CSR

Net Impact has partnered with the Pepsi Refresh Project to find mentors from the Net Impact network to help grant recipients maximize their impact. This is a great opportunity to use your business skills to help individuals, nonprofits, and businesses this summer.

Please join us on Thursday, May 27th for the next Dinner Discussion series with Peter Goldmark, Director of Climate and Air program for the Environmental Defense Fund.

Net Impact NYC invites you to attend the Green Innovation in Business Network’s Solutions Lab on May 21, 2010 at Bloomberg in New York City. The Solutions Lab, presented by the Environmental Defense Fund’s Innovation Exchange and Ashoka, provides an unparalleled opportunity to learn from and with your colleagues about how to advance environmentally sound practices in your business while saving money and increasing profits.

Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York is offering Net Impact NYC members a discount to attend their CSR Forum III. “Discover what deeply experienced senior leaders have learned about how to engage consumers, strengthen brands, protect business reputations, and get results during these tough times.”

On April 19, join MENG and several Net Impact chapters for “Where Sustainability Metrics Meet Marketing:  Leveraging Sustainability for Enhanced Brand and Business Growth.” This seminar discusses some of the skills and credentials that marketers need to powerfully lead the sustainability conversation within their organizations. Where Sustainability Metrics Meet Marketing shows how sustainability metrics are being leveraged for setting new standards, generating new business opportunities and strengthening brand across multiple stakeholders. We will cover the more »

BCLC’s Global Corporate Citizenship program is hosting a Forum on Investing in the MDGs at the UN headquarters in New York on April 7-8, 2010. The Forum will provide an update on the status of the MDGs and discuss how the business community might be able to advance them more rapidly.

BCLC’s vision is for the positive role of business in society to be understood and advanced.

Our mission is to promote better business and society relations and improve long-term social and economic conditions by:

Communicating the U.S. private sector’s unique and valuable contributions
Cultivating strategies and practices that achieve positive results
Coordinating public-private partnerships and coalitions

Join us on Thursday, March 11 for a speed networking happy hour event! You will have the opportunity to expand your network by connecting with other professionals in CSR, sustainability, social entrepreneurship, international development and non-profit management.

March 11, 7-9 PM Location TBD For more info, contact nyc@netimpact.org Mark your calendars.  We’re joining other Net Impact chapters globally to host speed networking events throughout March.

February 26, 8 AM Ground Support, 399 West Broadway (near Spring Street) RSVP to nyc@netimpact.org Net Impact develops and supports a community of social intrapreneurs through the Impact at Work program.  If you’ve ever attended one of the Impact at Work conference calls or have simply wondered about how you can make a positive difference in the workplace, then join us for coffee and conversation. In this first gathering of minds, we’ll discuss how to more »

What is Service Corps? Service Corps projects are short term pro bono consulting projects staffed by teams of Net Impact members. The projects utilize members’ professional skills to provide high impact volunteer engagements with NYC nonprofits. Why participate? Good for you, good for the community: Gain tangible nonprofit management and consulting experience Put Net Impact ideals into action Work with experienced professionals Develop strong ties to your New York community Applications are due Friday, February more »