Athens (Greece) - On the 30th of May 2019, FEBEA held its Annual Conference dedicated to “Ethical finance and Impact entrepreneurship – leveraging community potential towards sustainability” , co-hosted by our local member Cooperative Bank of Karditsa. More than 120 ethical finance and social economy practitioners from more than 12 countries attended.
The conference allowed to explore how ethical finance can contribute to the development of local communities via fostering the development of impact entrepreneurship.
The ministry o economy, Mr. Yannis Dragasakis, opened the conference remarking the importance of cooperative banks and sustainable financial practices for the development of the real economy and the support to the communities, especially in crisis period.
The keynote speaker, Andrea Baranes – President of Fondazione Finanza Etica, highlighted in particular the need to focus on the social taxonomy of sustainable finance, in addition to the green taxonomy.
Several best practices were also presented both by financial institutions and impact entrepreneurs.
Have a look at the presentations by the speakers and photos of the event!
On the 31st we held our General Assembly and several workshops dedicated to social impact assessment and reporting, fuding and capacity building opportunities, and a Q&A session with the European Investment Funds!
We are glad to announce also two new members of our Federation, Chania Bank from Greece, accepted as effective member, and Erste Social Finance from Austria accepted as associate member.
We would like to thank once again our member Cooperative Bank of Karditsa for the wonderful organisation, the amazing speakers and all the attendants!
Here below the "twitter chronicles" of the two days:
Everything is ready for our #febeaConference2019 today in #Athens! Stay tuned! @BankofKarditsa pic.twitter.com/qhgdduXgKi
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
Couldn't come to #Athens with us? Follow our #febeaConference2019 live! https://t.co/Qu81CN2NW5
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"The role of our Federation is to promote social welfare & sustainability" @perusasia #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/xqOsVbtLPn
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"There is an alternative way to do banking and it is very important for our country" inspiring speech by @YDragasakis at #febeaConference2019 on the relation between ethics and finance pic.twitter.com/lTbkAim08x
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"This is the moment for us to push for reform in Europe" @abaranes of @FFinanzaEtica speech at #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/yjbHzPsHls
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"We need also a social and human rights taxonomy to define sustainable finance" @abaranes at #febeaConference2019
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
Our great hosts explaining the role of @athenschamber in promoting entrepreneurship at #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/zUWgQ8uD5Y
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
First panel of the day "the importance of being resilient: ethical finance & impact entrepreneurship" w/ @ptournavitis @jordiibanez moderating Yiorgos Alexopoulos #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/yszMXCMZ8v
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"Values always create value" @jordiibanez of @ffinanzaseticas discussing ethical banks perfomance @ #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/nb6fXxfBFf
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"@BankofKarditsa never turned its back on the ones in need during crisis" @ptournavitis at #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/W1eWdmUIbD
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
2nd panel of the day on leveraging community potential via local partnerships, with @BHorenbeek from @laNef_ , @psharvin1 from @UCIT_Ltd , Herve Delpech from @apsbank and Marie Ledent from @argentsolidaire #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/zxwDDbmN60
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
It's not just about #sport: the interesting case of the Gaelic Athletic Association explained by @psharvin1 from @ComFinanceIrl & @UCIT_Ltd #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/J2Mfjvga06
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
Our panelist Herve Delpech now describes the ethos of @apsbank, proudly based on values, participation and trust with customers pic.twitter.com/05PxWt7xaU
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
"Professional coaching is in high demand among @argentsolidaire clients. It's made possible thanks to public-private partnerships" Marie Ledent pic.twitter.com/P8GRISvOPK
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
Bernard Horenbeek from @laNef_ explains that the alliance between ethical finance and public entities is natural, especially in local contexts #febeaConference2019 pic.twitter.com/sUM8CK6Wix
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
In our last panel of the day we have the chance to discover some Greek successful stories on #impact #entrepreneurship to create change pic.twitter.com/kYSaWQj42F
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
Engagement, cooperation and synergy: @perusasia, @ptournavitis and Daniel Sorrosal closing the #febeaConference2019 and announcing the next steps for our Federation! pic.twitter.com/XauXwOV2PG
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 30, 2019
After yesterday's successful and interesting #febeaConference2019 today is the time for our 2019 General Assembly here in #Athens! pic.twitter.com/oIJZgGLZ1l
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 31, 2019
We're delighted to #welcome our new Effective member the Cooperative Bank of Chania and our new Associate member Erste Social Finance Holding! pic.twitter.com/bDkfPYIFXD
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 31, 2019
"Why is it important for #ethical #banks to measure #impact? Not just for visibility and internal control, but also to #protect our customers and shareholders" @vale_pat from @bancaetica shares her perspective with FEBEA members in #Athens
— FEBEA (@FEBEAethicalfin) May 31, 2019