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Featured Event
🤝Introduction to Social Procurement Event
24th November, Online by Supply Change and Constructionline
Join this event to explore:
How to find and buy from social enterprises efficiently and reliably whilst avoiding common barriers and mistakes
How the Social Value Model comes into play in government supply chains.
How Constructionline is helping buyers prioritise social value and how its partnership with Supply Change is helping social enterprises connect with buyers.
🌱Sustainability and SMEs - Business Benefits and Myths
1st November, Online by Small Business Research + Enterprise Centre
This seminar is designed to help decision-makers in small organisations gain greater insights into sustainability. To understand what sustainability can mean for their businesses, dispel myths, share easy-to-follow tips and strategies to improve sustainability in small organisations.
⛰️Understory's Startups Driving Sustainability - November 2022 Showcase
2nd November, Online by Understory
Join for talks and discussion on:
Climate risk and how weather and climate change impacts business strategy
New innovations in carbon capture and water technology
Sustainable apparel and manufacturing
💼How Can Your Business Deliver Social and Environmental Justice?
3rd November, Cornwall by Arca
Join this event to explore how business can be a restorative force, creating jobs, regenerating nature and delivering social justice and
Understand the flaws in our current system
Learn the key principles of the circular economy from leading academics
Explore case studies of businesses successfully balancing profit, people and planet
Use the business models canvas to analyse and improve your business model
Network with like-minded entrepreneurs
🚌Why a Sustainable Travel Programme Matters
3rd November, Online by Responsible Futures
Join this webinar to find out the impact of travel on the planet, sustainable travel programme, how companies can measure their business travel carbon emissions, available tools and methodologies to a sustainable travel programme and the difference between net zero vs carbon neutrality.
⚡Net Zero for Procurement Professionals
3rd November, Online by Positive Planet
Join this online sessions to learn:
What is a sustainable supply chain
How to create a sustainable supply chain
Engaging your suppliers
Measuring supplier emissions
Evaluating your suppliers
Delivering emissions reduction across the supply chain
📏Implementing Social Value in your business with Willmott Dixon
3rd November, Plymouth by The Plymouth Charter
Join this event for a chance to network over a supplied breakfast and find out the importance of social value, what you can do as an organisation and how you can effectively measure and evidence the good work you do. The main focus of this event is on how you can create partnerships to help deliver activities in Plymouth that will benefit both the community and your organisation and the available support you can get from Our Plymouth.
💻How Do We Link the Social Value Agenda to the SDGs?
8th November, Online by Social Value UK
Join this panel discussion to understand why even bother and if “SDGs” is just another acronym for the impact alphabet soup? With the mission of the SDG’s agenda and the social value movement’s being so similar - can’t we just continue to work with social value and skip the SDGs (or vice versa)?
Connect with the perfect social suppliers
Tailored supplier research
Innovative tech products
Extensive networks and knowledge
Check out our services or arrange a chat with beth@supplychange.co.uk
8th November, Online by Social Value UK
This webinar is an introductory course on business sustainability. Come and get inspired on how your company or organisation could start their sustainability journeys. During this session the following will be taught:
Basic things on sustainability and how to get started
Key sustainability terms
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global frameworks
SDG Monitor sustainability performance measurement tool
🙌The “S” in ESG - Putting Social Value into Business
9th November, Bristol by County Business Shows Ltd
This event aims to understand the social value that we can create as businesses and how we can support wider business growth, skills, employment, and by extension the wider society.
💸Valuing and Evidencing Impact - A Workshop for Social Enterprises
11th November, Barton upon Humber by HEY Business Growth Hub
Join this workshop to understand how social value can create new income streams and help to win public sector tenders. As well as the theory of how to capture and manage the social value that your organisation creates. You will also learn about the process of collecting, managing and valuing impact and how to involve staff, volunteers, stakeholders and trustees in the process.
⏩ Masterclass in Setting up in Business as a Social Enterprise
17th November, Online by Forward Trust
As part of their activities to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022, Forward Enterprise Services are very excited to present this Masterclass where they will cover all of the things you should know and consider before setting up your business as a social enterprise. Look out for Supply Change COO, Aoise Keogan-Nooshabadi, who will be speaking about starting a social enterprise.
✅Low Carbon Sustainability Training
17th November, Online by Colbea
Join this event to learn:
How to get started on the road to Net Zero
Measure & understand your carbon emissions
Actions to reduce your carbon footprint
Benefit your business and the planet
Learn from local case studies
🤝An Evening Celebratory Reception for Social Enterprise Day 2022
17th November, Coventry by SEM CIC & Cambio: House of Social Change
This event for social enterprises and supporters of social enterprises (including local partners in Coventry and HEIs) will involve networking, keynote speakers and an exhibition to celebrate Social Enterprise Day 2022.
📅Monthly Social Enterprise & Sustainability Drinks
17th November, London by TRAMPOLINE
Join this networking event to engage in conversations and build connections with other social entrepreneurs and sustainability/impact-driven professionals in order to spark ideas and maybe even walk away with a business partner or connections to potential clients. This event for social enterprises and supporters of social enterprises (including local partners in Coventry and HEIs) will involve networking, keynote speakers and an exhibition to celebrate Social Enterprise Day 2022.
👏Draw a hands-on Sustainability Plan
22nd November, Online by SDG Monitor
This webinar will guide you through a simple but effective step-by-step process for drawing a sustainability action plan for your company or organisation. During this one-hour session you will learn how to:
Identify key environmental, social and economic challenges
Integrate SDGs into sustainability strategy
Create measurable action plan
Communicate effectively and transparently with your internal and external stakeholders
Use SDG Monitor
🚀Launch of the Central Government TOMs Mapping Tool
24th November, Online by Social Value Portal
Join this webinar by Social Value Portal as they launch their Central Government TOMs Mapping Tool. The tool aims to make the process of assessing and evaluating social value much simpler for those organisations who are bidding for work. There will be a panel discussion on some broad topics such as:
How are different authorities using the Social Value Model during procurement?
Is the Social Value Model still relevant, and is it addressing current community challenges?
What does good look like, and how is social value being measured beyond procurement?
⌛Can we address the cost of living and climate crisis at the same time?
29th November, Online by Social Value Portal
A roundtable discussion on
The collective responsibility between government and businesses to address these issues as a coherent whole
The importance of investing in energy efficiency
Balancing our need for energy security in light world geopolitics
How social value can be leveraged to tackle these issues together
💪 The Power of Social Enterprise
30th November, online by Unltd
Social entrepreneurs have compelling answers to today’s challenges, so it is vital that policymakers get behind them. Come to this online event to help build a shared understanding between policymakers and social entrepreneurs at this critical time.
Find out more about our work to increase spending with social businesses here. To find out how to reach your sustainability targets through social procurement contact beth@supplychange.co.uk or check out our services for buyers.
To get the latest events, resources and thinking around social impact and sustainability in business subscribe to The Social Procurement Round-Up.