In 2006, UK bought over £250bn of retail goods – drawn from a global network of farms and factories. Years of consumer ethical demand has begun to focus the big brand retail companies on whether suppliers meet social standards of production. Lara Ladipo is Tesco Group Ethical Trading Manager, responsible for the delivery of their [...]

Daniela Barone Soares is Chief Executive of the Impetus Trust. Impetus is a venture philanthropy organisation targeting strategic finance and expertise at charities to enable them to achieve a high social return on investment. Impetus has raised £3.5m in its first fund.

Dr. Katy Emck is executive director of Fine Cell Work, a social enterprise which trains prison inmates to do high quality tapestry and quilting and sells their work. It currently employs 300 prison inmates to hand-embroider cushions, rugs and quilts and has sold their work on three continents, receiving widespread publicity for their beauty and [...]

Shaun McCarthy is a leading advocate of sustainable procurement. In addition to being the Director of Action Sustainability, he chairs theStrategic Supply Chain Group, is a commissioner on the London Sustainable Development Commission, and chairs the London 2012 Sub-Group, the watchdog organisation for a sustainable Olympic project in London. Shaun’s last “day job” was for [...]

The latest in our series of monthly events, where people who are using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental and economic impact talk about their personal and professional journey. Matt Scott has worked as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Co, in a variety of roles in AEA Technology, a [...]

Francis Sullivan is climate change advisor to the board of HSBC. He has a BA (Hons) in Agriculture and Forest Sciences and an MSc in Forestry from Oxford University. He joined WWF-UK in 1987. During the early 1990s Francis worked on forest policy for WWF-UK. In 1995 he joined WWF International to direct the Forests [...]

Net Impact London encourages members and supporters to attend the 18.40 showing of Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ at the Curzon Soho Cinema, 99 Shaftsbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY. After the film showing, we have reserved the Curzon’s mezzazine bar for a free discussion, where the focus is on action we can take, as individuals [...]

An event in partnership with the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of London David Blood will talk about how the interests of shareholders, over time, will be best served by companies that maximize their financial performance by strategically managing their economic, social, environmental and ethical performance. A cocktail reception will follow.

In June, Net Impact Chapters around the world are hosting happy hours in their cities, and Net Impact London will take part in this global effort. This event will bring together like-minded individuals working across various sectors in London for informal discussion and drinks. An invitation is also extended to London-based student chapters, and this [...]

Brooks is currently global business development manager for BP Solar with responsibilities for M&A and commercial negotiations to deliver step changes in scale and profitability. Previously, Brooks was executive assistant to JB Renard, the BP Group Vice President who managed 10 businesses in BP’s Business Marketing and New Market Groups. Brooks has also worked with [...]