CENTRE YUNUS PARIS
The Centre Yunus Paris was created in September 2017 by Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Grameen Bank Founder and Honorary Citizen of the City of Paris. Invited by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the Centre Yunus Paris is settled in the heart of the city, at “Les Canaux”, the house for solidary-driven and innovative economies.
First Yunus Centre outside of Bangladesh, the Centre Yunus Paris is the permanent resource center for social business in France. It intends to promote a world of three zeros: zero poverty, zero unemployment, zero net carbon emissions.
our missions
Be a resource &
information center for social business
The Centre Yunus Paris is fully included in the Parisian ecosystem of social economy: incubators, information platforms, funders, public authorities, labs.
Participate to the
Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games
The Centre Yunus Paris represents Prof. Yunus in the relevant governing bodies of Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games and is an active stakeholder of Impact 2024.
Promote
Social Business creation
Promoting social business emergence and development is at the very core of our mission. The Centre works to facilitate the creation of social businesses.
We are the resource center for Social Business in France.
Poverty does not belong in civilized human society.
Its proper place is in a museum. That’s where it will be.
PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS
Programs & Events
social business.Global Social Business SummitLEARN MORE
through regular events.Events at Les CanauxLEARN MORE
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In the Media
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L’entreprise (société, asso, mutuelle...) peut être un formidable lieu d’émancipation individuelle et d’amélioration collective. Elle doit prendre toute sa part dans l’organisation sociale en mettant son agilité au service d’un plus fort impact social et environnemental. #PACTE
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Discover everything you need to know about social business
A Social business as defined by Prof. Yunus is an innovative approach to tackle the big social and environmental challenges of our times. It is a powerful tool to create a world of three zeros: zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions.
Social business is a sustainable business whose purpose is to serve a societal cause. In a social business, the investors/shareholders can gradually recoup the money invested but accept not to take any dividend beyond that point. Purpose of the investment is purely to achieve one or more social objectives through the operations of the company, no personal gain is searched by the investors.
The impact of the business on people or the environment, rather the amount of profit made in a given period, measures the success of social business.
Publications
A World of Three Zeroes
Pr. Yunus last published work
In a World of Three Zeros, Yunus criticizes the capitalist engine and advocates for a new economic system. He describes the tools funding social business and the necessary legal and regulatory changes to implement, basing his ideas on the economic experiments his work has allowed.