The Foundation for Steward-Ownership, among other activities, works to improve the legal and political frameworks for companies to set up steward-ownership structures.
The team’s work is based on the insight that simple, effective and legally secure set-ups for steward-ownership are key to open up long-term entrepreneurial independence to every kind and size of companies. Such models are especially important for enabling intergenerational successions that do not depend on inheritance or on selling the company.
Understanding the entrepreneurial value of independent companies as well as the crucial role they play for a free and competitive market economy, the team politically advocates for the interests of steward-owned companies, promotes and initiates academic research (covering legal, economic, and governance aspects), facilitates networking among steward-owned businesses, and conducts public relations to raise awareness, focused on the German-speaking world as well as the European Union.