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SUMMARY:Championing Responsible Business across Scotland
DESCRIPTION:Network and connect with fellow senior leaders\, share insights\, and amplify our collective influence to create a greater impact together.\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \nAudience\nThis event is open to only members of Business in the Community (BITC) and is tailored for C-suite/Senior leaders. \n\n\nBackground\nBusiness in the Community and the Scotland Leadership Board are delighted to invite you to join our second member-only event for senior leaders across Scotland.   \nThe aim of the day is to bring you together to build on the work and events that we will have collaborated on this year and discuss how we can continue to champion Responsible Business across Scotland.   \n\n\nEvent Highlights:\n\nPromote social mobility\, learn how by investing in your workforce and communities can drive positive change.\nMeaningful connections in Places and learn how BITC is bridging businesses\, communities\, and local councils to reset social impact ambitions and how your organisation can benefit from getting involved.\nPrioritise people to help employers transform wellbeing in the workplace and enable people to thrive.\n\nWhy Attend:\nWe are delighted that Scotland’s Deputy First Minister\, Kate Forbes MSP will be a speaker and other names will be announced soon. \n\nTo network and connect with fellow senior leaders\, share insights\, and amplify our collective influence to create a greater impact together.\nTake part in discussions facilitated by BITC Scotland Leadership Board members.\nLearn from success stories and achievements highlighting our collective impact.\nSeize opportunities for collaboration to drive responsible business practices.\n\n\n\nRefreshments\nRefreshements and a light lunch will be served. \n\n\nGuest Speaker\n\nScotland’s Deputy First Minister\, Kate Forbes MSP.\n\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact at Florence Hughes\, Events Manager at BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/championing-responsible-business-across-scotland-2/
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth House\, 1 Sibbald Walk\, Edinburgh\, EH8 8FT
CATEGORIES:Responsible Business and Strategy
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SUMMARY:CEO Leadership Forum Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:This event provides the opportunity to share your experiences\, successes and ideas regarding the key challenges facing the world and society. \n\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \n\n\n\nAudience\n\n\n\nThis event is by invitation only and for CEOs. \n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nAs part of Business in the Community’s work in supporting businesses to drive transformation at pace and scale in our communities\, we are holding a series of CEO Leadership Forum Breakfast events. \n\n\n\nAbout the event\n\n\n\nThese informal\, private discussions over breakfast will form a key part of the national conversation initiated by BITC’s Lifting up the UK: State of the Nation 2024 report\, which detailed the thoughts of the leaders of some of the UK’s largest businesses on what has been done and what is still needed to change the world around us. As such\, they provide CEOs with the opportunity to share their experiences\, successes and ideas regarding key challenges in the world and society today\, as well as the action that can collectively be taken to make a positive difference and change the world around us. \n\n\n\nIf you are unable to join this date we are also holding more breakfasts in the coming months\, to join another date instead\, click here. \n\n\n\nTo join us at a CEO Leadership Forum Dinner instead\, click here. \n\n\n\nRefreshments\n\n\n\nBreakfast will be served. \n\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\n\n\n\nContact Fiona Macleod\, Head of Events at BITC for any further questions.\n\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\n\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/ceo-leadership-forum-breakfasts/2024-11-06/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Responsible Business and Strategy
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Develop a Responsible Business Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the essential steps to embedding responsibility at the core of your business strategy.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nBusiness in the Community (BITC) members who have advisory in their membership package. Our Peer Learning Forums (PLF) are now open to all members who have advisory in their membership package – hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \n\n\nAbout the event\nMany businesses struggle to prioritise responsibility in the face of competing demands\, fast-changing markets and short-term financial pressures. Building a responsible core strategy is not just a moral imperative\, it’s a key driver of sustainable growth\, reduced risks\, and long-term success. \nJoin us for a dynamic Peer Learning Forum where we explore the essential steps to embedding responsibility at the core of your business strategy. We will uncover ‘why’ responsible strategy is crucial to your business\, ‘what’ it should include\, and ‘how’ to effectively implement it. By attending\, you’ll gain insights on how to ensure responsibility is embedded into your business priorities\, leading to sustainable growth\, reduced risk\, and enhanced impact. \nDuring this Peer Learning Forum\, you’ll have the opportunity to join breakout sessions\, each focusing on a key aspect of responsible business strategy—‘Why’\, ‘What’\, or ‘How’. These sessions will be peer discussions\, providing a space to learn from each other’s experiences\, share insights\, and explore best practices together. You will select your breakout group when you register. \n‘Why’ Breakout Group\nExplore the importance of embedding purpose and stakeholder collaboration in your business strategy. This group will discuss the role of materiality assessments and why they are essential for developing a strategy that prioritises long-term responsibility and for reporting requirements. \n‘What’ Breakout Group\nDive into the core elements of a responsible strategy. This group covers the alignment between business and strategic objectives\, identifying key material issues\, and understanding the positive and negative impacts of your strategic priorities on these issues. \n‘How’ Breakout Group\nLearn practical steps for implementing a responsible business strategy. This group will discuss governance\, strategic planning across departments\, developing action plans for material issues\, and evaluating and transparency of the effectiveness of your strategy. \nGuest Speakers\n– Rachel Feilden\, Senior Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion Adviser\, Stone King LLP \nRachel has recently completed BITC’s responsible business management training and is now working with our Strategy & Purpose advisory team to consider how to embed responsible business across Stone King’s strategic approach. She will be sharing some thoughts on her approach to get the conversation started. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n– Contact Jessica Hart\, Event Coordinator\, BITC for any further questions. \n– Full joining instructions will be sent before the event. \nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-develop-a-responsible-business-strategy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Responsible Business and Strategy
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: COP29 Outcomes - Impact and Insights
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the outcomes from COP29 and how this effects business going forward.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nOur Peer Learning Forums (PLF) are now open to all Business in the Community (BITC) members who have advisory in their membership package – hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \n\n\nAbout the event\nCOP29\, hosted by Azerbaijan from November 11–22 emphasises critical climate finance and emissions targets. The conference’s main goals are threefold: \n– limiting global warming to below 1.5°C \n– boosting international climate action and ambition \n– fostering inclusivity\, especially for vulnerable populations affected by climate change \nThe need for a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance is central\, with aims to expand funding commitments beyond the current $100 billion annual floor to better address the needs of developing countries. \nHigh-profile events on climate finance and investment (November 14) and a global summit on methane reduction and energy storage as well as gender equality\, biodiversity\, indigenous rights\, and urban climate resilience will all point towards further accelerated climate action. \nBut what will the implications of these high-level policy negotiations mean for responsible business? Join us as we run through the outcomes of the event and what they will mean for our members. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n– Contact Annette Ettarh\, Event Manager\, BITC for any further questions. \n– Full joining instructions will be sent before the event. \nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-cop29-outcomes-impact-and-insights/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Opening Doors Forum: Careers Education
DESCRIPTION:Join other Opening Doors signatories to share challenges\, learnings\, experience and best practice on opening doors to diverse talent.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nOpen to both members and non-members of Business in the Community (BITC). This event would be of interest to employers seeking to improve their outreach and careers education support to young people and has been designed for Opening Doors employers. \n\n\nBackground\nEmployer standards in careers education are crucial in bridging the gap between academic preparation and industry expectations. Encounters with the world of work have been found to boost future employment outcomes for young people. With nearly 900\,000 young people becoming NEET (Not in Education\, Employment or Training)*\, quality employer interventions in careers education have never been more needed to support young people in their next step. \n\n\nAbout the event\nJoin the next Opening Doors webinar\, which will focus on how employers can improve their approach to opening doors to young people through quality careers education. Following the publication of the Careers & Enterprise Company’s insights report on their Employer Standards Tool\, you will be hear from employers who are developing their approach in working with schools and young people: \n\nKey insights on the careers education landscape.\nLearn from leading businesses on how they are supporting young people.\nExchange ideas with your peers on how to remove barriers young people experience in recruitment.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\nHollie Crompton\, Social Mobility Lead from PwC \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact the Events Team with any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community \n\n\nReferences\n\nONS\, Young people not in education\, employment or training (NEET)\, UK: May 2024
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/opening-doors-forum-careers-education/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills
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SUMMARY:Workwell Self-Assessment Tool: Celebrating One Year of Impact
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) launch\, and discover how it can support your wellbeing practices.\n\n\nThis is an in-person event \nAudience\nThis event is open to Business in the Community (BITC) members and non-members. It is aimed at business leaders\, wellbeing advocates\, and individuals interested in the SAT and Workwell Commitment. \n\n\nBackground\nThis event marks the one-year anniversary of the SAT from BITC. It aims to demonstrate the SAT’s usefulness in promoting wellbeing initiatives and the benefits of reuse for businesses.  \n\n\nAbout the event\nJoin us in celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) launch\, a milestone in promoting business wellbeing and sustainability.   \nThis event will feature talks from industry leaders and a panel discussion on the future of workforce wellbeing in the UK.   \nYou will have the opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals\, discover practical solutions to wellbeing challenges\, and enhance your organisation’s responsible business practices with our leadership and advisory services.  \nWhat you will learn\n– How the SAT has improved business wellbeing and its measurable impact.  \n– The advantages of its reuse to enhance sustainability in your business.  \n– How BITC’s leadership and advisory services can support and guide your organisation’s wellbeing initiatives.  \n– Insights into future trends around workforce wellbeing in the UK. \n– How to sign up to the Workwell Commitment.  \nGuest Speakers\n– Barbara Jefferey\, Partner\, McKinsey \n– Wolfgang Seidl\, Partner and Workplace Health Consulting Leader\, Mercer Mash \n– William Shaw\, Corporate Director\, Bupa  \n– Chris Tomkins\, Head of Organisational Health & Wellbeing\, Square Health \n– Louise Blanchett\, Wellbeing Manager UK & Europe\, Mott Mcdonald \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n– Contact Annette Ettarh\, Events Manager at BITC for any further questions. \n– Full joining instructions will be sent before the event. \nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/workwell-self-assessment-tool-celebrating-one-year-of-impact/
LOCATION:Mckinsey & Company\, The Post Building\, 100 Museum St\, London WC1A 1PB
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