Net Impact Seattle :: Professional Chapter

When: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 7:00-9:00pm
Where: The Pike Brewing Company, 1415 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Cost: Free
RSVP: Reserve your spot on our Facebook event page here. Open to members and non-members.
Parking: Parking is available at the Chase Center Garage at 1st and Union. For attendees dining at Pike Brewing Co., parking will be validated after 5pm making the ticket $5.

Join us for a networking happy hour event to welcome summer interns and new graduates in the Seattle area. The Pike Brewing Company features local, sustainable and seasonal pub fare. Handcrafted ales are made in the brew house from quality ingredients, including organic malts. This is an opportunity to engage with others who are passionate about corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship.

Managing and Integrating Sustainability Metrics
When: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 6:00-8:00PM
Where: Lutron Downtown Showroom:  720 Olive Way Seattle
Cost: $25.00 non-members; $17.00 NBIS Members
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Presenting Speakers:
Stephanie Ausen, CSR Manager at PMI
Alex Michalko,  CSR Analyst at REI
David Kemp, Sustainability Analyst at Brooks Sports

NBIS is excited to feature these speakers and the outstanding work they are doing in establishing and using sustainability metrics to support their companies’ commitments to customers, communities and stakeholders.

Each panelist will present the approach their company is taking to measuring, managing and reporting sustainability metrics and discuss some of the challenges, outcomes and benefits of integrating sustainability metrics management into company operations.

When: Friday, May 4, 2012, 12–1:30 PM
Where: Starbucks Headquarters 2401 Utah Ave South, Seattle, WA
Cost: $10 for dues paying Net Impact members
RSVP: Please reserve your spot. Space is limited.

Learn about the role of Starbucks in the community from Cecilia Carter, VP of Global Diversity, Community and Government Affairs for Starbucks.  Then enjoy an intimate lunch with Cecelia and Ben Packard, VP of Global Responsibility for Starbucks.

When: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 6:45 – 8:30 PM
Where: The Grand Illusion Theater in the U District, 1403 NE 50th St., Seattle, WA 98105
Cost: $5 for paid Net Impact members, $10 for everyone else
RSVP: Please reserve your spot here. 

Join us to hear a discussion on Creating Shared Value (CSV) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Fay Hanleybrown, Managing Director of FSG and Henk Campher, Senior Vice President, CSR & Sustainability at Edelman.

FSG states that creating shared value involves value creation for business that simultaneously yields more profit and greater social impact – resulting in powerful transformations and opportunities for growth and innovation in both business and society. Some say that it’s the new Corporate Social Responsibility. However, Henk Campher says, “CSV isn’t the new CSR. It is a way of practicing CSR. I would even go so far as to say that it is the ideal way of practicing CSR finding the shared value with society (or specific stakeholder groups). But it isn’t something different from CSR.” Come discuss with us!

Check out this motion graphic video prior to the event!

Thank you to everyone who made the Speed Networking event a success!  It was wonderful to meet so many of our members (and future members)!  We look forward to continuing this annual tradition.  And, congratulations to our raffle winner – Mary Jo!

Join FSG Fay Hanleybrown in a Corporate Shared Value discussion in May. Details will be forthcoming.