The role of corporations for social entrepreneurship

This workshop is part of the International conference “Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy – Forthcoming Challenges and Realities” that took place in June 2022, in partnership with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Conference gathered some of the most prominent scholars in the field as well as government representatives and other important stakeholders engaged in fostering social entrepreneurship. It aimed at stimulating the development, exchange, and dissemination of ideas related to this social entrepreneurship.
Workshop 2 focused on the role of corporations for social entrepreneurship.

Key Speech by Prof. Colin Mayer: “What is the role of corporations in promoting social entrepreneurship?”
Panel discussion on “Is a special law on dual purpose companies/benefit corporations advisable?”
Moderation by Vincent Pfammatter


o Vincent Pfammatter, Attorney at Law, Partner, sigma legal, Geneva; Academic fellow GCP (UNIGE), Switzerland
o Prof. Colin Mayer, Blavatnik School of Government, and Emeritus Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, U.K.
o Jean-Luc Chenaux, Prof. Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne; Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
o Jessie Coates, Global Impact Entrepreneurs hip Leader, Ernst&Young (EY), London, U.K.
o Meagan Fallone, Founder at Step Up Advisers ; Chief Impact Officer Innoterra Ag ; Board member & Former CEO Barefoot College International, Switzerland
o Prof. Alicia Plerhoples, Professor of Law and Director of the Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic, Georgetown Law, U.S.A.