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October Social Enterprise Event Recap

Thank you all for attending our Social Enterprise event in October! Below is a summary of the main highlights and topics discussed at each table.

Recruitment – Tom Rippin

  • The need for  talent management
  • How and where social enterprises can find talent
  • What On Purpose (and others) often look for in applicants
  • How to reward and motivate staff through financial and non-financial means.

Tom Rippin is the founder of On Purpose –  a 1 year, full-time leadership programme for professionals who want to kick-start a career in social enterprise.  Contact details:  contact@onpurpose.uk.com

Marketing – Servane Mouazan and Kate Swade  

  • Articulate your “WHY” into your marketing […]
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UPEACE Certificate in Sustainable Business

If you are interested in participating in this course please e-mail: hello@idealmedia.org.uk

Sustainable Business: Leading the Change

Sustainable business in 2010 means working with the bigger picture and aligning business goals with social and environmental objectives.

The UN mandated UPEACE Centre for Executive Education is visiting London to deliver a workshop on corporate responsibility (CR). The course will give professionals working in sustainability or CR practical knowledge that can be used for planning and implementing strategy as well as introducing other departments and stakeholders to sustainability issues. The course will be valuable for professionals at, or wishing to work at; blue […]

By |October 7th, 2010|Entrepreneurship, Finance & Investment, Personal & Professional Development, Upcoming Events|0 Comments
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    March 9th: “Getting to Plan B – Low Carbon Entrepreneurs”

March 9th: “Getting to Plan B – Low Carbon Entrepreneurs”

Also, the launch of the Net Impact London Professional partnership with The Hub.

Top entrepreneurship author and professor, John Mullins, presents his book Getting to Plan B with two leading low carbon entrepreneurs.  Mark Chadwick of Carbon Clear and Sue Igoe of RecycleBank.

For more details and sign-up links, please see http://lowcarbonplan.eventbrite.com

By |February 4th, 2010|Entrepreneurship, Past Events|0 Comments
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    February 4th: Retail – Meeting the Sustainability Challenge

February 4th: Retail – Meeting the Sustainability Challenge

Net Impact London Professional is pleased to wish everyone a happy New Year and to announce an exciting event in February 2010: Retail – Meeting the Sustainability Challenge. The event will take place at the PwC offices with registration at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start to the panel session.

The evening will take the form of an interactive panel session chaired by Mark Hudson, UK Retail & Consumer Sector Leader, PwC with expert panel input from:

  • Richard Ellis, Group Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Alliance Boots
  • Adrian Greet, Global Sustainability Programme Director, Mars
  • Paul Kelly, Corporate Affairs Director, ASDA

We can look forward […]

By |January 23rd, 2010|Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Past Events|0 Comments
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    The Future of Sustainable Business – Implementing a low carbon vision through entrepreneurship and corporate leadership

The Future of Sustainable Business – Implementing a low carbon vision through entrepreneurship and corporate leadership

The London Net Impact Professional Chapter is pleased to invite you to the latest event in our business speaker series.

Guy Battle is an entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in the sustainable construction industry. In 2006 Guy founded dcarbon8, a carbon and sustainability consultancy, whose major clients include Sainsbury’s, ProLogis, Land Securities, and Masdar City. At the same time, Guy also established Planet Positive, an organization and environmental mark whose mission is to take positive action on climate change by providing a clear and accessible route for individuals and businesses to cut emissions.

Guy will be talking alongside David Penfold, […]

By |May 21st, 2009|Entrepreneurship, Past Events, Strategy|Comments Off
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Sustainability and ‘real’ jobs: How senior managers in traditional roles can make sustainability impacts.

Many people agree that the way forward for sustainability in businesses is not by creating bigger sustainability or CSR teams, but by empowering and enabling staff in all roles throughout the business to meet sustainability goals as core business goals. But how feasible is this? When there are so many core business goals to pursue, are senior managers finding it possible to strive for sustainability as well?

Join us for a panel discussion exploring these issues.

David and Charles are both committed to sustainability, and partake in initiatives within their business to drive sustainability. Come hear how they do it, why […]

By |February 8th, 2009|Entrepreneurship, Past Events, Strategy|Comments Off
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Jonny Goldstone – CEO, greentomatocars

If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP here

Jonny Goldstone had a passion to set up a business with a minimal impact on the environment, and two and a half years ago he did just that. greentomatocars launched in March 2006 as London’s first environmentally friendly car service.

Now boasting a fleet of 80 hybrid vehicles, greentomato services both business and personal clients in the South East, and with over 40,000 private hire cars in […]

By |August 22nd, 2008|Entrepreneurship, Past Events|0 Comments
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