The Good Business Forum 

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The Good Business Forum 

January 24 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Exploring issues facing businesses

Profit with purpose, Environmental & Social Governance (ESG), Social Value, CSR. From climate change to attracting and retaining a new more socially minded generation of employees – recent events have brought exploring and articulating businesses’ wider role in society up many board and exec agendas.

This quarterly forum for GBCC members explores how businesses are tackling this subject and why: the tangible business benefits to doing so. Each event sees a panel of; a business case study, a professional advisor and a representative from the public or third sector sharing their insights and perspectives before a series of roundtable discussions.

Attend for: 

  • Insight into approaches to ESG, CSR and Social value
  • Opportunities to learn from and share with your peers
  • Broaden your network of likeminded businesses
  • Practical tips that you can apply in your organisation

Aimed at: 

  • Board members, leaders and managers looking to learn about and/or share their insights on this agenda
  • Individuals interested in informing their organisation’s approach to this agenda

Feedback from our 2023 series showed 89% of delegates learned something new at a Good Business Forum that they could directly apply in their organisation or role and 100% made new contacts.

Guest Speakers:

Joshua Meek, Head of Sustainability, Unity Trust Bank

Josh is Head of Impact & Sustainability at Unity Trust Bank. With over 10 years of impact and development experience, he has worked in both the UK and east Africa across a wide range of sectors, working directly with businesses to access finance, achieve their goals, build resilience to climate change and ultimately deliver positive impact in their communities.

Laura Ayre, Commercial Partner, Pinsent Masons
Shah Begum, Outreach and Impacts Manager, United by 2022 Legacy Charity

Details

Date:
January 24
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com/event-calendar/the-good-business-forum.html