Penguin Learning Limited

Staffordshire, United Kingdom
March 2025
Education & training services
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Denmark,
France,
Germany,
Ireland,
Italy,
Spain,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom
Penguin Learning Limited is a UK-based people development company specializing in management development training to enhance business performance. Founded in 2011 by Paul Nolan and James, the company delivers high-quality, tailored training solutions. ### **Core Services:** - **Management Development Training**: Covers leadership, entrepreneurial thinking, and change management, serving clients like Taylor Wimpey, Virgin, and the NHS. - **Behavioural Assessment Tools**: Uses psychometric tools from TTI Success Insights to improve team performance and hiring decisions. - **Training Consultancy**: Designs and delivers customized programs based on business needs. ### **Training Solutions:** - **Team Leadership ILM Level 3 Apprenticeship** (12-15 months) for aspiring managers. - **Transition to Management** (3-4 weeks) for new managers. - **Developing High Performing Teams** (8-12 weeks) for experienced leaders. - **Building Effective Teams Workshop** (half/full-day) for team collaboration. ### **Impact & Clientele:** - 600+ hours of executive coaching delivered (2020-2021). - 250% average ROI from training programs. - 97% satisfaction rate from learners. Notable clients include Ralph Lauren, Co-op, and Virgin Media. The company’s people-first approach
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 19.4
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 37.4
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Community 13.5
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 10.6
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 17.4
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.