Agenda
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Creating Social Value
Host: Claire Thayers
Info: This episode explores how businesses can move beyond profit to create social value for people, communities and the environment It challenges the idea that social value should be a tick-box exercise, showing the importance of embedding purpose into strategy and everyday decisions.
The discussion examines how ethical practices, sustainability and community engagement can address challenges such as inequality, sustainability and opportunity while remaining viable.
It also explores shared value, where business activity can deliver economic benefits alongside social outcomes. Social value can build trust, strengthen reputation, engage employees, support recruitment and improve resilience.
Ultimately, aligning business goals with societal needs can create lasting value and redefine sustainable success. The episode shows that responsible business can support performance by connecting organisational purpose with the needs and expectations of employees, customers, partners and communities now.
🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Measuring What Matters
Host: Claire Thayers
Info: In this episode, we explore how organisations can measure success beyond financial metrics
While profit and revenue remain important, businesses are considering their wider impact on people, communities and the environment. The discussion examines ways to assess social impact, employee wellbeing, community engagement and environmental sustainability. By adopting measures of performance, organisations can better understand how their decisions contribute to long-term outcomes. The episode also considers frameworks and tools that help firms measure and report their impact, supporting transparency and accountability
Measuring what truly matters can help organisations connect strategy with purpose, strengthen stakeholder trust and make better-informed decisions. Ultimately, the conversation highlights the importance of looking beyond financial results to understand broader value businesses create, and how meaningful lasting impact can support stronger organisations and active communities
Event venue & nearby stays
Patch Gloucester, The Forum, Gloucester, United Kingdom
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