Brewing Sustainability
The brewing industry touches on many sustainability(green/ESG/CSR/etc) issues, from agriculture to recycling and community building to energy use. Net Impact is bringing together a group of individuals from the beer industry to talk about their experiences and perspectives on sustainability, highlighting how these issues are both disparate in meaning and implementation. Come for an evening of interesting insights and good beverages.
Date: Tuesday May 15th
Time: 6:30-8:30
Location: Mead Hall, 4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA, 02139
Cost: $10 Members/$15 Non-Members – includes light appetizers.
RSVP: http://brewingsustainability.eventbrite.com
Please contact Lotus Samuel with any questions or suggestions.
Board Fellows 2012 deadline approaching
The spring matching period for the Board Fellows program has wrapped up as of Saturday, April 7th. Thank you for your interest – please check back next year!
In the Board Fellows program, Boston-area professionals are placed into year-long fellowships as non-voting members of a local non-profit’s Board of Directors. Fellows and Organizations are matched according to organization need, professional experience, and mission interest alignment. Organizations benefit from a fresh, outside perspective and experience that is relevant to the non-profit’s existing needs. Fellows provide organizations with professional expertise, while learning about critical strategic and governance issues facing area non-profits.
To learn more, please visit our website for additional details and consider submitting an application online: http://tinyurl.com/bostonboardfellows
If you have any questions about the Board Fellows program, please email boardfellows@netimpactboston.org.
Speed Networking 2012
A Special Invitation for Net Impact Boston Members!
Join us on April 9th as we bring you yet another edition of Net Impact Boston’s premier networking event for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability professionals! NIB Speed Networking is one of our most popular events, and an annual tradition in the Greater Boston area. We would like you to be a part of it as we strive to connect and grow Boston’s CSR community!
As you know, our talented and diverse members are active leaders in the CSR community – creating new businesses, making connections, inspiring change, and working together to make a difference. This exciting event is designed to support these initiatives and will be held in a round-robin “speed networking” style. Participants will rotate in small groups through a cadre of special guests from the corporate and non-profit sectors. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet many of your fellow Net Impact members and CSR leaders from Boston and beyond.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Date: April 9th, 2012
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: $10 Members, $20 Non-Members
RSVP: http://nibspeednetworking.eventbrite.com/
Because this event sells out each year, tickets are available for Net Impact Members only until March 18th. Please check back for tickets then or JOIN Net Impact today for discounts to events and to be a more integrated part of our community!
VIP guests include:
Tim Greiner, Managing Director, Pure Strategies
Jeff Holmes, Principal Engineer – Environmental Affairs, Genzyme Corp
Alex Lamb, Vice President, , Co-Founder, BASIC
Grace Velardi, Senior Director of Corporate Development and Foundations, Americas at Earthwatch Institute
Rajendra Sisodia, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Conscious Capitalism Institute and Professor of Marketing at Bentley University
