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🌍😌 Our 3 main takeaways from the #InnerDevelopmentGoals Forum A week ago, we finished the Caux IDG Forum 2024 together with 200 participants from over 40 countries. ❤️🔥 We learned about, connected to, cried, laughed, and reflected upon topics ranging from peace, conscious food systems, and #ClimateAction to partnerships. Some of our main take-aways: 🧑🤝🧑 We need to heal our relationship with ourselves, others, and the #Earth, and to do so we need to start by listening deeply. Only then we can act from a place of compassion, understanding, and love – instead of fear, anger, and judgement. 🤝 Relationships move at the speed of #trust and are at the root of any type of social movement – for peace, climate action, you name it. Therefore, investing time in the “being” and experiencing together is vital. 💬 Messages about the importance of transformation are always most impactful when told in the form of personal #stories that highlight our common humanity. It leaves us with the inspiration “If this person feels that, then I am not alone, and we are in this together”, leading to “If that person can do it, so can I”. Those are also aspects at the heart of our work at #TransformActionLab ! As Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh said, “The only way out is in”. What are the Inner Development Goals again? 🤔 🌱 A non-profit, open-source initiative committed to fostering inner development towards more sustainable futures ⭕️ A helpful framework to highlight the inner dimensions of change that are required in order to achieve the outer goals, like the UN #SDGs Many thanks to all the people who came to our #workshop, and with whom we exchanged and connected: we look forward to staying in touch and co-creating together! 🤗 A special thank you Ignacio Packer for embodying the kind of #leadership that we wish to see more of in this world: 100% human, authentic, humble, playful, and dedicated to a greater cause.

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A privilege to speak at the IICF's 2024 Forum on Social Impact alongside #RuthLux, #MarkLomas, #KatieLennon and #LauraHayMack. Thank you #WendyWilder for the invitation and for summarising key takeaways from the topic for the evening that compels engagement from us all: Thinking Forward and Taking Action for Social Impact:  The threats we face today don’t stop at boarders. Public-private partnerships and local community involvement are essential components of reducing risks and building resilience. ·       Data is critical to measuring and mitigating risk but it’s important to remember the people behind the data. ·       Communities are at the frontline. Have conversations with people in the local community and involve them in creating solutions addressing social and environmental risks. ·       It’s not that we don’t have the resources to solve problems, it’s about having the will to be courageous and distribute the resources we have to make a difference. ·       We can use our industry power far more effectively to be a force for good – for the environment and society. ·       We need to create inclusive cultures to attract and grow diverse talent from the classroom to the boardroom and ultimately drive business performance. ·       Where can you begin on the journey of social impact? Create a clear purpose and vision that aligns business your strategy to impact, resonates with leaders at all levels and creates value for all stakeholders.

Thank you to everyone who attended IICF’s 2024 Forum on Social Impact. What an inspiring Forum! Wonderful to learn how the industry is and can be a force for good and fantastic insights from our speakers: ·       The threats we face today don’t stop at boarders. Public-private partnerships and local community involvement are essential components of reducing risks and building resilience. ·       Data is critical to measuring and mitigating risk but it’s important to remember the people behind the data. ·       Communities are at the frontline. Have conversations with people in the local community and involve them in creating solutions addressing social and environmental risks. ·       It’s not that we don’t have the resources to solve problems, it’s about having the will to be courageous and distribute the resources we have to make a difference. ·       We can use our industry power far more effectively to be a force for good – for the environment and society. ·       We need to create inclusive cultures to attract and grow diverse talent from the classroom to the boardroom and ultimately drive business performance. ·       Where can you begin on the journey of social impact? Create a clear purpose and vision that aligns business your strategy to impact, resonates with leaders at all levels and creates value for all stakeholders. Special thanks to our Events Committee, speakers, and corporate sponsors AXA XL and Markel who helped us to raise nearly £10K for IICF’s Community Grants Programme. Interested in continuing the conversation?  Join us for a talk on Disability Confidence at Dive In on 24 September or at our ESG Breakfast Briefing in the autumn (date TBA soon). Learn about future IICF events at www.iicf.org.uk.  #iicfimpact #socialimpact

Discover how to foster resilience in times of permacrisis, how leaders and youth can leverage digital engagement to create lasting social impact, and more in this edition of the Now You KnOW newsletter with insights from Oliver Wyman experts.

So, here's my theory. Humanity and the planet both need us to B Better right now. If we carry on as we have been for the last little while where does that lead us? Worsening mental health, decreasing levels of meaning and purpose, more biodiversity decline, greater disconnection in our community, increased pollution etc etc...? It’s like this is the moment in time where we need to step up. To get growing some good in the world. Imagine a world where every business wasn’t just trying to be sustainable, just trying to minimise the damage it did, but instead was actively seeking to make the world a better place… But where do you start? Well, I reckon it starts with knowing where you are right now. And the best way to do that is to get a benchmark of how much good you are creating. And the best way to do that is to get B Corp Certified. B what? Certified B Corps are a new form of business that seeks to balance purpose and profit. This means that rather than solely focusing on profit maximisation, they consider the impact of their operations on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. And right now, it’s possibly the best and most rigorous independent verification of the social and environmental impact that your business is making. But at Grow Good, we recognise that B Corp is just the beginning. What we need is for business to go Beyond B Corp. To co-create a world where every human thrives in a way that’s regenerative to the planet. And that’s what we are here for at Grow Good. To help you go B Corp & Beyond. Check out our eBook here https://lnkd.in/gJjnga_R to learn more about B Corp and how it can help you become the business the world needs you to be right now. #getbcorpcert #bcorp #purposedrivenbusiness #growgood #purposefuelledperformance #getpurposeatwork #sustainability #bbetter #inpursuitofpurpose #impact #bcorpconsultant #bcorps #bcorpcertified #greenbusiness #businessforgood

So, here's my theory. Humanity and the planet both need us to B Better right now. If we carry on as we have been for the last little while where does that lead us? Worsening mental health, decreasing levels of meaning and purpose, more biodiversity decline, greater disconnection in our community, increased pollution etc etc...? It’s like this is the moment in time where we need to step up. To get growing some good in the world. Imagine a world where every business wasn’t just trying to be sustainable, just trying to minimise the damage it did, but instead was actively seeking to make the world a better place… But where do you start? Well, I reckon it starts with knowing where you are right now. And the best way to do that is to get a benchmark of how much good you are creating. And the best way to do that is to get B Corp Certified. B what? Certified B Corps are a new form of business that seeks to balance purpose and profit. This means that rather than solely focusing on profit maximisation, they consider the impact of their operations on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. And right now, it’s possibly the best and most rigorous independent verification of the social and environmental impact that your business is making. But at Grow Good, we recognise that B Corp is just the beginning. What we need is for business to go Beyond B Corp. To co-create a world where every human thrives in a way that’s regenerative to the planet. And that’s what we are here for at Grow Good. To help you go B Corp & Beyond. Check out our eBook here https://lnkd.in/gJjnga_R to learn more about B Corp and how it can help you become the business the world needs you to be right now. #getbcorpcert #bcorp #purposedrivenbusiness #growgood #purposefuelledperformance #getpurposeatwork #sustainability #bbetter #inpursuitofpurpose #impact #bcorpconsultant #bcorps #bcorpcertified #greenbusiness #businessforgood

So, here's my theory. Humanity and the planet both need us to B Better right now. If we carry on as we have been for the last little while where does that lead us? Worsening mental health, decreasing levels of meaning and purpose, more biodiversity decline, greater disconnection in our community, increased pollution etc etc...? It’s like this is the moment in time where we need to step up. To get growing some good in the world. Imagine a world where every business wasn’t just trying to be sustainable, just trying to minimise the damage it did, but instead was actively seeking to make the world a better place… But where do you start? Well, I reckon it starts with knowing where you are right now. And the best way to do that is to get a benchmark of how much good you are creating. And the best way to do that is to get B Corp Certified. B what? Certified B Corps are a new form of business that seeks to balance purpose and profit. This means that rather than solely focusing on profit maximisation, they consider the impact of their operations on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. And right now, it’s possibly the best and most rigorous independent verification of the social and environmental impact that your business is making. But at Grow Good, we recognise that B Corp is just the beginning. What we need is for business to go Beyond B Corp. To co-create a world where every human thrives in a way that’s regenerative to the planet. And that’s what we are here for at Grow Good. To help you go B Corp & Beyond. Check out our eBook here https://lnkd.in/gJjnga_R to learn more about B Corp and how it can help you become the business the world needs you to be right now. #getbcorpcert #bcorp #purposedrivenbusiness #growgood #purposefuelledperformance #getpurposeatwork #sustainability #bbetter #inpursuitofpurpose #impact #bcorpconsultant #bcorps #bcorpcertified #greenbusiness #businessforgood

Week 4: To whom is the book addressed? Books may be less viral than posts and short videos, but for me, along with long-form conversations, they remain the best way to engage deeply with complex topics in a relaxed and reflective manner. While I may explore other formats at some point, I still believe in leveraging the slowness and depth of book reading to foster reflection and relearn the art of systemic change-making. This book appeals to multiple audiences: 1. To those inside and outside academia who resonate with my critiques of the dominant economic system, but who may feel stuck or are eager for discussions on strategy and transition-making. This goes beyond merely diagnosing the crisis or listing potential destinations. 2. To those feeling or suffering from the polycrisis but who haven't yet engaged with literature on degrowth, post-development, ecofeminism, or ecosocialism. This book offers a quick immersion into alternative thinking and solution-building. 3. To liberal readers who accept capitalism as a practical or "least-bad" option, or to reformists focused on securing material stability for workers without necessarily advocating for a deep transformation of existing systems. 4. To people who do not see global warming as an existential threat, or are unaware of the postcolonial regime of unequal exchange and the exploitation of nature, as well as racialized and gendered groups. I genuinely hope this book reaches people with very different views and epistemic backgrounds. Achieving that will require careful wording and strategic outreach. Please don’t hesitate to share this with supporters of the status quo, including those on the right and far-right. Ignoring them is a mistake; we don’t need to compromise, but we cannot afford to avoid dialogue or debate. While it will be easy to engage with the degrowth and progressive communities, particularly those in social and environmental movements, my main focus will be on reaching both paid and unpaid workers, small businesses, and solidarity groups. They represent the vast majority and are crucial agents for driving major societal transformation. If you believe this work is important and want to learn more of how can we organize a just transition with public abundance and global justice, please support this project. https://lnkd.in/dSRKz8rv Thank you Abhi Shek Stella Martinez McShera Ivan Golenko Juan Pablo (JP) Arellano Diana Kobus Oscar Andreas Carlos Terol Linda Luciani Eva Ekaterina Jennifer Wilkins for your support!

So, here's my theory. Humanity and the planet both need us to B Better right now. If we carry on as we have been for the last little while where does that lead us? Worsening mental health, decreasing levels of meaning and purpose, more biodiversity decline, greater disconnection in our community, increased pollution etc etc...? It’s like this is the moment in time where we need to step up. To get growing some good in the world. Imagine a world where every business wasn’t just trying to be sustainable, just trying to minimise the damage it did, but instead was actively seeking to make the world a better place… But where do you start? Well, I reckon it starts with knowing where you are right now. And the best way to do that is to get a benchmark of how much good you are creating. And the best way to do that is to get B Corp Certified. B what? Certified B Corps are a new form of business that seeks to balance purpose and profit. This means that rather than solely focusing on profit maximisation, they consider the impact of their operations on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. And right now, it’s possibly the best and most rigorous independent verification of the social and environmental impact that your business is making. But at Grow Good, we recognise that B Corp is just the beginning. What we need is for business to go Beyond B Corp. To co-create a world where every human thrives in a way that’s regenerative to the planet. And that’s what we are here for at Grow Good. To help you go B Corp & Beyond. Check out our eBook here https://lnkd.in/gJjnga_R to learn more about B Corp and how it can help you become the business the world needs you to be right now. #getbcorpcert #bcorp #purposedrivenbusiness #growgood #purposefuelledperformance #getpurposeatwork #sustainability #bbetter #inpursuitofpurpose #impact #bcorpconsultant #bcorps #bcorpcertified #greenbusiness #businessforgood