Impact Lunch Talks Melanie Kontonikolaou

The circular economy can provide companies with new opportunities for innovation and differentiation, as well as help them build more resilient and sustainable supply chains. In Europe,upcoming regulations and initiatives, such as the Circular Economy Action Plan, will have many implications on businesses and will confront them with new challenges as well as opportunities.

In this Impact Lunch Talk session we have Eva Vati with us. Eva Vati is CEO and Founder of Vati of Sweden, which educates, verifies and consults on how businesses become more sustainable. Eva will give us more insights in their upcoming module on Circular Economy, what will change with the upcoming regulations and how businesses can prepare themselves.

VATI of Sweden: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vati-of-sweden/

Eva Vati: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-vati/

Do you want to join the Community and participate live in one of our next Impact Lunch Talks? Then drop me a note at melanie@bitrock.partners and introduce yourself while sharing that one thing you would bring to the table. We are happy to invite one new community member per session and are curious to getting to know you!

With regulations such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the increasing expectations ofconsumers and investors, companies are increasingly pressured to disclose and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Companies were fast to communicate sustainability-centred marketing claims and ambitious net 0 goals. Now, it is time to turn ambition into action. It is time to develop effective decarbonization strategies, which not only reduce emissions but also create a competitive advantage. Easier said than done.

In this session, Finn Wentzler, Head of Partnerships at Global Changer, explains different decarbonization strategies, the biggest challenges, and low-hanging fruits for companies to accelerate decarbonization. Global Changer helps companies to reach net zero with a decarbonization platform to manage and successfully reduce emissions.

Global Changer: Global Changer: Übersicht | LinkedIn

Finn Wentzler: Finn Wentzler | LinkedIn

Do you want to join the Community and participate live in one of our next Impact Lunch Talks? Then drop me a note at melanie@bitrock.partners and introduce yourself while sharing that one thing you would bring to the table. We are happy to invite one new community member per session and are curious to getting to know you!

Consumer and legislation pressures companies to be in control of their supply chains. When choosing where to buy goods or services from - let it be as an individual or in corporate procurement - it is not easy to separate the wheat from the chaff and to identify suppliers whose products and practices are truly sustainable.

In this session, we have Fabian Hörst from Planetics with us. Planetics is a sustainable sports marketplace and central contact point for sustainability and fairness in sports. All their products are checked according to strict criteria. Fabian will talk about how to spot "black sheep" and greenwashing as well as the role of technology and collaboration in sustainable supply chain management.

PLANETICS: PLANETICS: Übersicht | LinkedIn

Fabian Hörst: Fabian Hörst | LinkedIn

Do you want to join the Community and participate live in one of our next Impact Lunch Talks? Then drop me a note at m.p.kontonikolaou@gmail.com and introduce yourself while sharing that one thing you would bring to the table. We are happy to invite one new community member per session and are curious to getting to know you!

Investors are increasingly focusing on sustainable investments and demand evidence of their impact. Impact investing, and thus the investment in companies who are making a measurable positive impact on society and the planet, is on the rise. Impact measurement is key and despite many ongoing efforts there is no common standard yet.

In this session we have Stefanie and Timo from Capacura with us. Capacura is democratising seed investments in impact start ups. They will share their insights in how to measure impact, the challenges as well as different trends and developments in this field.

Capacura: capacura: Übersicht | LinkedIn

Stefanie Nix Bambarèn: Stefanie Nix Bambarén | LinkedIn

Timo Bey: Timo Bey, CEIM (貝天慕) | LinkedIn

Do you want to join the Community and participate live in one of our next Impact Lunch Talks? Then drop me a note at melanie@bitrock.partners and introduce yourself while sharing that one thing you would bring to the table. We are happy to invite one new community member per session and are curious to getting to know you!

ESG ratings build the foundations for more sustainable investments and therefore the redirection of investments to sustainable business.

At the same time there’s criticism: The lack of standardisation and transparency of ESG scores makes it difficult to compare companies. Different rating agencies measure differently as well as different things. Plus, focusing on operational risk instead of impact, ESG scores are criticised to paint a distorted picture of a companies sustainability efforts.

For this Impact Lunch Talk we will have Tilman Jundt with us. Tilman is working for Inrate, an independent rating agency, and will give us some insights in how and what is measured at Inrate as well as different trends and evolvements in this field.

Inrate: Inrate: Übersicht | LinkedIn

Tilman Jundt: Tilman Jundt | LinkedIn

Do you want to join the Community and participate live in one of our next Impact Lunch Talks? Then drop me a note at melanie@bitrock.partners and introduce yourself while sharing that one thing you would bring to the table. We are happy to invite one new community member per session and are curious to getting to know you!

With companies like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry’s and more than 5.000 other companies worldwide and more than 950 new certified B-Corps in 2021 (+28% YoY, source B-Lab) the concept of B-corporation is on the rise. B Corps (the B stands for benefit) are businesses which use their business as a force of good and therefore balance purpose and profit.

The rise of conscious consumers and investors demand businesses to become more sustainable, while communicating transparently. At the same time, however, fair trade labels and other sustainability certifications were criticised as greenwashing tools. We wonder, is the B-Corp certification any different?

This time we have Karry Schwettmann with us. She is a certified B Corp trainer and consultant as well as an expert in impact communication. We look at the B Corp certification and will discuss whether and how B labs B Impact Assessment (BIA) is more than a marketing tool.

- Karry Schwettman, B Corp Trainer & Consultant and expert in Impact Communication 

Do you want to join the Community and participate live in one of our next Impact Lunch Talks? Then drop me a note at melanie@bitrock.partners and introduce yourself while sharing that one thing you would bring to the table. We are happy to invite one new community member per session and are curious to getting to know you!