WEBINAR:

How to deliver effective community engagement for your organisation

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Engaging communities has become an increasingly important activity for businesses right across the UK. But how can it be done effectively to maximise social, environmental, and economic outcomes?

Recent changes to the Procurement Act have increased the focus on social value in public sector contracts, while growing numbers of corporates want to see positive social impacts from their suppliers. At the same time, B Corps have a clear responsibility to consider social factors and community engagement has become a crucial component of planning applications and clean energy projects.

The latest BusinessGreen webinar, hosted in association with low carbon solutions provider Equans, will provide an invaluable guide to how to work in partnership across the supply chain to deliver effective community outreach and engagement programmes that deliver a wide range of positive outcomes.

The exclusive and interactive webinar will include:

An overview of how community projects and social value have become so important to businesses.
Top tips on the best practices that define effective community engagement programmes and how they can be tailored to support businesses’ commercial and environmental goals.
Detailed case studies exploring high impact community programmes in action.
Advice on how to effectively integrate social value into procurement practices and contract negotiations across the supply chain.
Examples of how to work with communities on new projects.
Guidance on how to identify potential social outcomes and then maximise positive impacts through a project.

The webinar will also feature a Q&A session and a review of how the panellists think corporate community engagement will evolve over the coming years.

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James Murray

Editor-in-Chief, BusinessGreen

James Murray is Editor-in-Chief of BusinessGreen, having launched the site in October 2007. He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion and analysis, and also contributes to the brand's expanding events' programme. James is one of the UK's leading commentators on the low carbon economy. He writes occasionally for The Guardian newspaper and has also reported for BBC Radio on a number of green technology stories. James reports daily on a wide range of green business issues, with a particular focus on low carbon policy, economics and technology. In March 2011, James was voted number eight in the Press Gazette's list of the top 50 environmental journalists in the UK. Prior to launching BusinessGreen, James spent five years as a technology journalist working on a variety of IT titles.

Chrissy Galerakis

Head of Social Value Strategy for Equans UK & Ireland

Chrissy is Head of Social Value Strategy for Equans UK & Ireland’s places and communities operations – driving better social impacts for the residents and communities which Equans serves. Born and raised in Australia, Chrissy has a degree in Politics and Policy Study, a Masters in Social Science (International Development) and further qualifications in gender mainstreaming and project management. She began her career in community development and charity sector organisations working for international aid and humanitarian response agencies in South-East Asia and Eastern Africa and has also worked in the UK charity and local government sectors.

Brigitta Nemes

Senior Environmental and Governance Standards Manager, B Lab

Brigitta Nemes is a sustainability expert with over 15 years of experience in sustainability integration, from standards to corporate social responsibility. She has worked extensively on sustainable supply chains, starting her career at a supply chain sustainability certification standard. She then applied her expertise at Danone, one of the largest food companies in the world, where she focused on integrating sustainability into their operations and into their supply chain management of third party manufacturers. Following this, Brigitta joined B Lab, where she played a pivotal role in developing the new Environmental and Governance standards.

Helen Schoolar

Director of Strategic Partnerships Jewson Partnership Solutions

Since joining the social housing and care sector in 2009, Helen has held numerous roles that have enabled her to get underneath the skin of what's important to people living in social housing. At JPS, Helen heads up the business’ national proposition for Housing Associations and contractors working over large geographical areas, while also nurturing relationships with framework partners and driving social value through the organisation.

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