Guest speaker: John Elkington

John is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement. He has worked as a strategic advisor to businesses across the globe for 50 years, has co-founded four businesses since 1978, and serves as Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans.  

He has served on over 80 boards and advisory boards—and currently chairs an Advisory Council on Sustainability and New Markets for Neste (Finland) and an Impact Valuation Advisory Council for Novartis (Switzerland). 

 John has addressed over 1,500 conferences around the world and was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He is the author or co-author of 20 books including the million selling Green Consumer Guide. His most recent book—Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism—was published in April 2020 by Fast Company Press and has reinforced his reputation as ‘The Godfather of Sustainability’. 

 He has helped inspire and incubate movements including the B Team, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Global Reporting Initiative, and B Lab UK. In 2009, he was named 4th in an international survey of the top 100 CSR leaders, after Al Gore, Barack Obama and Anita Roddick.  

 In 1994, John coined the phrase; ‘Triple Bottom Line,’ and in 1995 the popularisation ‘People, Planet and Profit’ (variously known as the 3Ps, TBL or 3BL). Among other things, the framework now provides the intellectual DNA for over 7,000 B Corporations worldwide. In September 2021, John received the World Sustainability Award. 

Guest speaker: Luke Ashman, Founder, Not Impossible

Luke is the founder of Not Impossible – an online marketplace helping 16-25-year-olds find work that matters to them, by turning work experience into something busy employers want to host.

Previously Finance Director at Bristol B Corp Pukka Herbs, growing the business to €100m+, 10+ years at PwC in their Deals team and a former teacher through Teach First. Luke is passionate about business being a force for good, especially around accelerating social mobility and educational disadvantage.  

Guest speaker: Rob McKay, Managing Director of Sherrington Associates

 B Corp certified and award-winning executive search and leadership development specialists. Sherrington Associates transform corporate cultures by diagnosing and developing culture programmes, then coaching and recruiting senior leaders aligned with their clients’ values and purpose.

Rob will also tell us about Sherrington’s ‘4A Model of Sustainable Leadership’; a ground-breaking, evidence-based, consensus model of sustainable leadership.

Guest speaker: Anna Rose Bowler, Marketing & Communications Lead, A Good Thing.

Anna joined the A Good Thing team in April 2022 as a Marketing and Communications specialist. 

When she first heard about A Good Thing, she knew she wanted to be part of the team. Anna has experience working with a range of third-sector organisations and has sat on two boards of trustees. She is passionate about supporting charities to receive gifts of tangible items alongside grants, monetary donations and regular income generation.

Being a geographer at heart, she is keen to ensure that we preserve the future of our planet. She believes stopping items from going to landfills is a small step that every business can take to play a part; sharing is caring!

We train the trainers to support businesses to improve their impact on people and the planet.

Learn more about Leadership for Good here.

Unlearning: Courageous Leadership for a Better Future

Delve into a dynamic lineup of speakers and embrace the journey of reimagining business and society.

Engage in interactive breakout sessions, and dive into crucial topics like future-proofing business, climate justice, and impact-driven entrepreneurship.

We are so excited to welcome 3 of our very own members to speak this month. Our Co-CEO Donna, will be chatting to Zoe, Molly and Rachel who are going to tell us a little bit about their B Corp journey and what business as a force for good, means to them. 

No doubt this session will ignite some seriously interesting conversations, and act as an invaluable source of knowledge sharing for our community. Get your questions for Donna and the panel ready!

We will be joined by Abel & Cole, a certified B Corp on a mission to simplify sustainable shopping, prioritising both the planet and people. They source organic, sustainable food while minimising packaging, making it easy for consumers to choose a greener weekly shop.

We will also be welcoming the wonderful ‘Incredible Edible’ as our December community speaker, to help us better understand the ground-level challenges of food insecurity in our local communities.

We'd love for you to join us! Become a Member of UK for Good here.

Our next members forum is on the 2nd November at 10am. We'll be joined by Vanessa Barker, Founder & CEO, Papillon Bleu, alongside Paola Masperi, CEO & Founder, The Mayamiko Trust & Mayamiko The Label.

We'd love for you to join us!

Why not check out this month's recommended watch ahead of the forum? 

We're encouraging our members to watch 'The True Cost', a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet. 

You can watch the trailer here, or full film for free here.