Our January 2012 social event was held at a nice old pub on Marylebone High Street where we focused on networking, discussion of hot topics in sustainability, and a sustainability focused pub quiz.  We were glad to see new faces at the event, and the usual mixture of interesting, passionate Net Impact attendees made this night [...]

Thank you all for attending NILP workshop “Creating effective business charity partnerships” led by Tom James from Three Hands, Nadia Al Yafai from White & Case and Laura Westwick, Bromley by Bow Centre. We hope that you found the workshop both informative and inspiring. The discussions on Wednesday last week highlighted some of the challenges people [...]

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is all pervading in our lives. It is the basis for modern day communication, yet consumes copious amounts of fossil fuel energy whilst on the other hand offering enormous potential to be used to encourage and facilitate sustainable development.

The current business model is no longer fit for purpose. What is the new model and what are the next steps to transition? Are you inspired by nature? How about business? So is The Firm of the Future. Transformational times call for transformational change. Today’s rapidly changing business environment calls for businesses to be responsive and resilient and cognisant of the ecosystem of Earth.

Net Impact London is hosting a panel discussion examining the role of law in establishing accountability for environmental damages globally. Our panel welcomes cutting-edge thinkers and doers in this field, who will present radical and ground-breaking principles for protecting our planet and share the implications of this for business now and in the future.

Net Impact London Professional is pleased to be hosting an evening to discuss how marketing can drive sustainable solutions through consumer behavioural change, innovation, and motivation.

The panel will be chaired by Joanna Daniels, Marketplace Director at Business in the Community. She will be joined by leaders in the field of sustainable marketing including James Wright, Managing Director of CSR, Sustainability, and Not-for-profit of Grayling, and Claire Cunningham, Media Relations Manager, of the Technology Strategy Board.

Panelists: Henning Drager, Head of Sustainability at ACCA and Mark Bromley, Head of Business Performance at EDF Energy

Net Impact London is launching its autumn calendar with an in depth look at a developing business trend that has experienced huge growth: reporting financial performance along with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data together in a single document. There are tremendous cost-saving and efficiency benefits to integrating separate data-gathering processes in this manner.

Net Impact is a proud marketing partner of Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly (GSBQ). Following the success of the inaugural event last month, the Guardian are pleased to announce that the second GSBQ, in association with the 2degrees network, is taking place on 14 September. Free for sustainability professionals, this evening event will give you the [...]

Prompted by a comment of James Cameron, that “every one in five pounds paid out as a dividend in 2009 came from BP” we checked the figures. It is indeed true. UK companies paid out £56.9bn to investors in 2009. BP and Shell paid a quarter of all UK dividends according to the Guardian newspaper. [...]

The 2010 EABIS Colloquium will explore how Corporate Responsibility is understood and applied in Emerging Market contexts and cultures – by old and new multinationals – and if it is viable as a framework for tackling critical challenges ahead. The Colloquium takes place on 20-21 September 2010 hosted by St. Petersburg State University GSOM. EABIS [...]

Sir Crispin Tickell 6th May 2010, 18:15-19:45, Cranfield Management Research Institute, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford.   “Development: what should it mean?” Sir Crispin Tickell has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He was Chef de Cabine to the President of the European Commission (1977-1980), British Ambassador to Mexico (1981-1983), Permanent Secretary of the Overseas Development Administration(now Department [...]

Our planet is not growing to take into account population and economic growth. The resources that the world contains are not increasing to satisfy our continual desire for expansion. It appears that our economic system is in conflict with our environmental system.