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🌟 As we close out the year, we are humbled to reshare our Annual Impact Report. 🌟 This year’s report reflects our journey over the past year, highlighting our ongoing efforts to support local family farms, nurture a thriving workplace, and address global challenges like hunger. Key Highlights: Growth: We've made meaningful progress, reflecting our dedication to continuous improvement. Sustainability: Our initiatives have positively impacted our community and environment. Customer Success: We are honored to celebrate the achievements of those who inspire us every day. Challenges and Opportunities: We've embraced challenges and turned them into opportunities, paving the way for a brighter future. We invite you to explore the full report to see how we've navigated this year and our plans for the future here: ➡ https://lnkd.in/dQVNDyex Thank you to our incredible team, partners, and customers for your steadfast support. Here's to a prosperous and impactful new year ahead! #Didion #DidionMilling #DidionBioscience #ImpactReport #YearInReview Pictured left to right: Dow, Coral, Riley, and John Didion

✨How to drive positive change through business in 2025? Join the Re:Business community on January 23 to connect with fellow impact makers and hear from Christian de Jong about Bever’s circular success and failures. ✨ We’re thrilled to start the year with the launch of *Re:Business*, a network for professionals driving positive change through business. Initiated with co-impact makers Marianne van Leeuwen, Cicely Wouters (Heuvink) and Inge Demoed, we created Re:Business—a space to learn, share, and connect with like-minded changemakers who truly want to make impact. Our mission? To build a regenerative community, grounded in honest conversations about victories and challenges. 💡 The first meetup: 📅 Date: January 23 📍 Venue: De Groene Afslag (thanks to our partner, De Veranderschool) ⏰ Program: 19:00 Welcome with drinks 19:30 Keynote: Christian de Jong (Sustainability Manager at Bever) 20:00 Networking 21:00 End 🌱 Let’s create positive impact, together. See you there? 🖇️ in comments

As the final countdown begins, we are excited to welcome you to a day of insights, collaboration, and advancing our initiatives to a sustainable future! See you soon our valued guests and participants in 3 days time!!!! #cleanertomorrowforpresentandgenerationstocome #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #circulareconomy #sustainablesolidwastemanagement

May this new year mark the beginning of new endeavors, innovative ideas, and fruitful collaborations that propel your organization to new heights of achievement. #NewYearNewBeginnings #InnovativeIdeas #FruitfulCollaborations #AchievementUnlocked #SuccessJourney #OrganizationGoals #NewYearWishes #NewYearBlessings 

The past few weeks have been intense and rewarding, as I had the opportunity to speak at several conferences, sharing POSEIDONA’s mission to nourish the people while we care for the ocean as well as my insights as an entrepreneur+food scientist specializing in non-animal proteins and meat/ fish analogs. What struck me most was the incredible difference of approach at each event, which translates to a completely different audience. It made me reflect on how these differences should connect—and what common ground could unite us all to have a conversation that will generate real change and stop obsolete practices. I’ve already shared my great experiences at oríGenes® and La Granja Lab, and last week I had the honor of speaking at the Climate & Social Justice Summit by the Ethical Assembly. The passion and knowledge in the room were incredible, and the no-greenwashing policy made it clear that this was a space for genuine, meaningful dialogue (shout out to Patricia Imbarus). We need more of this if we are to make the changes our planet desperately needs, but we need for the message to stick to a general audience. One challenge I’ve noticed across these events is that while we seem to be all aligned on the mission, the conversations often feel like they’re happening in silos—without reaching the broader, global audience that truly needs to hear them. It’s as if those of us advocating for change are seen as the “Lisa Simpsons” in a world that feels more like “Marge" (in the best case). How do we break out of this bubble and bridge that gap? How can we start listenning to each other and looking for common points of action? I wish I had the answer. One common theme that emerged from all these events was a return to the roots—whether in terms of rewilding the anthropocene, as Deborah Vorhies and Robin Moore highlighted, or preserving tradition and product quality in food production while embracing innovation as mentioned by @Mikel Zeberio from the Basque Culinary Center in oríGenes®. Maybe that’s where the conversation with not-so-like-minded audiences should start: by honoring the roots we all share. Lucija Matic Impact Shakers Alice Segre Karsten Hirsch Nuno Lourenço André Almeida Santos Rita Sousa Raquel Gaião Silva Christopher Storey Laura Korčulanin Leanne Cullen-Unsworth

As we wrap up this first week, the word that comes to mind for me is JOY. 🌟 The first of our five guiding values at The Greenhouse is "Invite joy to be your co-creator. Celebrate the wins, even the tiniest ones." This theme of joy kept surfacing in the group's conversations -- on what taking a more earth-centered and feminine approach means to them, in their reflections on why they're doing the work they're doing, what motivates them, and what they're moving towards. Joy was a big topic of conversation this week -- and it was also present as a felt experience. Working with Anu Sanghvi this week and showing up in these first sessions with the new cohort reminded me how energizing joy can be. It reminded me how important it is to invite and cultivate joy to help power and sustain us through the inevitable challenges we encounter in climate work and along the founder journey. If you're feeling like you've lost touch with your joy in what you do, how might you invite it back? What's something you can do to remind yourself of the joyful parts of your work, the parts that feel rewarding and energizing?

What sets high-growth companies apart from low-growth ones? The key lies in their approach to market dynamics. Low-growth firms often engage in fierce battles for market share within a single field, limiting their growth potential and risking profit erosion. In contrast, high-growth companies embrace ecosystems, fostering connected relationships that spark new opportunities. Purpose, not just profit, guides their strategic decisions. Learn more about this strategic shift here: https://lnkd.in/grsm4Wjz

One Step Closer (OSC)'s Ripplefest revived and energized me! I'm grateful to have contributed to the regenerative thinking around the Advisors table at breakfast. What a dynamic group!! Here are some highlights from the day: ⚫ OSC co-founder Lara Jackle Dickinson kicked us off with her thoughts that we come together in kinship, with shared values and motivations for shaping a better world -- she encouraged us to banish the term "like-minded" from our vocabulary because it is the diversity of our minds, perspectives, and ideas that makes our community so rich. ⚫Opening panelist Carlotta Mast shared a great definition of "love" in the work context: "the deep and unwavering commitment to the flourishing of another human" (from the book Love + Work by Marcus Buckingham). We definitely need more of this in our workplaces! ⚫Panelist Kyle Koehler defined regeneration as "capacity building", and he encouraged company leaders to carefully consider what they are growing (revenue? impact? capability?), and why -- rather than blindly pursuing scaling their businesses without a clear "why". ⚫Session leader Lara Lee reminded us to avoid confirmation bias (gravitating to information we already agree with), and to become more discerning about which paradigm is sourcing our thinking and business practices. ⚫In the session on "greengushing" Julia Collins encouraged authentic storytelling backed by credible data. She compared two approaches to on-pack messaging for the same product -- first by Moonshot and then by Patagonia Provisions. Two compelling ways to inspire action among consumers! Such a rich day -- be sure to check out OSC's ongoing offerings to tap into many wonderful resources!

Some do the opening, others do the closing. The first Impact Day, ably hosted by Francis Kadaplackal, is almost over. So the time is ripe for a major conclusion: it was extremely interesting. How interesting, you can judge for yourself. Because this week, you will discover in this feed a new learning every day. As if you were here yourself. And if you do were here yourself: be welcome to add your own learning. Because as keynote opener Jan Beyne said: to create impact we need to get into dialogue with each other. Coming up in the next few days: Piet Colruyt, Tina Verstuyft, Hannelore Martens, Gemmeke De Jongh (she/her), Kevin McMullan, Elegast Monbaliu, Filip Vandemaele, Tuya Beyers, Kathy Van Wambeke, Milo Vergucht, Genevieve Leclerc, CMP, CICE, Guy Bigwood, FIEMA, Ben Hainsworth, Maraika Geisterfer-Black, Frédéric Ghewy, Solange Cleutjens, Bregje Frens - de Leeuw, Nienke van der Malen - van der Horst #impact #associations #sustainability

Early bird registration for Social Impact World's 3rd annual Virtual Summit in September is now open (link in comments for more)! I'm SUPER excited about this year's theme: the business of social impact. We're going to explore how social impact can integrate deeper into corporate structures, driving measurable business value while staying true to its roots of creating positive impact. I can't wait to learn from the likes of Michelle Baltrusitis, Virginie VAST, Kira Traore, peggy duvette, Edwin Goutier, Corey Marshall, and Amber Stryker! The entire lineup of speakers is 🔥.