Community
Action Groups

• What’s working: Community events, climate education, retrofit fairs, pro bono work.

• Challenges: High retrofit costs, low uptake, limited knowledge of heat pump tech.

• Opportunities: Public education, peer-led learning, government support, local engagement, social media campaigns, and using proven models (e.g. Considerate Constructors Scheme).

• Next steps: Interest in meeting quarterly (virtual and in-person), sharing knowledge, and building a supportive network.

• Importance of collaboration, shared values, and trust among B Corps.

• Challenges around supply chains, packaging, and carbon reduction.

• Need for better staff engagement and understanding of leadership in purpose-driven business.

• Interest in forming a dedicated Food & Drink group to share knowledge and amplify impact.

• Enthusiasm for ongoing connection and shaping future action together, especially in light of upcoming B Corp standards.

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• Environmental impact: Small changes (local suppliers, hybrid working, going paperless) are meaningful even for service businesses.

• Inclusive recruitment: Tactics shared for fairer hiring (anonymised CVs, language tools, support for neurodiverse and underrepresented candidates).

• Challenging client bias: Emphasis on education, using data and empathy to shift traditional mindsets.

• Volunteering & giving: Encouraged to be purposeful, strategic, and aligned with core business values.

• B Corp journey: Positive when staff are engaged through ownership and working groups.

• Next steps: Strong interest in continuing collaboration, with structured agendas and peer learning.

• Focus on cost reduction and reputation as key motivators for boards and clients to adopt sustainable practices.

• Awareness and education are crucial before implementing sustainable changes, along with tracking impact metrics.

• Addressing the complexity of sustainability topics, especially carbon and the unseen impacts of AI, is a major challenge.

• Simple actions like turning off video in calls and using links over attachments can be effective starting points, especially for smaller organisations.

• Future meet-ups should focus on learning, specific topics within digital sustainability, creating business missions, and measuring impact to drive better decisions.

• Participants found value in sharing experiences and supporting each other, particularly regarding third-party consultancies.

• Concerns were raised about the cost and unclear benefits of Textile Exchange.

• Sharing practical knowledge, such as setting up a Charitable Foundation, was considered highly valuable.

• A smaller group size of 10-12 participants was preferred for manageability.

• Circularity and dealing with waste textiles were identified as common challenges, with a desire for practical solutions.

• All participants shared similar challenges regarding Scope 3 emissions.

The B Finance and Investment Group are meeting on 26th June during Climate Action Week at Sustainable Ventures for breakfast to hear how the group will work moving forwards. We have decided to split it into three sub sectors – Real assets, PE/VC and advisory/wealth/IFAs – these subsectors will run their own sessions and decide what they want to focus on for the year, then they will report back on progress quarterly to the whole group and chare learnings etc.

 If people want to attend you could point them in this direction: RSVP here