Social Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: a Global Challenge

February

10:00

Social Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: a Global Challenge

Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Socials Aula A303

This workshop aims to offer a transversal perspective of social companies and cooperatives, with the new economic model defined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set out by the UN 2030 Agenda. It will also look at the differences between these social businesses and commercial companies, which share a market but have very different ultimate objectives. Lastly, several examples will be given to illustrate the effects of the implementation of competitive strategies in social businesses.

Programme

10.00 - 10.15 a.m. Registration

Dr. Frederic Marimon Viadiu, Vicerector de Planificación y Calidad de UIC Barcelona

10.15 - 10.45 a.m. Opening session

Josep M. Vilalta (GUNi Network): Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). una Agenda para transformar el mundo (‘The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). an agenda to transform the world’)

Àngels Fitó, Vicerectora de Competitividat y Ocupabilidad de UOC

Silvia Albareda (UIC): El Compromiso de UIC Barcelona con los ODS (‘The Commitment of UIC Barcelona with the SDGs’)

10.45 - 11.30 a.m. Round table. Businesses committed to the SDGs

Moderated by: Natalia Amat (UIC Barcelona).

Albert Riera (La Fageda): La Fageda, la empresa social y los ODS (‘La Fageda, social business and the SDGs’)

Albert Huerta (Vector 5): Tenemos un propósito compartido. un mundo sostenible (‘We have a shared purpose. A sustainable world’)

11.30 a.m.- 2.00 p.m. Break

12.00 - 1.00 p.m. Research in the area of mission and the SDGs

Neus Vila (UIC Barcelona). Social and Solidarity Economy & Sustainable Development Goal"

Teresa Monllau (UPF): La Universidad y su papel en la formación de profesionales socialmente responsables (‘The University and its role in the training of socially responsible professionals’)

Susana Lazarus (UIC Barcelona): Movimiento B-Corp en España (‘B-Corp Movement in Spain’)

Ramon Bastida (UIC Barcelona): La deriva de la misión en empresas de la economía social. Futuras líneas de investigación. (‘The drift of the mission in social economy businesses. Future lines of research.’)

Anna Akhmedova (UIC Barcelona): “Which are the strategies to achieve social mission fulfillment in cooperative business?”

13.00 h End of workshop

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