Net Impact Overview

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Net Impact inspires, educates, and equips
individuals to use the power of business to
create a more socially and environmentally
sustainable world.
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About Net Impact

• The leading organization of students and
  professionals committed to using business for
  positive social and environmental impact
• A dynamic network of over 15,000 individuals
  across the globe
• An opportunity for innovative businesses to
  connect with future employees, partners, and
  customers who care about socially responsible
  business and corporate citizenship

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Meeting our mission how we inspire

• Sharing the progress of our partners and members
  as they drive positive change
• Convening individuals at inspiring events,
  including our annual conference and hundreds of
  local chapter gatherings
• Connecting current and future business leaders
  committed to using business skills to create a
  more socially and environmentally sustainable
  world

Attendees at the 2008 Net Impact Conference
A campus greening event with Net Impacts Indian
School of Business Chapter in Hyderabad, India
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Meeting our mission how we educate

• Publishing original research and guides, such as
• Business as UNusual The Net Impact Student Guide
  to Graduate Programs
• New Leaders, New Perspectives A Survey of MBA
  Student Opinions on the Relationship Between
  Business and Social/Environmental Issues
• Your Impact at Work A Practical Guide to
  Changing the World From Inside Any Company
• Running an annual conference with 2,000
  attendees and 100 sessions
• Hosting hundreds of events on environmental
  sustainability, corporate responsibility, social
  entrepreneurship, international development, and
  more
• Producing a weekly call series in which
  corporate, nonprofit, and academic leaders
  address topics ranging from career to community
  development
• Cultivating a robust online Learning Center and
  weekly newsletters providing educational articles
  and engagement opportunities
• Offering resources on MBA curriculum change

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Meeting our mission how we equip

• Creating special programs to create campus,
  community, and workplace change
• Impact at Work Program
• Campus Greening Initiative
• Service Corps (skills-based volunteering) and
  Board Fellows
• Facilitating a network through web tools and our
  chapter structure
• Providing career resources for members to find a
  positions that combine business and social impact
• Supporting chapters by providing resources for
  local events and networking opportunities

Campus Greening Initiative
ImpactatWork
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Our Reach
Spanning six continents, our membership is one of
the most influential networks of students and
professionals in existence today. The Net Impact
network includes over 200 chapters in cities
throughout the world, including chapters in the
top 30 U.S. MBA programs
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Chapters Across U.S.
graduate
professional
undergrad
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International Chapters
Cranfield
Edinburgh
Cambridge
Rotterdam
Manchester
Trondheim
Nottingham
Helsinki
Edmonton
Copenhagen
London
Toronto
Montreal
Berlin
Paris
Vancouver
Halifax
Geneva
Fontainebleau
Seoul
Calgary
Bangladesh
Athens
Tokyo
Barcelona
Nice
Hyderabad
Madrid
Hong Kong
Mexico City
Pune
Bangkok
Accra
Alajuela
Lagos
Singapore
Sao Paulo
Lima
Belo Horizonte
Johannesburg
Melbourne
student
professional
Updated 1/23/09
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Partner with Net Impact as a sponsor to
Reach a global network of thought leaders and
changemakers with your citizenship story Gain
visibility at our annual conference, the largest
corporate responsibility event for students and
professionals (2,000) Recruit outstanding
talent with the skills to address social and
environmental issues facing todays
companies Give employees opportunities to deepen
their knowledge on corporate responsibility, the
environment, and related topics Join a community
of leading values-based companies
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Reach a global network of thought leaders and
changemakers with your citizenship story

• Opportunities include
• Recognition on www.netimpact.org homepage
• Feature in Leading Business newsletter, sent
  monthly to more than 25,000 subscribers
• Speaking opportunities educational conference
  calls/podcasts
• Other custom marketing opportunities!

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Gain visibility at our annual conference

• The largest corporate responsibility event for
  students and professionals
• At Cornell, November 13-14, 2009
• Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE to keynote
• Past renowned keynotes (e.g. Al Gore, Nobel
  Laureate, Yvon Chouinard, Founder, Patagonia)
• Audience of 2,000 (75 MBAs, 25 working
  professionals)
• Sponsors receive
• Logo on signage, guidebook, marketing materials,
  etc.
• Complimentary registrations
• Priority for speaking opportunities
• Premium Expo table

Al Gore keynoting
Conference materials
Conference signage
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Recruit outstanding talent with the skills to
address social and environmental issues

• Find experienced employees and interns year-round
• Unlimited job and internship postings
• Sponsor posting featured in newsletters
• Sponsors can access candidate resume books
• At certain levels, sponsors get valuable benefits
  like resume screening and special promotion of
  open positions
• 2009 Conference Expo on Friday, November 13th
  provides sponsors
• Premium booth placement showcasing your company
  to nearly 2,000 attendees
• Pre-conference advertising and a company profile
  on our website
• Private interview space
• Attendee resume book
• Recognition in Conference Guidebook
• 87 of members say a companys support of Net
  Impact would influence their desire to work with
  them
• Over half (53) would be willing to take at least
  a 20 cut in their salary for a company/
  organization that better reflected their values

Scenes from the Expo at our 2007 and 2008
Conferences
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Give employees opportunities to deepen their
knowledge on corporate responsibility, the
environment, and related topics

• Sponsor companies receive multiple individual
  memberships to pass on to employees interested in
  corporate responsibility and related topics
• Members gain access to all Net Impact
  professional development member benefits,
  including events and online resources
• Impact at Work program
• Issues in Depth calls
• Speaking opportunities
• Local networking events

Employees with a positive view of their
organizations corporate responsibility
commitment have higher levels of engagement (86
compared to only 37 who are negative about
their employer's corporate responsibility), and
better views of their senior management's
integrity (71 compared to 21 ). Source May
2007 study by Sirota Survey Intelligence of 1.6
million employees in 70 organizations
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Join a community of leading values-based
companies
2009-2010 Net Impact sponsors (to date)
Executive
Associate
Supporting
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We also work with companies on special projects
to engage our network on key issues

• We partnered with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to grow
  their Better Living Business Challenge from eight
  schools in 2008 to 30 in 2009
• With FedEx, we developed a student essay contest
  addressing a key element of their corporate
  responsibility platform, calling on students from
  around the world to answer the question Where
  will Access take us next?
• Seventh Generation Founder and Chief Inspired
  Protagonist Jeffrey Hollender will be presenting
  at five business school campuses across the
  country in Fall of 2009 as part of a Net Impact
  facilitated speaking tour
• This years Net Impact conference will feature a
  case competition with Nestle Waters and Waste
  Management exploring new products and technology
  to grow on-campus recycling rates
• We are partnering with Sodexo to build a program
  levering MBA interns and externs to help build a
  company wide sustainability scorecard program.

Scenes from the Walmart Challenge finals in
Bentonville, Arkansas
New technology featured in an original case
competition
Seventh Generation Founder and Chief Inspired
Protagonist Jeffrey Hollender
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THANK YOU Sponsorship opportunities range
between 7,500 and 75,000. For a full list of
benefits at various levels visit
www.netimpact.org/sponsorship We also offer
customized opportunities. Please contact Sarah
Coleman at 415 495 4230 x315 or by email at
scoleman_at_netimpact.org
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APPENDIX
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Net Impact history
1993
1994
1996
1998
2001
1999
First professional chapter launched in San
Francisco
SRB expands beyond MBAs to include a young
professionals network
Membership quadruples in first year to 550 members
Name changed from SRB to Net Impact
Founded by group of MBA students as Students for
Responsible Business first conference at
Georgetown
Membership reaches 1,000
Net Impact becomes program of Business for Social
Responsibility
2007
2008
2004
2006
2005
2002
Net Impact becomes independent nonprofit
organization
Ten-year anniversary conference held in
Washington, D.C.
Net Impact surpasses 200 chapters First European
conference in Geneva North America Conference
surpasses 2,000 participants
Net Impact grows to over 10,000
members Undergraduate Pilot Launched
First Net Impact guide to graduate schools
published
Curriculum Change and Campus Greening Initiative
launched Net Impact surpasses 100 chapters
Service Corps program launched
Conference surpasses 1,400 participants
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Accomplished Board of Directors
Unmesh Brahme Senior Vice President, Corporate
Sustainability HSBC India Jonathan E.
Carson Chairman and CEO cMarket Marcus
Chung Director, Corporate CitizenshipMcKesson
Carol ConeChairman and FounderCone, Inc.
Michael Fields Senior Manager, Community
Relations Booz Allen Hamilton Kellee
James Economist Chicago Climate
Exchange Cleveland Justis Director of Programs
and Strategic Initiatives Golden Gate National
Parks Conservancy Jo Mackness Executive
Director Center for Responsible Business, Haas
School of Business, UC Berkeley
Liz Maw Executive Director Net Impact Tim
Mohin Principal Sustainability ConsultantEnvironm
ental and Occupational Risk Management, Inc. Ben
Packard Vice President, Corporate Social
Responsibility Starbucks Coffee Company Dr.
Steven C. Phillips Medical Director, Global
Issues and Projects Exxon Mobil Corporation Mark
Pinsky President and CEO Opportunity Finance
Network Lila Preston AnalystGeneration
Investment Management, LLP Jim Schorr Professor
and DirectorCenter for Business SocietyOwen
School of ManagementVanderbilt University John
Wood Founder and CEO Room to Read
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Leading Net Impact chapters