PARIS • LONDON • NEW-YORK • HONG-KONG
Positive Innovation Club
We bring together innovation, positive impact, purpose and engagementPositive Innovation Club
A network of purpose driven leaders willing to reconcile social & environmental impact with business development.
We bring together top executives and inspiring social entrepreneurs to discover positive innovations and collaborate to develop more inclusive and sustainable projects within companies.
Members & partners
The agenda for each meeting
→ Introduction by a keynote speaker
Get inspired by listening to pioneers within the positive innovation sector.
→ Social entrepreneur and corporate intrapreneur pitches
Discover innovative ideas, potential partnership opportunities, challenges other leaders have faced, etc.
→ Breakout workshop sessions
Enjoy time with a project leader in a small group, and exchange with them about a topic relating to their project.
→ Cocktail & networking
Connect with peers and changemakers over drinks and food.
They came to pitch at the club
Main themes addressed by the Club
1) Repositioning people at the heart of business: engaging collaborators, new organization methods, corporate governance, well-being at work, etc.
2) Extending business responsibility to its entire value chain: sustainable purchasing, eco-conception, circular economy, impact investing, etc.
3) Integrating a green energy transition: renewable energies, sustainable transport, etc.
4) Developing new markets: emerging customers, Bottom of the Pyramid, conscious consumers, etc.
5) Collaborating with stakeholders: collaborate with associations, micro-company, citizens movements
What is positive impact
for our members?
Inspiring keynote speakers...
Emmanuel Faber
CEO at Danone
Valérie Gaudart
Ecosystem and Culture Director for Innovation & Employer Brand
Helene Valade
CSR Director - Suez
Jeffrey Sachs
Economist and Counsellor for the UN General Secretary
Navi Radjou
Frugal Innovation Theoretician
Gunter Pauli
Blue Economy Specialist
David Jones
Co-Founder of One Young World, former CEO at Havas
Mo Gawdat
Ex-Chief Business Officer of Google, Author of Solve For Happy
Bertrand Piccard
Adventurer, 1st world tour in the Solar Impulse
Kate Robertson
Former Global President of Havas and Co-Founder of One Young World
Anne-Claire Berg
Director of Culture and Commitment - Danone
During each Club event, project leaders come to share their challenges
BIC
How to accelerate waste valorization?
Les Mousquetaires
How to value and give meaning to the work of point-of-sale operators?
Pur Projet
How to integrate carbon offsetting within the corporate value chain?
Qarnot Computing
How to turn a problem into an opportunity with the first computer-radiator that uses micro-processors as a heat source?
Toast Ale
How can Toast Ale, that uses wasted bread to produce an award-winning beer, engage big business in their mission to end global food waste one delicious beer at a time?
SEaB Energy
How can SEaB Energy, that builds containers which turn organic waste into energy on-site, tweak its business model to even out cash-flow as it scales, and makes more corporate partnerships?
Source Abled
How can global companies tap into untapped talent?
Blockchain for change
How can enterprises help bridge the gap to financial inclusion?
Impact
20
meetings in 3 years in Paris
6
meetings in New-York
4
meetings in London
2
meetings in Hong Kong
+150
innovative solutions pitched
+100
participants by meeting
Interested in joining the club or you would like more information?
The annual membership includes:
– 6 events/year with the possibility to invite 3 people of your choice to each event (collaborators, peers, customers, partners, etc.)
– A yearly members-only dinner
– Opportunity to showcase a learning, an experience or an issue you face related to social innovation and to animate a workshop with attendees on this theme
– Priority access to events (free or preferentiel prices: VivaTech, Change Now Summit, Social Good Summit, etc.)
– Priority access to Sparknews offers (learning expeditions, trainings, Sparkshows, professional support for project implementation, etc.)
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