If you’re a business with impact at the heart of all you do, you most likely have come across the idea of pursuing a B Corp certification, a designation demonstrating that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials.

In this event, you will have the opportunity to ask any questions you might have about the certification process, the benefits of becoming a B Corp, and how this certification can be an asset in a business social investment journey.

Join us on Thursday 9th of June together with four key players in the impact sphere: Paul Miller, Managing Partner and CEO of Bethnal Green Ventures - Europe's leading early-stage tech for good VC. Joanna Adjetey, Customer Success Coordinator at B Lab UK where she supports companies aiming to join the rapidly growing B Corp Movement. Sarah King, Co-Founder & CEO of we are radikl, a women’s start-up, accelerator, and investment movement advocating for economic empowerment for women. Jerome Brustlein, COO of Fenton, a proud B Corp, direct-to-consumer ethical jewellery company focusing on coloured gemstones.

What will you learn:

• What is B Corp’s mission
• How can your business benefit from a B Corp certification
• Key milestones in the B Corp certification process
• What support is available for the B Corp certification application process
• What a B Impact assessment is, how your business can benefit from completing one and what support is available to help you complete it
• How a B Corp certification can be an asset when applying for social investment

About the Speaker: Joanna Adjetey

Joanna is a passionate advocate for sustainability, regeneration, and positive action for a better future. With years of experience in customer-facing roles, she joined B Lab UK as the Customer Success Coordinator where she supports companies aiming to join the rapidly growing B Corp Movement. She's also a blogger and content creator on her blog Planet Banana, where she writes about topics such as sustainable fashion and climate action.

About the speaker: Sarah King

Sarah King is the co-Founder & CEO of we are radikl, a women’s start-up, accelerator and investment movement. An activist for the economic empowerment of women, Sarah believes that by addressing the significant gender inequalities that exist within entrepreneurship, we will dramatically improve social, financial and environmental conditions for everyone.

About the speaker: Paul Miller

Paul Miller is a Managing Partner and CEO of Bethnal Green Ventures - Europe's leading early-stage tech for good VC. He has pioneered tech for good since 2008 having supported over 200 founders using technology to positively impact the lives of millions. Previously, Paul founded and led ed-tech startup School of Everything. He’s also spent time advising on strategy for multinational companies and governments, and has written for the likes of the Financial Times and the Guardian. In 2020, he was awarded an OBE for services to startup investing.

Jerome Brustlein

Jerome Brustlein is COO of Fenton, a proud B Corp, direct-to-consumer ethical jewellery company focusing on coloured gemstones. Prior to that, he was employed at Away as General Manager of Europe and was a manager at Bain & Company, part of the retail and consumer products practice. Jerome has a deep understanding of the consumer start-up space, especially direct-to-consumer, in both the US and the UK as well as firsthand experience to scale operations of a high-growth start-up internationally and to expand beyond its core market.

Jerome led the B Corp application for Fenton and can talk about how it helped the company to think differently about how to quantify and prioritise areas of impact for the company.

About the Organiser, Hatch Enterprise

Hatch supports underrepresented entrepreneurs from across the UK to imagine, launch and grow businesses that are sustainable, successful and have a positive and lasting impact on their communities.

We’re committed to building a fairer society by helping develop entrepreneurs’ skills, knowledge and confidence through our unique programmes designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We’re not typical of the third sector. Although we’re a charity, we think and act like a business.

Since 2014, we’ve supported more than 5,000 UK entrepreneurs to flourish, building a vibrant network of partners, funders and investors who share our vision in the process.

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