1 day

20+ speakers

100+ attendees

Towards ecological transition

Social Economy in time of environmental and climate change challenges

25.02.2021

THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE FEBRUARY #ROADMAP

The ‘Digital Road to Mannheim’ consists of 8 fully digitized online events. Each roadmap event focusses on a specific topic and aims to connect different Social Economy actors in Europe in a highly interactive format, present best practices and use cases as well as provide first-hand insights in interactive sessions from changemakers all around Europe. The ‘Digital Road to Mannheim’ strengthen the social economy in Europe and harness its contribution to economic development, social inclusion as well as green and digital transitions. 

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. To overcome these challenges, Europe needs the strength, creativity, hearts and minds of the Social Economy to transform the Union into a modern and resource-efficient economy. President Ursula von der Leyen said: “We are acting today to make the EU the world’s first climate neutral continent by 2050.”
With our #RoadtoMannheim event on “Social Economy in time of environmental and climate change challenges” we turn climate and environmental challenges into opportunities and help to make the ecological transition just and inclusive for all. 

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Christian Kroll
Founder & CEO
Ecosia

Jeanne Barseghian
Mayor of Strasbourg

Alice Ruhweza
Africa Region Director
WWF International

Paolo Di Lecce
CEO
Reverberi Enetec

Michaela Kauer
Head of Brussels Office
City of Vienna

Denis Stokkink
CEO
POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ-PLS

Katja Bartholmess
Executive Director
B Lab Germany

Sorcha Edwards
Secretary General
Housing Europe

Janneke Wagner
Founding Team + Community Experience
B Lab Germany

Ulla Engelmann
Head of Unit Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy
DG GROW – European Commission

William Neale
Adviser on Circular Economy and Green Growth
DG ENV – European Commission

Sue Riddlestone
CEO & Co-Founder
Bioregional

Adrian Hiel
EU Policy and Communications
Energy Cities

Manuel Kreitmeir
Chairman
Social Entrepreneurship BW

Alexandra Debaisieux
Deputy General Manager
RailCoop

Eller Everett
Co-Founder
BothOfUs

Kay Nag
Co-Founder
BothOfUs

Damien Thiery
General Manager
Ateliere Fara Frontiere

Federico Camporesi
General manager
ARFIE Network

Marcel Pietsch-Khalili
CEO
PNZ

Sarah Prince-Robin
Ministère de la Transition écologique
Government of France

Rob Gierke
B Leader + Consultant
Purenessity

Anna-Catherine Senge
CSR Reporting & B Corp Coordinator Europe
Allos Hof-Manufaktur

Fanélie Carrey-Conte
General Secretary
ENERCOOP

Alessandro Rancati
Policy Officer New European Bauhaus
Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Carine Puyol
USH (L’Union Social pour l’Habitat)

Natalia Rogaczewska
Director of Public Affairs
B.L (The Danish Federation of Housing Associations)

Frank Lee
Head of Division – Financial Instruments Advisory
European Investment Bank

Björn Mallants
Director
VVH (Association of Flemish Social Housing Companies)

Diana Yordanova
Communications Director
Housing Europe

Dirk Lönnecker
Representative from Berlin Building
Housing Cooperative from 1892

David Parejo
Co-Founder & Director
ICI Network

Valeria Duflot
Co-Founder
Overtourism Solution

CHECK OUT THE PROGRAMME

10.15 am

Welcome – Live from Mannheim
Manuel Kreitmeir, Host and Chairman – Social Entrepreneurship BW
Björn Pospiech, Mindfulness Coach – Strong People Institute
Ulla Engelmann, Head of Unit – DG GROW, European Commission

10.30 am

Keynote
Jeanne Barseghian – Mayor of Strasbourg

10.45 am

Parallel Sessions & Insights (60 minutes)

Speakers
Valeria Duflot, Co-Founder – Overtourism Solution
Sue Riddlestone, CEO & Co-Founder – Bioregional
David Parejo, Co-Founder & Director – ICI Network Ltd
Sarah Price Robin, Ministère de la Transition écologique – Government of France

Description
Catalyst 2030 is a global collaborative multi-stakeholder movement initiated by leading social entrepreneurs from Ashoka, Echoing Green, Schwab Foundation, Skoll Foundation and others from some of the most prestigious global networks of social entrepreneurs. We are NGOs, social enterprises, intermediaries, funders and other social change innovators, collaborating in this urgent moment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by scaling the many known solutions. During the session we will present what Catalyst 2030 is about, and the regional chapter Catalyst 2030 Europe. We will be also explaining how social entrepreneurs have innovative solutions for the environmental and climate change challenges. Some of our Catalyst 2030 members will be presenting their initiatives in this field. And we will be also discussing our latest report on how can governments better work with SEs to achieve the SDGs.

Speakers
Fanélie Carrey-Conte, General Secretary – ENERCOOP
Federico Camporesi, General manager – ARFIE Network
Alexandra Debaisieux, Deputy General Manager – RailCoop
Damien Thiery, General Manager – Ateliere Fara Frontiere
Denis Stokkink, CEO – POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ-PLS

Description
The social economy (SE) based on cooperation, solidarity, territorial anchorage but also collective interest shows us that it is quite possible to reconcile the environment, social utility and economic activity. Indeed, the structures of the SE have undeniable assets to work towards a more environmentally friendly world. They are developing innovative services that meet local needs and social and environmental challenges, while reexamining governance and economic models. SE has long been involved in the field of ecological transition. SE structures have developed activities that are essential to local ecological approaches, whether in the areas of reuse and recycling, food, energy, mobility or housing, often in close partnership with local authorities. This workshop proposes to (re)discover the social economy as a natural vector of ecological transition and sustainable development, in various fields of economy and society through the prism of expert actors in the field.

Speakers
Eller Everett, Cofounder – BothOfUs
Kay Nag, Cofounder – BothOfUs

Description
We will focus on a few key projects to demonstrate the range of technology initiatives that have been developed to contribute to sustainable development. We have developed a smart machine learning algorithm map to calculate air pollution on a micro level which uses real-time data. Innovative technologies like CO2CO2 Puff can aid in city planning endeavours and business environments to consider air quality and push for real action in reducing pollution. We will also discuss how technological initiatives can encourage a change in consumer behaviour from reducing single use plastic whilst supporting small local businesses to cutting down on food waste and transport emissions through collaboration. We will discuss how technology plays a significant role in empowering social entrepreneurs to scale their impact and enabling us to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

11.45 am

Main Panel: Presenting results from the sessions

12.00 pm

Lunch break & Parallel Programme

12.00 pm

Speakers
Alice Ruhweza, Africa Region Director – WWF International

Description
Alice Ruhwezas role is to develop and lead WWF in Africa so that it is highly influential and able to shape the sustainability agenda of Africa domestically and globally. In this leadership position, she is helping to achieve impact on the ground in alignment with WWFs global conservation priorities. In this session she will give an inside on her work and the role that Europe can play in the sustainable development of Africa and vice versa.

01.00 pm

Energizer
Björn Pospiech, Mindfulness Coach – Strong People Institute

01.15 pm

Keynote 
Paolo Di Lecce, CEO – Reverberi Enetec

01.30 pm

Parallel Interactive Workshops (90 minutes)

Speakers
Janneke Wagner, Founding Team + Community Experience – B Lab Germany
Rob Gierke, B Leader + Consultant – Purenessity
Christian Kroll, Founder + CEO – Ecosia
Anna-Catherine Senge, Head of CEO – Allos
Marcel Pietsch-Khalili, CEO – PNZ
Katja Bartholmess, Executive Director – B Lab Germany

Description
The Responsibility — and Opportunity — of Business The session starts out by pinpointing the responsibilities of conventional business practices in contributing to the environmental challenges and the social divide we are grappling with. It highlights the potential for changing the way we do business and transition the economy as a whole. Introducing the Tools + Instruments of the B Economy This segment showcases the tools and instruments the B Corp Movement offers to allow businesses to make a significant contribution to this transition: Using a tool to measure their impact or a platform (co-created with the UN Global Compact) to map contributions to the SDGs to certifying as a B Corporation to join the global B Corp Community. The B Economy In Action Finally, a panel of B Corporations shares how a wide range of businesses can be part of the social and impact economy: Ecosia — Christian Kroll Allos — Anna-Catherine Senge PNZ — Marcel Pietsch

Speakers
Sorcha Edwards, Secretary-General – Housing Europe
Ulla Engelmann, Head of Unit Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy, DG GROW
Carine Puyol, USH (L’Union Social pour l’Habitat)
Frank Lee, Head of Division – Financial Instruments Advisory, European Investment Bank
Adrien Hiel, EU Policy & Communications – Energy Cities
Bjorn Mallants, Director – VVH (Association of Flemish Social Housing Companies)
Alessandro Rancati, Policy Officer New European Bauhaus – Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Diana Yordanova, Communications Director – Housing Europe
Natalia Rogaczewska, Director of Public Affairs – B.L (The Danish Federation of Housing Associations)
Dirk Lönnecker, Representative from Berlin Building and Housing Cooperative from 1892
Michaela Kauer, Head of Brussels Office – City of Vienna

About

Public, cooperative and social housing providers are at the crossroads of the social, climate and construction goals set to advance in the green transition towards 2050. In this session we will bring to the forefront the social criteria to be considered in the projects supported under the Affordable Housing Initiative and the New European Bauhaus schemes included in the Renovation Wave.

The Affordable Housing Initiative and the New European Bauhaus can become the vehicle to help reconcile liveability, housing affordability and decarbonisation of the built environment – vital if the Renovation Wave is to succeed. They can serve to build upon & harness the potential of public, cooperative and social housing provider to reconcile climate emergency with social mission through their ability to orchestrate amongst the public, social economy and construction sector.

This event is organised in cooperation with the EU Industry Days and is a recognised EU Industry Days Local Event https://www.euindustrydays.eu/

Discussion items

This session will help define the optimal features, governance & financing for the lighthouse districts supported by these initiatives through a social lens:

  • • What features should the supported projects have?
  • • What should be the funding streams?
  • • How should the initiatives be governed?

A live scriber will capture the main messages from the session and will translate them into an illustration of a joint vision of the future lighthouse districts.

Agenda

13:30 – 13:40

Welcome – ice breaker

13:40 – 13:50

Opening – Ulla Engelmann, Head of Unit Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy, DG GROW – European Commission.

13:50 – 14:15

Local experience: what features should the support projects have?

  • • (7 min) Natalia Rogaczewska, Director of Public Affairs at B.L (The Danish Federation of Housing Associations), Denmark.
  • • (7 min) Carine Puyol, USH (L’Union Social pour l’Habitat), France.
  • • (7 min) Dirk Lönnecker, representative from Berlin Building and Housing Cooperative from 1892. Berlin, Germany.

14:15 – 14:30

How should the initiatives be funded?

  • • (10 min) Frank Lee, Head of Division – Financial Instruments Advisory, European Investment Bank (EIB). Luxembourg.
  • • (5 min) Bjorn Mallants, Director of VVH (Association of Flemish Social Housing Companies). Flanders, Belgium.

14:30 – 14:45

How should the Affordable Housing Initiative be governed?

  • • (10 min) Adrien Hiel, EU Policy & Communications – Energy Cities.
  • • (5 min) Michaela Kauer, Head of Brussels Office of City of Vienna.

14:45 – 14:55

What to expect from the New European Bauhaus? Alessandro Rancati – Policy Officer of New European Bauhaus, Joint Research Centre (JRC).

14:55 – 15:00

Closing – Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General at Housing Europe

03.00 pm

Panel: Workshop Hosts presenting results / Discussion with EU officials
Ulla Engelmann, Head of Unit – DG GROW, European Commission
William Neale, Adviser on Circular Economy and Green Growth – DG ENV – European Commission

03.30 pm

Conclusion & The End