"Social business is a highly exciting tool in civil society to create more integration and more inclusion, to solve problems wherever they arise."
“We need a good mix of social business and the conventional economy. So far, there has only been profit maximization in business and only dependence on donations in the social area. Since both areas clearly notice that they cannot solve the challenges of the time, we need additions.” Hans Reitz
Hans Reitz is committed to the development of social projects worldwide - professionally and privately. As a creative advisor to Nobel Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus, he has been dedicated to spreading the idea of "social business" since 2007. In 2009, together with Prof. Yunus, he founded the "Grameen Creative Lab", which advises various large companies worldwide in order to spread the idea of social business worldwide. Reitz accompanies Prof. Yunus on official occasions and has been the official creative director of the Yunus Center in Bangladesh since the beginning of 2010.
Here is an overview of his activities.
2nd edition of the event series Summer of Purpose, 2021
Initiating Summer of Purpose – Gathering of global leaders to shape the community-conscious transformation out of COVID-19, 2020
Healing design of a Berlin quarantine camp for refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020
Co-curation of the Beethoven Pastoral Project – Calling on the global artistic community to protect nature as Beethoven ambassadors, 2020
Social Business City Wiesbaden classroom renewal - A creative space to create and promote community-conscious initiatives, 2019
Participated in writing the Culture of Peace at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Yucatan, México, 2019
Invited guest of honor at the ceremony marking 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall – The Gathering in Berlin, 2019
Inspiration for the Integration Camp 2024 - Public dialogue on the integration of refugees into the labor market, 2018
Opening of the pop-up restaurant "No Exitus" - a cultural institution that was open 24 hours as part of the May Festival in Wiesbaden, 2018
Invitations to guest performances by the circ bouffon - a cultural offer for committed people in the city of Wiesbaden, e.g. midwives and educators, 2018
Creative impetus to found Stand Speak Rise Up! - Solidarity network for rape survivors, 2017
Cooperation with the workshops for disabled people Wiesbaden-Rheingau-Taunus since 2017
Initiation of the "Abrahamsweg" project in cooperation with the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden with and for young people who have fled, 2017
Refugees Solidarity Walk, demonstration with and for refugees, 2017
Opening of the "Lalenburg", canteen in the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden, employment of people who are disadvantaged in the labor market since 2016
Start of the project for Visit Berlin "#AugenAufBerlin", a city becomes clean, 2015
"YY 24" - Memorial for people fleeing: 24 hours/24 days, Platz der German Unity, 2013
Foundation of "Lalaland" as a social business: a place with fantastic stories for children (cafe, gastronomy, bed & breakfast, toys, clothes, etc.) since 2012
Start of the "YY Street" project as a call for social business in Wiesbaden since 2011 with the campaign "Wiesbaden Knäult - urban knitting" (cultural project for the temporary beautification of the city)
Initiation of the "Talent" project: Pupils in a secondary school class discover their talents and self-esteem through various activities, 2011
Support of "Berufswege für Frauen eV" since 2008 Co-founder of the "GENISIS Institute for Social Innovation and Impact Strategies", 2008
Initiation of the “Wiesbaden helps Wiesbaden” project, 2006
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Club of Budapest, 2005-2007
Supporting an orphanage in Varna, Bulgaria since 2005
Support for the school project "CLOAAT: Center for Learning, Organic Agriculture and Appropriate Technology in Tamilnadu, India since 2005
Support for the "Andheri-Hilfe" Bonn in development cooperation with projects in India and Bangladesh