Place-based Training Opportunities
Business Impact Journey Training
January-March 2024 | Moray & Perth and Kinross cohorts
What is it?
During the first months of 2024 Scotland CAN B are delivering place-based Impact Journey trainings for businesses operating in Moray and/or Rural Perth & Kinross.
The aim of these trainings is to help Scotland’s rural businesses to better understand, measure and manage the impact they create on their workforce, their local community, and the wider environment.
The programme is delivered in partnership with the Moray and Rural Perth & Kinross Local Action Groups (LAGs) and fully funded thanks to Scottish Government’s Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Collaboration Challenge Fund.
Who is it for?
This training is for business leaders who want to learn how to understand, measure, and manage their business’s environmental, social, and governance performance.
Whether your business is at the very early stages of considering its relationship with people and planet, or further along the journey; this training will provide you with the tools and support to comprehensively identify and track the impact your business has on all of its stakeholders, as well as the contributions your business is making towards national and global sustainable development frameworks.
By the end of the training you will be equipped to communicate and report on your business impact, as well as continue to manage your impact into the future.
How will it work?
During this live, tailored online and in-person training, you will be guided through each module of Scotland CAN B’s Impact Journey methodology, as part of a small cohort of businesses from the same region.
You will also receive 1:1 support from a local Business Advisor to implement the learnings from the training into action in a way which is customised to your business’s unique business model and stakeholders.
Why should you join?
Whether you are motivated by the moral imperative or the business opportunity – it can’t be ignored that changing market forces are reflecting that business with purpose and accountability for the impact it creates on its stakeholders is better business, by any measure.
In the Business Purpose Commission for Scotland’s report published in 2022, it was reported that:
73% of businesses say a well defined purpose helped navigate disruption
Two thirds of people will pay more for socially driven products
53% of businesses prioritising purpose said they were successful with innovation efforts, versus only 19% not prioritising it
Two thirds of millennials take a company’s social and environmental commitments into account when deciding where to work
At Scotland CAN B, our heritage is rooted in the global B Corp movement; an international community of purpose-driven companies verified to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
The Impact Journey draws on cutting-edge B Corp tools and best practices to equip and inspire every Scottish business to better understand their impact.
Join us on this FREE training to leverage the competitive advantage of purpose and impact, and use YOUR business as a force for good.
Dates for your Diary
Impact Journey training | Mixture of online & in-person
Moray cohort:
Tuesday 30th January, 10.00-16.00 – In-person kick off event in Forres
Tuesdays 6th, 13th, & 20th February, 10.30-12.30 – Online weekly training sessions
Tuesday 27th February, 10.00-14.00 – Online wrap up event
Rural Perth & Kinross cohort:
Wednesday 7th February, 10.00-16.00 – In-person kick off event in Dunkeld
Thursday 15th, Wednesday 21st, and Thursday 29th February, 10.30-12.30 – Online weekly training sessions
Thursday 7th March, 10.00-14.00 – Online wrap up event
Learning Exchange | In-person in Aviemore
Last week of March TBC depending on venue
Investment
The programme is generously fully funded by the Scottish Government’s Community Led Local Development Collaboration Challenge Fund 2023/24, part of the Scottish Rural Development Programme.
Your investment is the time you need to participate in the programme.
A limited bursary fund is available for micro businesses and social enterprises to enable full participation, which can be allocated on a case-by-case basis by information supplied on our Registration Form.
Join Us
There are 20 places available on these trainings – 10x for Businesses from Moray and 10x for Businesses from Rural Perth & Kinross.
Please remember to indicate on the form whether you are seeking access to the bursary fund to cover your time for your organisation or any other costs which would enable your full participation (such as childcare).
Any Questions?
Please get in touch by email with Tim Hartley, Scotland CAN B Delivery Lead: tim@canb.scot
