Südwind Institute

The Südwind Institute for Economics and Ecumenism is a scientific institute based in Bonn that conducts action-oriented research on global economic topics. According to its self-image, it works towards “economic, social and ecological justice worldwide”.

Poster of the Südwind Institute

history

Südwind was founded in 1991 as a non-profit association in order to develop more competence in questions of the world economy and to put it in the service of poor and disadvantaged people. It was named after a quote from the American theologian Jim Wallis at the World Ecumenical Assembly in Seoul in 1990 : "Tomorrow it will be the south wind of justice and liberation that will loosen the oppressed from their chains."

In September 2014 the Südwind Institute moved from Siegburg to Bonn.

Edited topics

Südwind has the following main topics:

Women and the global economy: The working conditions of women around the world are examined and lobbying work is carried out to enforce social standards in the world trading system. Südwind is a co-sponsor of the Clean Clothes Campaign .
Socially responsible investments: Südwind examines what banks, insurance companies and funds do with investors' money and evaluates companies according to social and development policy criteria for ethical-ecological funds .
Development cooperation: With the critical monitoring of topics such as development finance and the effectiveness of development cooperation, the goal of economically, socially and ecologically sustainable development is worked towards.
Social standards in world trade: Globalization has increased the pressure on the majority of employees worldwide. Socially unprotected work is a mass phenomenon in developing countries, but it is also increasing in industrialized countries. Südwind demands compliance with social standards in the entire supply chain. Governments must create the legal framework to ensure that corporate violations of labor rights become internationally punishable.

Organization and way of working

South wind consists of

a registered association (eV) as the legal entity of the institute,
a support group for support through contributions and donations,
the institute, which in 2005 employed five scientists and other full-time and volunteer employees, and
Working groups made up of employees and the board of directors who work on specific topics.

Südwind finances itself through

Membership fees and donations,
Contract studies on behalf of development organizations,
the sale of publications and
Donations from churches and foundations

Web links

Commons : Südwind-Institut - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Südwind Institute
FairWorldFonds , together with Bread for the World , GLS Bank , Bank for Church and Diakonie and Union Investment developed

Individual evidence

^ Mission statement Südwind (2008). Archived from the original on August 29, 2011 ; accessed on September 13, 2011 : “Our vision is economic, social and ecological justice worldwide. We research and act for fair economic relations. "
↑ move. (PDF) In: Südwind-Newsletter, No. 2/14. Südwind Institute, July 2014, p. 4 , archived from the original on September 4, 2014 ; Retrieved September 3, 2014 .

[1] Mission statement Südwind (2008). Archived from the original on August 29, 2011 ; accessed on September 13, 2011 : “Our vision is economic, social and ecological justice worldwide. We research and act for fair economic relations. "

[2] move. (PDF) In: Südwind-Newsletter, No. 2/14. Südwind Institute, July 2014, p. 4 , archived from the original on September 4, 2014 ; Retrieved September 3, 2014 .