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Starbucks Community Impact – Members Only
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.
Beyond Spreadsheets: Dealing with the energy and sustainability data quagmire
When: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6-8 PM
Where: Bainbridge Graduate Institute, 2601 Fourth Avenue Suite #310, Seattle, WA 98121
Cost: $20
RSVP: Please reserve your spot. Space is limited.
Join our panel of expert practitioners from CH2M HILL, Good Company, NBIS and Expeditors as they share their experiences with sustainability data management and optimizing operations, highlighting their journeys to success and answering any questions you may have! This event was organized by Net Impact, Sustainable Seattle and BGI.
Creating Shared Value and Corporate Social Responsibility
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!
June Book Club Meeting
Book: Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
When: Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Cost: Free to Net Impact members; Limit of 8 attendees
RSVP: Email Jeremie
Location: Fremont. Address will be provided when you RSVP.
Details: Dinner will be potluck style, with a Mexican theme. Please bring a fitting appetizer/side/dessert dish, or drinks.
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book, Tim Jackson, a top sustainability adviser to the UK government, makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations.
No one denies that development is essential for poorer nations. But, in the advanced economies, there is mounting evidence that ever-increasing consumption adds little to human happiness and may even impede it. More urgently, it is now clear that the ecosystems that sustain our economies are collapsing under the impacts of rising consumption. Unless we can radically lower the environmental impact of economic activity – and there is no evidence to suggest that we can – we will have to devise a path to prosperity that does not rely on continued growth.
Member Profile: Lisa Anderson
1. What made you decide to join Net Impact? When did you become a member?
I joined Net Impact due to the group’s focus on timely and relevant issues on sustainability, ability to bring wonderful people together to discuss these issues, and create fun in everything along the way. I have been involved with the group for about a year and a half.
2. What book is currently on your bedside table?
Whatever the current Net Impact book club book is, of course!
3. What are your career goals? What you love most about your job?
My goal is to be an implementer and overseer of development projects related to micro-enterprise and public health in underserved rural communities in the world. In my current job, I love that I am learning all about project implementation and complexities related to operating in a donor-funded environment.
4. What is your favorite aspect of Net Impact’s mission - sustainability, corporate responsibility or social entrepreneurship?
Sustainability.
5. What is your favorite place or activity to do in Seattle?
I have never lived in a place with so much water, so I love to kayak, am learning sailing, and want to get out to the coast to surf. I love the Enchantments and Rainier, and ‘in’ Seattle Golden Gardens.
And, please join us in welcoming Lisa as our new member Book Club lead! Lisa will be leading the book club details going forward, helping to ensure a variety of books and locations, and supporting the members who host book club discussions. To learn more, check out our book clubs event page.