The Better Business Network (BBN)

👀We’re bringing our famous Better Business Summit to the South! Will you be there? 10th -11th April 2025: We're bringing our famous Better Business Summit to the South for a smaller, but just as impactful two day event in collaboration with our friends at Projects! 🚀Early Bird tickets are already sold out - DON’T WAIT AROUND… https://lnkd.in/edTaGwk4 The Better Business Summit South is a one day Conference followed by a day in nature, run with our friends at Projects and featuring talks from brands and organisations at the forefront of impact like Bird & Blend Tea Co. B Corp, Lucy & Yak, Driftime® – A Design & Impact Agency, Creative Conscience, Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK), BOXLESS LTD & more… Both BBN and Projects Members get a discounted rate on tickets to the event. On Thursday, Attendees enjoy free tea and coffee, a catered plant based lunch as well as an invitation to our breakfast networking event and after party included in their ticket price. The first wave of the schedule is now live so you can dig through some of the session details and get a feel for the speakers, fireside chats, keynote speeches and workshop sessions! ♥️ Not sure what to expect? Check out our Highlights Video from the Better Business Summit 2025 in January in Manchester to get a feel for the event! We’ve already got a couple really exciting sessions still TBA, but we’re already buzzing with our currently confirmed speakers and sessions. These include: 👥Chris Renwick from Lucy & Yak and Mike Turner from Bird & Blend Tea Co, the founders of two incredible purpose driven brands, will be having a fireside chat about how to navigate growth whilst holding onto your purpose! 🍃Lauren Rosegreen from Students Organising for Sustainability UK will be talking about the Racial Action on Climate Emergency’s (RACE) recently released report on the lack of diversity in sustainability! 📝Abb-d Taiyo from Driftime will be running an Authentic Storytelling Workshop, helping YOU to find out what your sphere of influence is and how you can create a strategy to communicate this across the next 12 months… 🎨Chrissy Levett from Creative Conscience will be exploring how creativity and purpose can build stronger teams and more resilient businesses, sharing real-world case studies and data on how purpose-driven creativity enhances employee engagement and business performance.   🤝Bud Johnston from Boxless will be taking us on a journey, explaining how organisations can move beyond simple box-ticking and into meaningful action on Equality Diversity and Inclusion. Check it all out on our 2025 Summit South information page - link in the comments below We’d love to see you there? #BetterBusinessSummitSouth #BBSS #Sustainability

Who else is excited for BBS South... Still time to grab your tickets!! 🎟️ Head to the link in the comments for tickets, schedule and all the information you need to make your April as impactful as possible 👊 👇 👇 👇

We've had another action packed week! 👊 We kicked off the week with a busy Better Business Breakfast X People Planet in Sheffield. Lots of familiar faces and great conversations really set everyone up for a great week ahead. 🌞 Today we were in Bristol for a morning of connections, pastries and great tea! 🫖 If you were there let us know how you found it? Massive thanks to Small99, Sage, Bird & Blend Tea Co. B Corp for their support as well as the continued work of our incredible hosts Dan Laver, Dan Beaumont, Andy Hawkins, Katherine Piper MSc. 👏 Our Carbon Literacy Courses have been in full swing this morning, with businesses of all shapes and sizes learning how they can reduce their impact as professionals. 🌍 Massive thanks to the wonderful Robin Lyons for facilitating this and bringing such great energy as always and The Carbon Literacy Project for their support! If you want to get involved with one of our upcoming Carbon Literacy sessions or our Breakfast Networking, then head over to our events page for more information! 💡 #BBN #BetterBusinessNetwork #BreakfastNetworking #CarbonLiteracy

Delighted to see this amazing partnership with Sustainable Wedding Alliance | B Corp™ continue to grow and flourish! 🚀 We so excited to be sharing betternotstop's B Corp Bootcamp course with our friends at the SWA and can't wait to see their members increase their impact!! If you're a BBN member, make sure to check out this exclusive course for free on our community platform and app!! 👊

🎬 Wondering how well our members do within our network? 👩💻 Check out our Better Business Network (BBN) member case study series below to explore their business, their success and their journey with B Corp to uncover what they've gained from being a part of our community - and what you could too. 📝 Sign up to join the network: https://lnkd.in/e26FRPVh --- 🐾 Meet Joy Stevenson, the B Corp and ESG Project Manager for MPM Products Ltd MPM Products is a leading company in the pet food industry, under the brand Applaws , Encore & Reveal, specialising in crafting premium cat and dog food. With a passion for pets and a commitment to their well-being, MPM Products Ltd has set the standard for quality and nutrition in the industry. 💚 If like Joy, you're passionate about business for good, then you need to join the BBN - it's where the magic happens. #BetterBusinessPioneer #BCorp #PurposeDrivenBusiness 🎦 Ryan Flaherty

We're hosting the Better Business Network Southern Summit 🏔️ Back in January Alana and Ethan went up to the Better Business Summit in Manchester in preparation for hosting our very own Southern Summit here at Projects in Nile House. You can get your tickets by checking out our events page on our website

Very excited that Creative Conscience will be supporting the The Better Business Network (BBN) for their South Summit in Brighton UK 10/11 April 2025. Thanks to James Dady 🌳 Hannah Cox Eddy Altmann Libby Collar Aleksandra Wasacz and all the Creative Conscience team for supporting this summit. Creatives for Climate (your Brighton people might like this) Jo-Anne Godden Cate Grundy PhD Pete Ashworth Chloe Bullock FRSA, BIID Reg ID Isaak Johansson Katy Whelan Annemieke Tromp please pass on. We have discounted codes for people too.

As I reflect on 2024, I feel immense gratitude for the journey we’ve been on at Farm Urban. This year has been a testament to the dedication of our team, the support of our partners, and the passion of the communities we serve. While we’ve made significant strides in bringing nutritious, hyper-local greens to more people and educating, upskilling and inspiring healthier and more sustainable habits, we know that our work is just beginning. At Farm Urban, we set out with a simple but ambitious vision: to transform our towns, cities and organisations into greener, healthier, more inclusive places. Over the past year, we’ve deepened our impact by expanding our Greens for Good initiative and increasing production at our urban vertical farm, working closely with food pantries, hospitals, and businesses to make fresh, sustainable food more accessible. We have engaged with thousands of people through our Routes & Shoots education programmes and developed new and exciting products and services through FU:LABS. None of this would have been possible without the hard work of our incredible team, who continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in urban agriculture and social impact. We are also humbled by the support of our partners and local communities. Seeing people engage with our mission whether through education programs, community projects, or simply by choosing to eat more sustainably reminds us why we do what we do. It’s these connections that inspire us to keep growing, learning, and evolving. Looking ahead to 2025, we are excited about new opportunities to innovate, collaborate, and scale our impact. We are exploring advancements in technology, strengthening our partnerships, and continuing to put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do. We don’t have all the answers, but we are committed to listening, learning, and working together to build a healthier, more sustainable food system. Thank you for being part of this journey. Your belief in Farm Urban fuels our passion and keeps us striving for better. We hope this report reflects not just what we’ve achieved, but also our deep appreciation for everyone who has made it possible. Here’s to another year of growing together 🌿 Paul #Sustainability #ImpactReport #SocialImpact #SustainableFuture #PositiveChange #FutureOfFood #UrbanFarming #RegenerativeAgriculture #FoodSecurity #CommunityImpact #FoodForGood #PartnershipsForImpact #SustainableInnovation #GreenBusiness #PurposeDrivenBusiness

If you aren't at Projects on the 10th April, what are you doing?!? This year, we are taking our famous Better Business Summit to the South for a smaller, but just as impactful two day event, designed to unite Projects’ members, the wider Brighton community and any Southern-based businesses who believe that business can and should be a force for good! This will comprise of a one day Conference, followed by a day in nature. This event is in collaboration with our friends at Projects, and Early Bird tickets are already sold out - DON’T WAIT AROUND… https://lnkd.in/eNTRDd4E Who's even speaking at the BBS South? 🙄🙄🙄 👥Chris Renwick from Lucy & Yak and Mike Turner from Bird & Blend Tea Co. B Corp, the founders of two incredible purpose driven brands, will be having a fireside chat about how to navigate growth whilst holding onto your purpose! 🤩Emily King from Hubbub will be talking through the incredible community based campaigns that they’ve done, and talk us through how WE can engage local communities on positive impact projects! 🍃Lauren Rosegreen from Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) will be talking about the Racial Action on Climate Emergency’s (RACE) recently released report on the lack of diversity in sustainability! 📝Abb-d Taiyo from Driftime® – A Design & Impact Agency will be running an Authentic Storytelling Workshop, helping YOU to find out what your sphere of action is and how you can create a strategy to communicate this across the next 12 months… 🤝Bud Johnson from Boxless will be taking us on a journey, explaining how organisations can move beyond simple box-ticking and into meaningful action on Equality Diversity and Inclusion. 🎨Chrissy Levett from Creative Conscience will be exploring how creativity and purpose can build stronger teams and more resilient businesses, sharing real-world case studies and data on how purpose-driven creativity enhances employee engagement and business performance. Tickets are flying out - DON’T WAIT AROUND… #BetterBusinessSummit #Sustainability #PurposeDriven

Was brilliant to Co-host this event today talking about how to create meaningful change in Greater Manchester - love being able to put on events like this for our members!