Mission and organisation

Ecopreneur.eu is the political voice of European sustainable businesses. The mission of Ecopreneur.eu is to pursue advocacy activities with an influence on sustainable development and the green economy, advance the interests of sustainable SMEs and green economy projects across Europe, and work towards improving environmental standards. The organisation currently holds seven associations from different EU member states: Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft – BNW (Germany), Grüne Wirtschaft (Austria), Entreprendre Vert (France), MVO Nederland  (Netherlands), Coalition Ecopreneur-Kaya (Belgium), CirEko (Sweden) and the Responsible Business Forum (Estonia). Through Ecopreneur.eu these associations strengthen the voice of sustainable business in Brussels.

Under the roof of Ecopreneur.eu, more than 3000 sustainable businesses are represented – mostly SMEs. The companies are all committed to delivering sustainable products and services in order to solve societal challenges and mitigate climate change, and support the transformation of the current economic system. Ecopreneur.eu has a focus on circular economy and sustainable finance. 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.

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