Net Impact

Founded in 1993, Net Impact is an international non-profit organisation whose mission is to mobilize a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change in their workplaces and the world. They offer a portfolio of programs to educate, equip, and inspire a global community of 30,000+ people who are using their business smarts to change the world.

Spanning six continents, Net Impact is one of the most influential networks of MBAs, graduate students, and professionals in existence today. Net Impact members are current and emerging leaders in CSR, social entrepreneurship, non-profit management, international development, and environmental sustainability.

Visit the Net Impact website to learn about their work internationally.

If you'd like to start your own chapter or get involved with Net Impact at MBS contact netimpact@mbs.edu

Net Impact at MBS 


MBS home to Australia's first Net Impact chapter. Net Impact Melbourne (NIM) was established in 2002 and is part of an international network of more than 280 student and professional chapters worldwide. NIM is currently the only active Net Impact chapter in Australia, and in 2010 it was awarded Silver status, making it amongst the top chapters in the world. The aim of NIM is to increase the current and future impact of MBS students through careers, action, and education.

Each spring NIM presents an annual conference, organised and run by MBS students and held on campus, which addresses current trends and issues related to creating positive net social, environmental, and economic impacts in business.

The 2011 Australian Net Impact Conference was a resounding success, click here to read more.

NIM deals with wide ranging issues such as corporate social responsibility, socially responsible financing, business sustainability, public private partnerships, business ethics, environmental operations management, corporate risk management and communicates through the annual sustainability conference, presentations from industry professionals, discussion forums, movie nights and networking events.