Erinch Sahan
Erinch is the business and enterprise lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab. His work focuses on transforming the deep design of businesses to enable them to pursue regenerative and distributive strategies. Working with 22 partner organisations and over 300 businesses, he has lead DEAL’s work to create the Doughnut Design for Business tool, which enables businesses to engage with the concepts of Doughnut Economics.
Erinch has been in leadership roles across business, NGOs and government. He was the chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organization, the global network and verifier of social enterprises who fully practise Fair Trade. He has also spent 7 years at Oxfam working in campaigns and programmes, including in creating and leading the Behind the Brands scorecard. Erinch has also worked at Procter & Gamble as a market strategy manager, established a furniture business and worked for Australia's aid programme in Indonesia.
Erinch is a board member of the Social Enterprise World Forum and the Finance Innovation Lab. He is also a fellow at the Post Growth Institute and a senior associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership where he teaches sustainable value chains to post-graduate students. He holds degrees in finance and law, a masters in international law and an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.
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Haferkater: Doughnut Design Case Study
Haferkater is a German restaurant chain that serves healthy vegan porridge to go.
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Alternative Bank Switzerland: Doughnut Design Case
ABS is a Swiss financial institution founded to promote positive social & ecological impact rather than maximisation.
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Taller Maya
Taller Maya is a collective of artisan social enterprises in the Yucatán Peninsula
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United Repair Centre: Doughnut Design Case Study
United Repair Centre provides circular economy services to the clothing industry.
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Home.Earth: Doughnut Design Case Study
A European real estate company that aims to embed inclusivity, liveability and sustainability in urban development.
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SELCO India: Doughnut Design Case Study
SELCO creates energy access for under-served populations through tailored solutions.
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Cardamom: Doughnut Design Case Study
Cardamom is an off-grid eco-tourism venture in Cambodia founded as an NGO-corporation-investor partnership.
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Dewesoft: Doughnut Design Case Study
Dewesoft is a Slovenian company that designs advanced hardware and software for testing and measurement equipment.
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Past Event
(Past) Business Session: Insights on using Doughnut Economics with businesses
2025-10-14T14:30:00Z (Past)
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(Past) Practitioners session: for those using Doughnut Economics with businesses
2025-10-06T10:00:00Z (Past)
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(Past) Practitioners session: using Doughnut Economics with businesses
2025-05-21T14:00:00Z (Past)
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(Past) Practitioners session: using Doughnut Economics with businesses
2025-04-09T14:00:00Z (Past)
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(Past) Business Case Studies Launch
2025-03-05T15:00:00Z (Past)
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(Past) Practitioners session: using Doughnut Economics with businesses
2025-02-26T15:00:00Z (Past)
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Past Event
(Past) Practitioners session: using Doughnut Economics with businesses
2024-12-09T15:30:00Z (Past)
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Past Event
(Past) Doughnut Design for Business - Practitioners exchange
2024-10-14T13:00:00Z (Past)
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Erinch Sahan
Thanks for Jayesh, have now corrected.
Posted on 'Doughnut Design for Business Training #1 (6 Jul...'
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Erinch Sahan
Hi Ger and Claudine, thanks for your interest. We've corrected the link so it downloads as a pdf now. Hope this works...
Posted on 'Doughnut Design for Business - Core Tool'
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