The Buzz about B-Corps: Make an Impact with your Startup!
Event Information
Description
This Lunch and Learn is designed to help entrepreners and business leaders to measure their impact. You'll gain a deeper understanding on how to improve upon business practices in areas related to:
- Governance
- Employee engagement
- Social responsibility
- Environmental footprint
We'll explore why it's important to benchmark your impact, but beyond that - how you can make improvements in social and environmental impact that drive your business to be best for the world, not just best in the world. Participants can access the B Corp Impact Assessment tool, a free, confidential digital platform designed to help track and improve upon best practices in impact.
Wondering if this workshop is for you? You are likely:
- A business owner or employee
- Curious about becoming B Corp Certified or looking to complete an Impact "Health Check" for your business
- Looking to hear about best practices in Impact management and improvement.
The B Corp Impact Assessment is a rigorous assessment tool used to evaluated company practices across five pillars: governance, community, environment, workers and customers. In order to certify as a B Corp, companies must attain 80 points out of a possible 200 on the assessment. During our session, we will take a look at the Quick Impact Assessment, a 20-minute condensed version of the assessment that will give you a taste of what's being measured and what you can expect.
Agenda:
- 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch & Networking - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Keynote speaker - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Coffee & Networking
Speaker:
Kasha Huk, Senior Associate (B Lab Canada)
About:
Kasha joined B Lab in 2017 after spending the previous 2.5 years with a B Corp in Toronto, and is working to build the B Corp movement across Canada. Her background includes strategic development and project management experience in Canada and overseas, and working with multi-stakeholder groups to enact social change and build stronger communities.