SDG 2: Reshaping Agriculture
Sustainable human development – that is the vision that made Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish dig the first well in the vast desert land. Since 1977, Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish tackles desertification by …
SEKEM Profiled in UN Report on Sustainable Lifestyles
How can we create tangible changes in the way people live their daily lives? The UN Environment report “Fostering and Communicating Sustainable Lifestyles: Principles and Emerging Practices“, in which SEKEM is …
SDG 1: Prioritizing Human Beings
Being poor means being less well nourished. It means having little access to information and health care – or no access at all. Thus, being poor also means having a …
SEKEM at the leading trade fair for the organic industry
“We always like to come here. The BIOFACH is a great opportunity to present our products and to get in touch with partners and interested parties,” said SEKEMs CEO Helmy …
SEKEM Supporter Prince Charles Emphasizes the Importance of Biodynamic Agriculture
“Rudolf Steiner was one of the first people in modern era to recognize explicitly the principles of interconnectedness in relation to farming and to describe the links between the fertility …
A Welcoming Change for Employees
“We might believe that relaxation means drinking a cup of coffee after a stressful day. But it doesn’t!”, says Radwa Fathi from SEKEMs Marketing Department. She recently participated in a …
About Loans for Cows and Other Stories
The SEKEM Initiative celebrates its 40th anniversary this year as well as decades of stories with friends and partners which go back a long way. “Today, much more than a …
SEKEM Will Introduce Egypt’s First Probiotic Supplement
Probiotics are live microorganisms, which are commonly known as good or friendly bacteria. It is unfamiliar to consider bacteria as something useful. We used to take antibiotics to kill harmful …
Team Up against Desertification: UNCCD Partners with the WFC
Together, the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD) and the World Future Council (WFC) will cooperate in the fight against desertification and land degradation which is a key element …
Helmy Abouleish: Life is Great
“Life is great” – this is Helmy Abouleish’s exemplary motto. So simple on the one hand, for Helmy Abouleish however, as profound as characteristic. Anyone who knows him a bit …
SEKEM at the “Organic Cotton Round Table” in Hamburg
One of the greatest achievements of the SEKEM Initiative was the change of a law in Egypt, which made it possible to abolish the established practice of spraying chemical pesticides …
SEKEM Is an Important Partner in Oikocredit’s Public Relations Work
SEKEM and the International Cooperative Oikocredit are longstanding partners – not only in economic terms. Oikocredit, for example, often presents SEKEM in lectures and at information desks as a partner …
Debate in Berlin: Entrepreneurship in the Age of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
“An ambitious global transformation program that opens up perspectives for a better life for millions of people”, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. …
Visit of SEKEM Partner Oikocredit
“SEKEM truly has a unique way of pulling all its varying parts into one overall body”, says Archie Pearson. The young Englishman is one of nine members of Oikocredit that …
More Social Entrepreneurship for Egypt
On Sunday, the 6th of November, SEKEM opens its new Entrepreneurship Centre for Social Impact at the Heliopolis University of Sustainable Development (HU). The Social Entrepreneurship Center aims to be …
Promoting Alternative Energies: New Solar Station for SEKEMs Medical Center
In October 2016, SEKEM and Heliopolis University (HU) held a huge event on SEKEM Farm, where the first solar thermal power plant of its kind in Egypt was constructed. The …
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 …
Bread of the Desert: Dates from Egypt
Late summer in Egypt means time for dates. Throughout the whole country, palm trees are hanging full of red and yellow panicles. At every street corner merchants sell the still …
People in SEKEM: Zarifa Kamal
With a beautiful smile, just like the meaning of her name implies, Zarifa says: “Smiling can defeat problems and worries. To move forward, you should give your back to sorrows …
Sweets from SEKEM for the Advent Season
Slowly the shelves start to be filled with countless Christmas treats. Also SEKEM contributes something that is not only sweet and delicious but also healthy: The SEKEM Advent Calendar is …