Helmy Abouleish becomes a member of the Club of Rome
Helmy Abouleish, the CEO of the SEKEM Initiative, has been asked to join the Club of Rome as a full member. “Joining the Club of Rome means a high recognition …
Cooperation with the „Akademie für Nachhaltigkeit“
The “Akademie für Nachhaltigkeit” based in Austria offers holistic training for managers, entrepreneurs, decision-makers and everyone from all over the world who is willing to deal with the diverse topics …
The Unsustainability of Current Sustainable Development
Recently, Heliopolis University (HU) was honoured by a visit from Dr. Michael Braungart, innovator in the field of sustainable development and co-founder of the concept of Cradle to Cradle (C2C). …
SEKEM Publishes Sustainability Report 2017
In the 2017 Sustainability Report, SEKEM demonstrates its ongoing commitment to holistic sustainable development in Egypt within a year, that marked tremendous changes within the initiative itself as well as …
People in SEKEM: Mohamed Gadallah
This month, Mohamed Gadallah celebrates his third anniversary as an official SEKEM co-worker. But he is known and connected to SEKEM already since a long time. “Officially, I started working …
Support for New Sustainable Development Projects between Egypt and Germany
At the beginning of November, members of the Executive Board of the German SEKEM Friends Association, the SEKEM Foundation and the State Ministry of the German state Baden-Württemberg visited SEKEM. Dr. …
With SEKEM Reisen to the Treasures of Egypt
12 years ago, Dietmar Kreuer founded SEKEM Reisen (SEKEM Travel) with the aim to offer tourists the opportunity to experience the sustainable and holistic approach of SEKEM by themselves. With …
“Without Intact Nature, There Is No Intact Society”
Dr. Michael Succow has worked for the protection of nature around the world for decades. In 1997, he was awarded with the Alternative Nobel Prize for his work. With SEKEM …
First Place for Lebensbaum
In September the company Lebensbaum was awarded for its Sustainability Report. The Institute for Ecological Economy Research and the association “future – Verantwortung Unternehmen” which analyzed the sustainability reports of …
Voice of Future Generations: World Future Council Publishes Annual Report 2016
Recently, the World Future Council (WFC) launched its 2016 Annual Report. Through this report, the organization provides insights to its work over the past year in spreading policy solutions within …
SEKEMs Board of Directors: This is Elfrieke van Galen
Next to Dr. Ibrahim and Helmy Abouleish, the SEKEM Board of Directors has seven other members. Four times a year, the board meets in SEKEM to discuss the situation of …
For a Sustainable World: Global Goals Curriculum
Education is the key to progress and development. An alternative and holistic approach to education is grounded in SEKEM since the early days, in the schools as well as in …
SEKEM Publishes Sustainability Report 2015
In the Sustainability Report 2015 SEKEM shows that the initiative could manage the challenges of the past years. In the cultural and societal fields many activities took place, in agriculture …
SEKEM Austria Initiated Event on Sustainable Education in Egypt
“To live in the idea is to treat the impossible as though it were possible.” With this quote from Goethe, that suits to SEKEM and Sustainable Development in general, Dr. …
Self-Assessment Tool for the Sustainable Business Practice of a Company
The interest in sustainable business practice among companies is growing worldwide. Egyptian ventures, too, increasingly begin to report and evaluate their efforts in becoming more sustainable. Based on the existing Sustainability Flower framework …
On a Mission for a Sustainable Egypt: SEKEMs Sustainability team
The members of SEKEMs “Sustainability Team” are working on a large number of exciting projects that focus on the central mission of the initiative: boosting sustainability business practice in Egypt …
SEKEMs Sustainability Report 2014
For the eighth time, SEKEM and its companies publish an annual report on sustainable development. The comprehensive documents recounts the steps taken by the initiative towards greater sustainability in four dimensions. “We …
Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish Speaks at Conference on Biodynamics
How to move from abstract ideas to concrete experience“ – this was the slogan of the International Conference “Alliances for Feeding the Planet” that took place at Bocconi University in …
Heliopolis University Still in the Focus
The executive members of the European SEKEM support associations recently met in Egypt to share their achievements and deliberate common future strategies. Heliopolis University remains in their focus. Representatives of …