Mission and organisation

Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, represents around 5,000 SMEs and larger companies committed to sustainability across sectors and EU Member States, many of them pioneering circular business models. With its ten member associations and one associate company member, Ecopreneur.eu is the only cross-sectoral business federation advocating ambitious measures, rules and regulations for a low- carbon, circular and socially inclusive economy in Europe and beyond. We advocate a new economic framework in which sustainability is promoted, the environment respected, and ecological principles are followed. Ecopreneur.eu and our members bring concrete experience from pioneering companies into the political debate, show best practice examples that prove the viability of sustainable business models. Ecopreneur.eu is a non-profit non-governmental organisation under Belgian law.

Ecopreneur.eu works at the European level on advocacy for a sustainable economy. We currently focus our work on ambitious implementation of the European Green Deal, a level playing field, and regional support for SMEs. Our positions are based on a systemic, cross sectoral perspective. Ecopreneur.eu is the voice of businesses committed to sustainability across Europe and brings in their expertise and knowledge, showing what needs to be done on EU policy level for enabling sustainable economic change.

The organisation currently holds ten sustainable business associations as full members: Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft – BNW (Germany), Grüne Wirtschaft (Austria), Entreprendre Vert (France), MVO Nederland  (Netherlands), Coalition Ecopreneur-Kaya (Belgium), CirEko (Sweden), as well as B Lab Europe, The New European Reuse Alliance and the European Landscape Contractors Association (European). Through Ecopreneur.eu these associations strengthen the voice of sustainable business in Brussels. In addition, we have our first associate member company (see here).

Click here for a 4-pager on Ecopreneur.eu and here for a 3-pager on our Low-Carbon Circular Economy Advocacy Group.

History

The European Sustainable Business Federation is the only cross sectoral business organization advocating ambitious implementation of sustainable economy policies to achieve systemic change at the EU level and in the member states.

Ecopreneur.eu was founded on the initiative of Grüne Wirtschaft (Austria), Entreprendre Vert (France) and Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft – BNW e.V. (Germany). On its founding date January 1, 2016, Ecopreneur.eu acquired the official legal status as an “association internationale sans but lucratif” (aisbl), a non-profit non-governmental organisation under Belgian law.