Become a B Corp Online Workshop - June 2021
Event description
Two live interactive workshops to get your business moving on the pathway to becoming a Certified B Corporation (B Corp). This workshop is an important step to take towards your business reaching the highest standards of social and environmental performance, and joining a 3000+ strong global business community.
Format:
Attend a two hour live interactive workshop followed by a two hour live Q&A session two weeks later.
- First session: two hour workshop on 1 June 2021, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST (Melbourne/Sydney time)
- Second session: two hour Q&A session 15 June 2021, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST (Melbourne/Sydney time)
If you are in a different timezone, use this website https://timeanddate.com to convert to local time.
Before the session: please ensure you've completed this free online B Corp short course to learn about the B Corp movement and the process as this background content will not be covered in the session.
Who should attend?
- People that want to improve the social and environmental performance of their business and become Certified B Corporations
- Typically founders and leaders of smaller companies; sustainability managers and communications managers in larger companies
- Make sure you have a B Impact Assessment account and have attempted at least 1 section in the B Impact Assessment (we recommend starting with the Workers or Community sections)
Learning outcomes
- Map your journey to becoming a B Corp
- Navigate the B Impact Assessment (BIA) tool
- Gain a baseline assessment of your business’ impact using the BIA tool
- Set goals and track improvements to your business’ impact and resilience using the BIA and SDG Action Manager
- Opportunity to have questions related to your business answered by experts
When?
1 June 2021 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (AEST) and 15 June 2021 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (AEST) (please check your timezone)
*Please note when you register, the first workshop date of the two in the series will appear. You will be automatically registered for both workshops.
Your facilitators:
Jenni Walke is a proud Bundjalung woman from Northern NSW, coach, mentor, entrepreneur, and author. Jenni is the founder of Elephant in the Room Consulting, a Supply Nation Certified business. An accomplished MC and speaker, Jenni has delivered keynote presentations throughout the Asia Pacific, is a mentor for the Queensland Government Mentoring4Growth and Mentoring4ACE programs, IBA Strong Women Strong Business Mentor program.
Lauren Diggle is an Evaluation Analyst with B Lab. In the past 3 years, Lauren has supported hundreds of companies on their B Corp journey. Lauren holds a Master of Environment from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts (International) with a Diploma of Languages (Spanish, French) from RMIT University.