Agenda - The B Corp Festival

Festival mornings are about being together as one, we'll be coming together for inspiring discussions on a grand scale in the New Theatre, live-streamed to cinema screens in Oxford and accessible to our virtual participants.

In the afternoons, dive into specialised topics with our create-your-own agenda feature. Select from over 40 diverse fringe sessions offered throughout both afternoons from our extensive fringe program below.

Session bookings are officially live on our event app, and will be on a first-come-first-served basis! Download the app now and craft your own unique Festival agenda with exclusive sessions and immerse yourself in everything Louder than Words has to offer

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Tue, Sep 10

Stalls

Common Room

Lecture Theatre L3

Lecture Theatre L5

Lecture Theatre L6

Dining Room

Mary Ogilvie Theatre

Seminar Room 10

Seminar Room 11

Seminar Room 3

Seminar Room 5

Old Library

Council Chamber

Court Room

Main Hall

St. Aldate's Room

(Pop up)

Blue Room

10:30 - 12:30

Agenda and Schedule

Tue, Sep 10

Morning session live and streamed from The New Theatre

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Transforming the UK food & drink sector

After the general election: putting ‘business for good’ at the heart of our politics

Salmon Nation: Help protect wild salmon. How Patagonia is partnering with grassroots organisations to end open pen fish farming.

Lunch! Choose your meet up

How to Do Good: Active bystander intervention for cultural change

How to Do Good: Active bystander intervention for cultural change

How to Do Good: Active bystander intervention for cultural change

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Panel: Telling your sustainability story with influence and integrity

The subtle art of swiping right: Investors, investees and the art of embracing mission

Can big business really change for good?

Lunch! Choose your meet up

There is no regeneration without Disability liberation

There is no regeneration without Disability liberation

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Reframing diversity for genuine workplace inclusion

Reframing diversity for genuine workplace inclusion

Reframing diversity for genuine workplace inclusion

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Conversational coaching skills to change the world

Conversational coaching skills to change the world

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Big Relationships = Big Impact: Unleashing people power to deliver meaningful change

Big Relationships = Big Impact: Unleashing people power to deliver meaningful change

Big Relationships = Big Impact: Unleashing people power to deliver meaningful change

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Triangular Innovation: Powering progress through dynamic partnerships

Triangular Innovation: Powering progress through dynamic partnerships

Triangular Innovation: Powering progress through dynamic partnerships

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Creative workshop: ‘Making the connection’ – how to bring sustainability into your brand story

Creative workshop: ‘Making the connection’ – how to bring sustainability into your brand story

Creative workshop: ‘Making the connection’ – how to bring sustainability into your brand story

Lunch! Choose your meet up

How about embodying purpose: confronting our narratives, changing our behaviours

How about embodying purpose: confronting our narratives, changing our behaviours

How about embodying purpose: confronting our narratives, changing our behaviours

Lunch! Choose your meet up

How can the B Corp movement help give SMEs a voice in policymaking?

How can the B Corp movement help give SMEs a voice in policymaking?

How can the B Corp movement help give SMEs a voice in policymaking?

Lunch! Choose your meet up

B Corp ‘Speed Dating’

B Corp ‘Speed Dating’

Lunch! Choose your meet up

The Great Big Flexible Work Debate – how bendy can we be?

Your use of AI does more harm than good

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Twenty Years of the Living Wage: what’s next for good work in the UK?

Should we put a price on nature? The Real Costs of Using Earth’s Resources

Certification & Recertification Office Hour

Walk the Talk Exhibition

Ask Me Anything with the B Lab Global Standards Team – Session 1

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Lunch! Choose your meet up

The ripple effect of Impact Business Models

The ripple effect of Impact Business Models

Actions not words: Driving change for a better business

Lunch! Choose your meet up

How do you nurture healthy conflict in a committed community?

How do you nurture healthy conflict in a committed community?

How do you nurture healthy conflict in a committed community?

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Futureneering Positive Worlds

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Climate/Eco Cafe (Listening circle)

Lunch! Choose your meet up

RAPID Democracy: How can B Corps make bigger and better decisions by involving more people?

RAPID Democracy: How can B Corps make bigger and better decisions by involving more people?

Wed, Sep 11

Morning session live and streamed from The New Theatre

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Lunch! Choose your meet up

Beyond carbon: how to engage your business with the nature agenda

Beyond carbon: how to engage your business with the nature agenda

Beyond carbon: how to engage your business with the nature agenda