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Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Investing – Recap

Thanks to everyone who joined the last event – it was a packed house with great speakers, challenging questions, and frank discussion, which continued on afterwards during drinks at the lovely Bedales Wine Bar.

We covered a lot of ground. Although we are seeing signs of progress with more and more investors taking ESG factors into consideration, it’s clear that there remain many barriers and challenges to sustainable investing.

- Asset owners tend to have a longer-term time horizon and have been the primary drivers of sustainable investing; however smaller pension funds have limited negotiating power and end up being […]

By |January 24th, 2013|Finance & Investment, Marketing & Communication, Past Events|0 Comments
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Firms of The Future – A Business Inspired By Nature

Exclusive blog piece by Giles Hutchins:

Due to a ‘perfect storm’ of economic, social and environmental factors, our business landscape is becoming more and more volatile.

The pace of change, too, is increasing. To succeed in business we must be agile, creative, alert, spontaneous and responsive – often operating in completely new ways. Today’s rapidly changing business environment calls for businesses that thrive in rapidly changing environments: businesses more akin to living systems. These ‘Firms of the Future’ can learn and adapt; they aren’t structured and silo’ed, which stifles learning and agility. These firms are also bottom-up, decentralised, interdependent, multifunctional, emergent, […]

By |November 7th, 2012|Marketing & Communication, Upcoming Events|0 Comments
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October’s ‘Impact at Workshop’: Relevance, Communication & Impact

Thank you to all of the Net Impacters who participated in October’s Impact at Workshop. We couldn’t have managed without the insights from all of our attendees who tackled dynamic and challenging questions with creativity and inspiration. In the end, we may have come up with more questions than solutions!

Here are a few of the themes which emerged from the evening:

1) The importance (and difficulty) of integrating sustainability policy into business strategy. To maximise on the impact of a sustainability plan, partnerships, community engagement and environmental policy need to be RELEVANT to your business. From a consultancy or NGO perspective this means developing a thorough understanding […]

By |October 23rd, 2012|Marketing & Communication, Past Events, Strategy|0 Comments
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Sustainable Impact in the Workplace

Hello fellow Net Impacters.  In preparation for our workshop on October 10th, we have put together some questions which should get the creative juices flowing and give you a better understanding of what to expect from our event!  We are moving away from the talking head format in the hopes of generating some really productive conversation around how to make a sustainable impact in your business and career.  The night will be divided up into a three part discussion with a brief introduction for each topic provided by sustainability practitioners.  The interrelated topics we are covering are:

1) Identifying […]

By |October 3rd, 2012|Events, General, Marketing & Communication, Upcoming Events|0 Comments
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Mike Barry’s 8 Critical Skills For Success

In case you missed the Net Impact Sustainability Careers event last week, or weren’t quick enough to jot them down, here are the 8 skills that Mike Barry looks for when he hires:

1.  People skills: how will you win over sceptics and get them on board?

2.  Lead change: spell out where you’re going – what’s your vision and how will you get there?

3.  Huge personal integrity: be true to your values – lead by example!

4.  Business knowledge: know the business if you want to change it

5.  Build partnerships: who can say no to win-win opportunities?

6.  Innovative mind: think outside the box; […]

By |September 25th, 2012|Marketing & Communication, Personal & Professional Development|0 Comments
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5 Tips for landing a Sustainability Job…

As a recruitment consultant, specialising in Global Corporate Sustainability, Maggie Brown often gets asked by graduates and professionals alike to provide advice about how to break into the Sustainability space in London. With this in mind, here are 5 tips for landing a sustainability job.

1)    Define your goals.  What does your ideal role look like? What skill set do you possess that differentiates you from other candidates? Which skills would you like to use in your next role? Once you know what you want you can plan out how to get there.

2)    Map the market. Do some research, the […]

By |September 11th, 2012|Marketing & Communication, Personal & Professional Development, Upcoming Events|0 Comments
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A Walk to Remember!

Thanks to all those who joined us on our walk around Hackney on Saturday 21st July, where we took in the sights and sounds of urban food production at a number of different stops. With lovely weather and great crowd of people, the afternoon presented many interesting ideas and lots of food for thought!

Along the way our speakers Jessica McGhie, Jessica Freund, Maggie Brown and Venn Chesterton provided a great narrative for the walk with the attendees providing some interesting insights.

We began our walk with a picnic in Haggerston community orchard. A beautiful space regenerated by volunteers, there is […]

By |August 20th, 2012|Environment, Marketing & Communication|0 Comments
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