About this Event
🔹 A Day of Connection, Learning & Impact
📍 Projects Brighton (B Corp, Accessible Venue)
📅 Tuesday 11th March
🎟️ FREE for B Corps, B-Curious businesses & Projects members
Join us for an inspiring day of networking, knowledge-sharing, and action as part of B Corp Month!
Whether you’re a certified B Corp or just starting your journey, this event is designed to help you connect, learn, and contribute to meaningful change.
We’re bringing together purpose-driven businesses, industry leaders, and changemakers to explore two key themes: Environmental Impact and Social Change. With engaging sessions, thought-provoking discussions, and practical working groups, this is your chance to take action and build lasting connections.
Join us for just the morning, or just the afternoon, or the whole day!
A huge thanks to our sponsors B Lab UK & Projects, and to our incredible lineup of speakers for making this event possible!
📅 Event Schedule: Two Impact-Packed Sessions
🌍 Session 1: Environmental Focus (10AM – 1:30PM)
💬 Connect: Speed Networking – Chase the Jack (10AM)
Kickstart the day with a fun and fast-paced networking session. Grab a card, find your matching card, and connect with like-minded businesses in five-minute bursts! (Conversation prompts provided).
🎤 Learn: Sussex Bay: Protect Our Coastline (11AM)
Join Dean Spears, Head of Sussex Bay, for an exclusive insight into this groundbreaking initiative dedicated to revitalizing 100 miles of Sussex coastline—from Selsey Bill to Camber Sands. This session offers a unique opportunity to learn how your business can engage with nature-positive projects, contributing to a thriving blue ecosystem where nature, people, and the local economy flourish together.
Don't miss this chance to connect with a visionary leader and explore collaborative pathways to coastal regeneration.
💡 Work: Building a Climate-Compatible Economy by 2040 (12PM)
What does Brighton & Hove need to deliver a thriving, climate-compatible economy by 2040? Led by Simon Maxwell, Co-Chair of Climate:Change - an independent think-tank collaborating with Brighton & Hove City Council - this interactive workshop will explore the intersection of the Economic Strategy, City Plan, and Decarbonisation Strategy to identify what businesses need from local and national government to drive real change.
This is a unique opportunity for purpose-driven businesses to help shape the policies and support needed to accelerate a fair, sustainable economy directly to Brighton & Hove City councillor Tim Rowkins.
🏛️ Session 2: Social Focus (2PM – 5PM)
💡 Work: Empowering Businesses Through Volunteering (2PM)
You want to make a difference but how do you turn good intentions into real, lasting change? Led by Toni Finnimore, founder of The Social Society, this hands-on, high energy workshop will go beyond the theory and start making an impact right there in the room. By connecting directly with local charities in need, you’ll strengthen your social impact by working in teams to develop real, practical solutions using your skills and walk away with a clear action plan to embed meaningful social impact into your business.
Don’t miss this opportunity to break down barriers and build lasting partnerships that benefit both your business and the wider community.
💬 Connect: Speed Networking – Chase the Jack (3:30PM)
Another chance to connect with fellow changemakers. Same format, fresh faces, new opportunities!
⚖️ Learn: In Discussion – Positive Discrimination on Trial (4:30PM)
A bold and necessary discussion between DEI experts Mo Kanjilal of Watch This Space and Bud Johnston of Boxless and Barco. We’ll unpack:
- Does it risk creating resentment, tokenism, or reinforcing stereotypes?
- How can organisations implement inclusive policies without alienating others?
- Is a truly level playing field possible without intervention?
- How do businesses balance fair opportunity with historic and systemic disadvantages?
Expect a lively, respectful debate tackling a critical issue head-on.
🔹 Why Attend?
✔️ Expand your network in the local B Corp & impact-driven business community.
✔️ Gain actionable insights from thought leaders & specialists.
✔️ Contribute to real-world impact through collaborative working groups.
✔️ Challenge your thinking with a thought-provoking DEI debate.
✔️ Enjoy an accessible & inclusive event designed for all attendees.
📍 Where? Projects Brighton – a certified B Corp & fully accessible venue.
🎟️ Tickets: FREE
Let’s learn, connect, and take action together this B Corp Month. Spaces are limited—grab your ticket now! 🚀
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Projects The Lanes, Nile Street, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
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