Do Sustainable Businesses Exist?

The 6heads Innovation and Sustainability Forum was a great success.200 people crammed into a room in Somerset House. Emminent speakers Mike Tennant, Carmel McQuaid, Tom Burke and John Elkington started the debate and involved the audience in brainstorming innovation ideas.

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6heads Innovation & Sustainability Forum - photos from Isabella Gaupmann on Vimeo.

Pepal/INSEAD East Africa Internship

Closing date: 9th January 2012 at 9am Pepal is working with Bausch & Lomb, Sightsavers, the Rapid Results Institute (RRI) and INSEAD’s Social Innovation Centre to develop an exciting new leadership programme. The programme partners Bausch & Lomb managers with NGO leaders from international NGO, Sightsavers, to form joint teams which work together to help advance the agenda of eye health in East Africa. To ensure the successful implementation of the programme, Pepal is awarding 4 internships based in Uganda and Kenya for 8 months. The interns will support the successful implementation of 4 eye-care projects and collect and analyse real-time data on behalf of Pepal and INSEAD. This unique opportunity will give the successful interns frontline exposure to development work, executive business training from INSEAD and RRI, mentoring from senior private-sector managers and an opportunity to engage in action research.

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6 Heads Innovation and Sustainability Forum

Pepal is hosting the 6 Heads Innovation and Sustainability Forum at Somerset House on 28th November 2011. The 6 Heads Innovation & Sustainability Forum will provide a platform to discuss how various facets of innovation can enable a transformation of the current system towards a more sustainable path. Thought-provoking presentations will be given by high-profile sustainability professionals including John Elkington, Tom Burke, Mike Tennant and Carmel McQuaid who will share their perspective on the relation between innovation and sustainability. The 6 heads - six postgraduates from an MSc programme at Imperial College London - will share the specific insights gained through their research projects on the following topics. These insights will be shared within the context of 6 breakout discussion groups, to enable participants to actively contribute their perspectives on these areas.

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Pepal International Leadership Challenge Uganda: Promise Down the Pipeline

Pepal is delighted to return from the September 2011 International Leadership Challenge in Uganda, which brought together international participants and community leaders from domestic NGOs to collaborate on 4 major projects. The intensive week combined a 2-day field trip, leadership training with the support of Andrena Cumella, an experienced facilitator and career coach, and the opportunity to work alongside Ugandan peers to work on a real-time project plan and presentation. Teams had the opportunity to develop lasting friendships and partnerships, transfer skills and best practices, experience community life in rural Uganda, and foster an understanding of relevant challenges. The programme was held at the Royal Impala Hotel in Munyonyo, Kampala.

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Building Bridges through Music - Innovation in the Education Sector

As Head of English at a high achieving grammar school, but with lots of experience of teaching in a variety of less privileged environments, I was delighted to have the opportunity to see for myself the reality of life and education in Uganda over the recent Easter holiday. This was thanks to Pepal and Musequality. Seeing the school' Tender Talents' in Kampala really was an utterly inspiring experience.

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