Impact Investment and Environmental Innovation

Businesses are increasingly stepping up their sustainability efforts, facing ever more scrutiny and pressure to do the right thing.

At the same time world leaders are scrambling to close an elusive global climate deal.

Is it enough to achieve the desired impact, are we working with the right tools and models? Time is short and we don't have the luxury of a second chance.

Without a doubt positive impact must go beyond providing jobs and useful products and services, irrespective if you are a business, governmental entity or other type of organization. It's time to renew the social contract to address global challenges like climate change and an eroding natural capital base.

We need new strategies and frameworks to successfully deal with risks today that have far reaching consequences tomorrow. Future winners and leaders will be set apart by their ability to achieve congruence between core organizational purpose, profit and positive societal impact, realizing that they should mutually reinforce each other.

Impact Hub Westminster and CongressEA invites you to an inspiring breakfast seminar on Impact Investing.

Alex Soskin, Managing Director of Impact Hub Westminster will set the scene, with examples of successful environmental innovation happening from within our network.

How do you future proof investments within areas like supply chains, infrastructure and social services and how can impact entrepreneurs be a vital part of that process?

Richard Lindberg - serial entrepreneur from Sweden and founder and Director of CongressEA will give a keynote on how the rapidly growing phenomenon of Impact Investing can be applied in the context of larger organizations.

CongressEA is an impact investment strategy agency specialized in developing and catalyzing pioneering cross stakeholder projects serving people, planet and profit.

Richard was Co-founder of ICT company Conveneer and made a multimillion pound exit in 2009. For the last 5 years he has worked with sustainability and impact investing. Richard also lectures on entrepreneurship around the world.

Programme

8am Alex Soskin, Impact Hub Westminster - A New Generation of Environmental Innovation

• How organisations can speed up innovation
• How to work with the most innovative entrepreneurs
• The benefits of engaging multiple stakeholder groups

8.30am Richard Lindberg from CongressEA - Impact Investing as an Organizational Compass

• Introduction to the Impact Investing sector
• Why and how to utilize it in an organizational context
• Real world examples and success factors

9am Facilitated roundtable around Corporate Social Innovation and Impact Investment

Registration will open at 7.45am for refreshments, networking, and a light breakfast.