The Packaging Cluster and the Catalan Water Partnership, together with ACCIÓ and Roots for Sustainability (R4S), are promoting a new project whose main objective is to train the members of the clusters in the measurement of social and environmental results and the contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of its business and operational activity.

The project is divided into two sessions, where work will be done on the B Corp standard (B Impact Assessment - BIA) and the SDG Action Manager (the only tool to measure the contribution to the SDGs co-developed and validated by the United Nations - Global Compact), evaluation tools that will allow us to incorporate these two frameworks of evaluation and guidance in the measurement, management and improvement of results. In addition, there will be the participation of two leading companies in sustainability, which will present their case on the incorporation of the measurement of social and environmental results and the benefits it has brought to their organization.

The measurement of social and environmental results of the participating companies will be worked on over two training and execution sessions. Although participation in the first day is open, it will add value to all members of the participating clusters, and does not oblige them to commit to the second. To maximize the overall value of the company project, participation in both workshops and the commitment to complete the evaluation tools between the two work days is recommended (a month of margin will be given for this task).

Program of the first session

Date and Format

Wednesday, 14th of October, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, online through the Microsoft Teams platform.

Goals 

To introduce members to the measurement and evaluation tools of social and environmental results and train them in the identification of the key impact areas, the material Sustainable Development Goals and the completion of the Impact Assessment in a structured way B.

Estructure

In the first block of work, companies will be introduced to the standard and the B Corp movement - offering the business vision and the benefits of this together with the key steps of the certification process -, and the Objectives of Sustainable Development and the tools for evaluating social and environmental results - the B Impact Assessment (BIA) and the SDG Action Manager -.

In the second block, there will be experiences in business sustainability and the B Corp standard of two companies invited by different clusters. These will present the case study on the strategic integration of the evaluation of social and environmental results with the B Corp standard.

Finally, in the third block, the companies will identify the key impact areas of their organization, the material Sustainable Development Goals and will participate in a dynamic of familiarization with the evaluation tools, where the members will be guided in the use of the impact assessment B and the management of the organization's social and environmental information.

Workloads and support for participants between sessions

Between the first and the second session, a month will be allowed for the participating members to complete the evaluation tools with the economic, social and environmental information required by the B Corp standard and the SDG Action Manager. Additionally, in this period of time, the R4S team will carry out a brief online session with the members who need to resolve potential technical doubts to advance with the completion of the tools.

More info here. 

LIMITED PLACES  FOR MEMBER COMPANIES *

* Places for participation in both sessions are limited, and applications will be considered according to the profile and scope of the organization. Participation in both workshops is recommended, where the date of the second session is to be determined.