Net Impact is a global nonprofit that creates and equips networks of professionals interested in creating good change through business, with over 400,000 members. Please visit https://netimpact.org/ for further information. We are excited to create a Net impact initiative at Tel Aviv University which will work with connect you with leaders in alternative business, green tech, social venture capital and the like. Our first event is a chance to hear professionals speak about applying theories of sustainability and social impact to the for-profit business model, and to learn more about our team and aspirations for this year.

About the event:
What:  Net Impact Event: "The Business of Sustainability: Getting Paid for Doing Good"
When:  Sunday, January 12th, 2014 at 18:30
Where:  Tel Aviv University (TAU), Recanati Building Room 404


Agenda:
18:30-19:00 Welcome, networking and light refreshments (room 401/402)
19:00-19:10 Greetings and presentation of Net Impact
19:10-19:20 Introduction by moderator Liad Ortar

19:20-20:30 Professionals' Panel: The Business of Sustainability
 
                Speakers: Boaz Mamo, Co-founder of Eco Motion
                               Yogev Katzir, Sustainability Manager at Shikun & Binui
                               Ronny Daniel, Co-founder of The Natural Step Israel

20:30-21:00 Discussion and Q&A
 
*This is a tentative agenda and is subject to change.
 

About the Moderator:
Mr. Ortar is an experienced CSR practitioner, advocate and a leading figure in the sustainability arena in Israel. Ortar brought in 2006, the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines to the Israeli market by translating them to Hebrew and disseminating them in the Israeli business community. Ortar holds a MA in Environmental Studies from the Tel-Aviv University and is currently a sustainability management lecturer both at the Ben Gurion University in the Negev (Where he is a PhD candidate) and at The Tel-Avivi Yaffo Academic College. Alongside his academic roles, Ortar is a fellow at CSRI (the Corporate Social Responsibility Institute), promoting regulation of corporates non-financial disclosures and also manage the 'CSR & the city' project.


About the Speakers:
 
Yogev Katzir currently works as sustainability manager at SHIKUN & BINUI, the biggest construction and Infrastructure Company in Israel. Prior to that he worked at the Ministry of Environmental Protection as a Professional Advisor to the Director General, where his job was to Initiate, create and assimilate national environmental policy. Yogev holds a BA PPE (Philosophy, Political Science, Economy) from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a MA Environmental Studies from The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University
 
Boaz Mamo is leading projects in Agriculture and Smart Transportation (as the executive director of EcoMotion) at the Israeli Science Technology and Innovation Policy Institute; Prior to that Boaz hold the position of Business developer for Digital Fuel, an Israeli start-up company, project management at Young Judea; Boaz holds B.A. and an M.B.A. (Specializing in finance and strategy), from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem


Ronny Daniel is the co-founder and innovation manager at The Natural Step, Israeli branch. The Natural Step is a multinational advisory organization, working for over 25 years  with companies such as IKEA, Nike and Wallmart, combining sustainability with innovation. Ronny has been working with various industries - ranging from health, energy, construction and food sectors. Using methods from the fields of service design, behavioral economics and the FSSD (Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development). In his lecture, Ronny will introduce one of the perspectives The Natural Step is using and will introduce an opportunity to join and participate in a new innovation lab.