Many of you have probably seen the adorable John Lewis commercial of a young boy who is impatient for Christmas morning. He waits and he waits and then on the big day (spoiler alert) he rushes past his gifts and takes a present to his parents. This is really what he has been waiting for [...]

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 [...]

The UK Government has just increased its carbon reduction goal from 34 per cent by 2020 to 50 per cent by 2025. The announcement makes the UK the first country in the world to have declared a ‘legally binding’ target on greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020. Just last year though, Cambridge Econometrics predicted that the [...]

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 Connect aims to create fun, interactive and entertaining evenings around sustainability. The night’s activities include London’s 1st Green pub quiz, organic nibbles, music, a climate change comedy skit, and other games and entertainment. Let your hair down and come along to Eat, Learn, Play and Connect!

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 [...]

Submit your candidacy by June 10th to be a part of the Leadership Committee.

The Leadership Committee is a great opportunity to cultivate and demonstrate your leadership and expand and deepen your network.

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. [...]

Earlier this week Renault were exposed by the Advertising Standards Authority for proudly advertising in the UK press a 90% reduction in carbon impact of the Renault Fluence, an electric powered vehicle due to launch in 2012. The company based the calculation on an assumption that the car is drawing its energy from the French [...]

We have posted some video clips from the Green Leaders event. Scott McGregor of Camco discusses progress to systematise sustainability/emissions management in business in the UK and the US. You can view Jeremy’s comments on Peak Oil and the process of “re-engineering capitalism” which is needed to avoid severe global macroeconomic impacts.

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.

Adair Turner, the chair of the UK’s Financial Services Authority, memorably expressed the belief that “market economies will not of themselves combine [enterprise] with environmental sustainability or with a reasonably just and good society.” Dramatically he declared that “capitalism needs to be saved from itself.”