iBlue Workshop on Sustainable Business Models for SMEs

 The iBlue Project aims to support small enterprises in the Mediterranean yachting sector adapt and integrate key strategic objectives in sustainability, environmental management, and corporate social responsibility.

Supported by the EU Interreg-Med Programme, the iBlue Project has developed a 3-Pillar Business Model for use by small- and medium-enterprises. This Model adds important strategic objectives and metrics for sustainability and social awareness to three existing analytical tools:

• The Business Canvas Model
• The Resources-Processes-Value Framework
• The Influencing Forces Model

Navigator Consulting supported the pilot testing of the iBlue project in Cyprus by applying the sustainability methodology to a small enterprise in the boatbuilding sector.

On Thursday, 19 September, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) is organising a workshop entitled “3 Pillar Sustainability Business Model Methodology” in Limassol. The workshop will inform participants on the iBlue business sustainability business model which is based on the three pillars ‘Environment-Society-Economy’.

The workshop will also offer practical guidance in applying this model to their company or organisation.

09:00        Registration & Welcome

09:15        Introduction in 3-Pillar Business Model (3BPM)

Professor Katia Richomme Huet and Lucia Cicero

• Strategic importance of balanced business model – financial, social and environmental
• Business Model Canvas – leading framework for business model innovation and management
• Strategic perspective of Resources-Process-Value framework
• Key 3PBM tools

11:15       Coffee Break

11:30       3-PBM Methodology Training

Practical workshop for participating companies: hands-on implementation of 3-PBM methodology on real business case studies (mentored by Michalis Maimaris and Philip Ammerman)

• Initial business model analysis
• Business model impact analysis
• Identification of key trends and possibilities for company performance improvement based on 3-PBM sustainability methodology

13:30   Light Lunch

Attendance at the workshop is free. To participate, please contact CCCI by 16 September:

Mrs Georgia Venizelou

Email: gvenizelou@ccci.org.cy

Tel. 22-889-840