The seminar will begin with a presentation of the legal frameworks of social enterprises around the world, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of these specific structures. This will be followed by a presentation on tax issues related to social entrepreneurship, outlining ideas that could be adapted to the Swiss law. We will then look at the situation in Switzerland and the movement initiated by the Alliance for Sustainable Enterprises. The draft legal statute drawn up by the Alliance for Sustainable Enterprise's Legal Experts Group will be presented.



WELCOME & INTRODUCTION – 2.00 pm

Prof. Gulia Neri-Castracane, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, UNIGE

PRESENTATION 1 – Social Enterprises Law Around the World - 2.05 - 2.45 pm

Prof. Dana Brakman Reiser, Centennial Professor, Brooklyn Law School

Q&A – 2.45 - 2.55 pm

PRESENTATION 2 – Social and Sustainable Enterprises and Tax - 2.55 - 3.25 pm

Prof. Sigrid Hemels, Full Professor, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Q&A – 3.25 - 3.35 pm

BREAK - 3.35 - 3.55 pm

PRESENTATION 3 – Proposal of a New Legal Qualification for Sustainable Enterprises under Swiss Law - 3.55 - 4.40 pm

Prof. Giulia Neri-Castracane, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, UNIGE
Jonathan Normand, Founder and Executive Director of the Swiss B Lab Chapter

PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A – 4.40 - 5 pm

Moderated by Prof. Henry Peter, Head, Geneva Center for Philanthropy, UNIGE