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Manchester, England
Joined February 2019
This May @pentameter are helping us take action 👊 #2023YearOfAction Theme: Getting close to nature 🌿 Week 17 action: Eat plants Find out more about this week's action here: l8r.it/2MZ2
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This May @pentameter are helping us take action 👊 #2023YearOfAction Theme: Getting close to nature 🌿 Week 17 action: Come to your senses 🐦️ Find out more about this week's action here: bit.ly/YOA17
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Our Chief Chocolonely Douglas and @maryportas are spearheading the @bcorpuk #BetterBusinessAct ⚖️ Calling for an amendment to the Companies Act to make companies legally responsible for advancing the interests of society and the environment. Read more: tonyscho.co/3LQSdm9✍️
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Manchester-based & want to learn about Stakeholder Capitalism? 🔍Hear from @Chris_Marquis_, author of the award-winning book 'Better Business: How the B Corp Movement is Remaking Capitalism' on the role businesses play in our economic system at @xandwhyspace. Grab your ticket👇
Calling Mancunians and Salfordians 📣 On 4th May, @pentameter @ethos_mag and x+why invite you to a special event with Professor Chris Marquis at 100 Embankment - "Stakeholder Capitalism: A 'win-win' fantasy?" Tag your neighbours and grab tickets here 👉 bit.ly/41BMNRH
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There is still time to join @pentameter and @xandwhyspace at Stakeholder Capitalism: A “win-win” fantasy? With Prof Chris Marquis this Thursday 🌻 Find out more information and book your tickets here: bit.ly/stakeholder-capitalis… #ManchesterEvents #SalfordEvents #Business
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Special Event: Manchester next Thursday 4th May! Stakeholder Capitalism - planetary solution or false dream? With Professor Chris Marquis. Tickets & Details: bit.ly/3Ag8hYf
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Calling Mancunians and Salfordians 📣 On 4th May, @pentameter @ethos_mag and x+why invite you to a special event with Professor Chris Marquis at 100 Embankment - "Stakeholder Capitalism: A 'win-win' fantasy?" Tag your neighbours and grab tickets here 👉 bit.ly/41BMNRH
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Pentameter and partners hosting building industry get-together. How can we together trigger transformative change using B Corp, creativity and collaboration? #bcorp #northernpowerhouse #sustainability #betterbusiness
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B Corp Manchester in full swing. Using business as a force for good. Partnered with our friends -@PlanitIE @buttressarch @HemsecPanels @pentameter
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Speaking as an @IPCC_CH Lead Author, these are some of the most important new messages from the #climate report out today: (🧵) 1. For the first time we’re seeing evidence of real, sustained decreases in greenhouse gas emissions from some countries. But take a breath because…
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Pentameter's Annalise speaking at the Good Business Festival today! On Art, design and business transformation. Liverpool Town Hall as part of New Narrators: who is writing the new rules? thegoodbusinessfestival.com/… #goodbizfest #bcorp
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Today, I am talking to Adam from @suez , one of the largest waste and resource management companies in the world about why they support the @betterbizact Join the act at betterbusinessact.org/act-no…
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Pentameter's Annalise speaking at the Good Business Festival today! On Art, design and business transformation. Liverpool Town Hall as part of New Narrators: who is writing the new rules? thegoodbusinessfestival.com/… #goodbizfest #bcorp
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📺 As #COP26 draws to a close Make UK member ⁦@PanelFX⁩ Richard Hagan spoke to ⁦@BBCNews⁩ this morning about their sustainability journey. He shared what steps they took to reduce their carbon emissions, and why more businesses should do the same.
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We're at #COP26 this week in #Glasgow. Masked and energised. Our campaign director, Chris Turner is here with B Lab colleague @charmianlove #ClimateAction
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Sadly the Good Business Festival has been postponed again to later in the year. New dates to come. @pentameter will still be particpating and supporting then. Full statement: thegoodbusinessfestival.com/ #GBF Thanks esp to @HemingwayDesign @goodbizfest
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Join Us! ⬇️
May 25: Next in CASBS's webcast series, Social Science for a World in Crisis "WHAT HUMAN FLOURISHING LOOKS LIKE" w/@profjennabednar, @HilaryCottam, James Manyika & @gilliantett DETAILS & RSVP: bit.ly/3fa2wR1 @NewAmerica @McKinsey_MGI
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Two IPOs last week, two contrasting stories: B Corp Coursera (using the Benefit Corporation legal structure) shoots up 36% in New York. Rentier capitalist Deliveroo (denying workers rights) bombs 28% in London. #betterbusiness ⁦@betterbizact⁩ cnbc.com/2021/03/31/coursera…
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“Becoming a #BCorp is something you can’t buy or manipulate. There’s no #greenwashing involved; you need to earn it…we encourage other businesses to join us on the B Corp journey”—Geoff van Sonsbeeck, CEO and co-founder @HouseofBaukjen theindustry.fashion/house-of… @IOmaternitywear 🇬🇧
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