our work in depth. Just a heads-up: these aren’t webinars or presentations – we’re here to answer your questions, so bring them along! 🔄 Sessions will alternate between English and German each Thursday, always at 3 PM (CET) Next week’s event will be in English.

We’re now hosting weekly open Q&A sessions on steward-ownership! If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or just curious about alternative ownership and financing models, we warmly welcome you to join us. These interactive sessions are designed for you to ask questions, hear from others, and explore steward-ownership and our work in depth. Just a heads-up: these aren’t webinars or presentations – we’re here to answer your questions, so bring them along! 🔄 Sessions will alternate between English and German each Thursday, always at 3 PM (CET) Today's event will be in German. Find the next English-speaking session here: https://lnkd.in/e4vWsZma

We’re now hosting weekly open Q&A sessions on steward-ownership! If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or just curious about alternative ownership and financing models, we warmly welcome you to join us. These interactive sessions are designed for you to ask questions, hear from others, and explore steward-ownership and our work in depth. Just a heads-up: these aren’t webinars or presentations – we’re here to answer your questions, so bring them along! 🔄 Sessions will alternate between English and German each Thursday, always at 3 PM (CET) This week’s event will be in English.