Impact

ESG & Community Impact

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BizEd Projects CIC is a not-for-profit, female-led Community Interest Company committed to delivering positive environmental and social impact through inclusive education, research, and place-based economic development. Our ESG approach reflects our size, purpose, and CIC governance model, focusing on material impact rather than box-ticking.

 

Environmental (E): Supporting a Just and Practical Transition to Net Zero

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BizEd Projects CIC contributes to environmental sustainability primarily through skills, behaviour change, and systems-level impact, rather than direct emissions-intensive activity.

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Our environmental contribution includes:

• Delivering climate literacy and green skills education through workshops, training, and facilitation, empowering individuals, communities, and organisations to understand climate change and take practical action

• Supporting a just transition by ensuring rural and digitally excluded communities can access climate and green skills education

• Reinvesting income from paid climate workshops directly into community climate education, facilitator training, and local delivery

• Reducing environmental impact through digital-first delivery, localised working, and minimising unnecessary travel

• Promoting reuse and circular practices through the redistribution of refurbished digital devices within our digital inclusion programmes

We focus on enabling long-term environmental outcomes by strengthening local capability, resilience, and informed decision-making rather than short-term offsets or superficial measures .

 

Social (S): Inclusive Growth, Fair Access, and Community Benefit

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Social value is central to BizEd Projects CIC’s purpose and delivery model. We work to remove barriers to opportunity and support inclusive economic participation.

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Our social impact includes:

• Tackling digital exclusion by providing free digital skills support, one-to-one learning, donated devices, and community-based support for older people, carers, disabled people, and those experiencing isolation

• Championing decent work and fair access through mentoring, placements, volunteering, and inclusive networking

• Supporting women’s economic empowerment through female-focused networks, mentoring, and financial literacy initiatives

• Delivering ethical, community-led research grounded in lived experience, particularly in areas such as green jobs, future skills, work and health, and place-based systems

• Strengthening local economies and social cohesion by reinvesting income into community services, local suppliers, and accessible spaces, including a ground floor digital hub.

Our programmes are designed to improve confidence, wellbeing, skills, and social connection, ensuring that economic and environmental transitions work for everyone, not just the already advantaged .

 

Governance (G): Transparency, Accountability, and CIC Principles

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BizEd Projects CIC operates with governance structures appropriate to our size and community mission, underpinned by CIC regulation and an asset lock that ensures community benefit.

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Our governance approach includes:

• Reinvesting all profits into social and environmental impact activities in line with our CIC purpose

• Transparent reporting on income, expenditure, reinvestment, and organisational growth

• Oversight through an advisory panel alongside employed staff, volunteers, and subcontractors

• Ethical research practices, responsible data handling, and safeguarding principles

• Clear accountability for decision-making, risk management, and conflicts of interest

We review our impact and operations regularly to ensure alignment with our mission, funder expectations, and the communities we serve, embedding learning and continuous improvement into our work .

 

Our Commitment

As a Community Interest Company, BizEd Projects CIC views ESG not as a compliance exercise, but as an extension of our purpose. We are committed to:

• Delivering measurable social and environmental value

• Operating with integrity, transparency, and accountability

• Supporting a fair, inclusive, and place-based transition to a more sustainable economy

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If you would like to see more about our impact in numbers - see our latest impact report below from March 2024-25.

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