EBBF Profile: Riaz Rafat & Elham Afnan – Principally Tackling the Global Financial Crisis, at Work and at Home
“... an understanding is growing that it is profitable to be honest, socially responsible, and focused on improving the satisfaction of all stakeholders, not only the owners.”
“We have no illusions about a rapid change of culture and values ... This will take decades and even centuries – but we are optimistic about the direction in which the world is going.”
In this interview Riaz Rafat and Elham Afnan answer follow-up questions to “An EBBF Perspective on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis”, an article they recently co-authored, and in which they tackle the causes of the present financial crisis, and explore long-term solutions from a perspective grounded in values and spiritual principle.
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EBBF Profile: Mirjami Malleus-Lemettinen & Janne Lemettinen--‘Remaking’ Finnish Business
- A 'Remade' Dress
“… doing business is also spiritual when a person does that as a service for humankind.”
“Normally we think that design is something that only some sort of especially talented people can do. Well, I attempt to change or ‘remake’ that belief.”
In this interview Mirjami Malleus-Lemettinen and Janne Lemettinen, a creative couple with an innovative crafts and consulting company in Helsinki, share their story of remaking clothes and thoughts, and opening up new possibilities for others, as they work true to their company’s founding values.
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Innovation and Ideas Box
A section by EBBF member Roxann Stafford offering you links to innovative companies and products that possess EBBF qualities:
1) ReKnit - reuse existing resources in these challenging economic times.
2) Rosa Loves - Connecting to a people in a cause through a story.
3) Transparency to build trust.
News and Cluster Activities
Highlights of EBBF activities around the world.
EU News Column
Our EBBF representative to European Union Institutions, Daniel Schaubacher, compiles highlights from Brussels.
Book Review
Presenting the - The Innovation for Development Report 2009–2010
edited by Augusto Lopez-Claros
Warm Welcome to New Members
Profiles and welcome to the most recent individuals to join EBBF, with the opportunity to browse the entire list of EBBF profiles or to join EBBF.
Words of Wisdom
"Marketing 3.0 is how a product and its company are sensitive to social and economic issues that are a concern to everyone. Companies that conduct themselves ecologically and create real value that aligns with the social good will be competitively favored."
Philip Kotler
More stories and meaningful job offers at the
Opportunities for Action
Over ten meaningful job offers, projects, announcements, and other avenues through which you can make change actually happen.
