March is B Corp Month - an annual, global campaign where the global B Corp community joins to celebrate everything it means to be a B Corp.
On 7th March, CEW UK, supported by Provenance, is delighted to welcome speakers and members of the B Corp Community – Medik8, Elemis, Pai Skincare and B Corp Leaders, Cyd Connects for a discussion on their B Corp learnings and experiences with the aim of bringing other businesses along on the journey to better business.
Aisling Connaughton - Co-founder & Sustainability Solutionist, Cyd Connects
Aisling Connaughton is a co-founder of Cyd Connects, a women-led sustainability consultancy helping business become a force for good. Cyd Connects is a participant of the UN Global Compact and specialises in accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals via B Corp and sustainability roadmaps that make navigating the journey fun and inspiring. Through Cyd Connects, Aisling turns social and environmental responsibility into competitive business advantage. In her role as a certified B Leader, Aisling is working to raise awareness of how the B Corp framework can act as a catalyst for better business and accelerate the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Oriele Frank - Co Founder and Chief Product and Sustainability Officer, Elemis
Oriele serves on the ELEMIS Board as Co-Founder and Chief Product & Sustainability Officer, guiding the brand’s sustainable mission globally. She is integral to the brand’s development of next-generation skin, body and wellbeing products with a strong focus on advanced science and sustainable principles. Oriele’s professional marketing background and love of science, nature, different cultures, sustainability, CSR and alternative therapies has led to the development of a brand that is always one step-ahead of the industry. Oriele has fast become an industry expert in brand, new product concept, design, packaging and visual merchandising. Oriele’s pure determination and commitment to push the boundaries of the ELEMIS brand to be totally unique and innovative has been a driving force for the success of ELEMIS. As well as Sustainability Pillar President of Sustainability at CEW UK, Oriele now sits on the Steerco for the B Corp Beauty Coalition as well as a co-chair in the British Beauty Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition where she is creating stronger frameworks and policies for the beauty sector in the UK with sustainability as a central focus.
Sarah Brown - Founder, Pai Skincare
Sarah Brown, founder and CEO of Pai Skincare, is an organic skincare pioneer whose expertise in developing all-natural, efficacious products was born from her own experience living with challenging skin. Sarah developed Chronic Urticaria in her mid-twenties and started mixing her own formulations from her garage as a last ditch solution for her hyperreactive skin. Pai launched in 2007 at a time when the organic category was under-developed and clean beauty wasn’t yet a thing. Sarah was one of the early champions of certified organic, responsibly cultivated ingredients, passionately believing in their therapeutic properties when many around her didn’t. Pai continues to formulate, manufacture and distribute all products from its own custom-built facility in West London.
Alexandra Florea - Head of Sustainability, Medik8
Alexandra Florea is the Head of Sustainability at Medik8 - one of the fastest growing global skincare companies loved by industry professionals and skincare enthusiasts. At Medik8 Sustainability is not a nice to have, or an add-on. It is an integral part of the brand mission; to reduce products’ footprint in line with the latest science so customers never have to choose between results, experience, and impact on the planet. Alex leads the transformative Sustainability Plan, overseeing four key impact areas that defines Medik8’s sustainability architecture; Climate Action, Waste Reduction, Ethical Business and Social Investment.
Supported by:
Provenance is a platform that validates and amplifies sustainability credentials for consumer packaged goods, empowering customers to cut through the greenwash and make sustainable choices with confidence. Our platform enables businesses to be transparent about their impact from discovery to checkout, so that they can realise their sustainability ambitions and future-proof their market share. 200+ leading CPG businesses are using Provenance to communicate their sustainability credentials, including Cult Beauty, The Ordinary, The Nue Co, Shiseido, BELU, Arla and Napolina.
Event Details
Date: Thursday 7th March
Timings: 16:00-17:30
Address:
Provenance HQ,
The Mills Fabrica,
Cottam House
36-40 York Way
London
N1 9AB
For any event enquiries please contact [email protected]
