Ben Jeffreys, ATEC, clean and safe cooking
Ben Jeffreys is a social impact pioneer – he is dedicating his life to bring clean cooking to everyone around the world. Ben believes that this is one of, if not the world’s biggest social and environmental challenge … and he has the statistics to back it up. Listen to this podcast to hear Ben […]
Eric Meade, Reframing Poverty
Meet Eric Meade, social impact pioneer and deep thinker about what poverty really means. During this conversation be prepared to rethink what poverty means to you and to others. Discover ways to better understand poverty, how others might be experiencing poverty. Apply this understanding to make better decisions and deliver deeper poverty-alleviating impacts. Eric Meade […]
Training Migrant Workers with Sandra Granath and Aleksandra Lasota
Sandra Granath and Aleksandra Lasota discuss the challenges and opportunities of better supporting migrant workers through great training and learning and also help business better look after their workers’ human rights whilst complying with due diligence requirements. The ILO estimated that in 2019 there were 169 million international migrant workers in the world (accounts for […]
A Sustainable Business Guide with David Grayson, Chris Coulter and Mark Lee
Three of the globe’s heavy weights in sustainable business and social impact pioneers join together to share their sustainable business guide. David Grayson CBE is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield School of Management and Chair of the Institute of Business Ethics, in the UK. Mark Lee is the Director of the SustainAbility Institute by ERM, […]
How to social impact partner with Clive Allison and Nivedha RM
How do I find the right social impact partner? How can partnering really scale social impact? And why are social entrepreneurs so important to partner with? Reaching a point where our world is sustainable – where people and our planet are safe and secure is arguably the toughest journey we face. The saying goes – ‘If […]
Mobile money with Ashley Onyango
Meet social impact pioneer Ashley Onyango, who joins us to share a decade of insights into mobile money and explain how mobile technology is helping people move from being unbanked to utilising technology for payments, saving and security. As the Head of Financial Inclusion and AgriTech (Agriculture technology) at GSMA Ashley works for the global […]
Sustainability Strategy & Innovation with Mario Elias Gonzalez
This is a masterclass in sustainability strategy and innovation development. Meet the social impact pioneer Mario Elias Gonzalez. Mario’s expertise reaches from chemical engineer and wind farm community engagement, to 10 years spent with CEMEX working on their Social Impact and Shared Value programmes. Mario joins our podcast to share his expertise on social innovation […]
Climate Risk, Adaptation & Resilience with Swenja Surminski, IPCC
Meet social impact pioneer Swenja Surminski as she joins us to break down climate risk, adaptation, resilience and the importance of accounting for climate change risk across all business decisions. “This is not a future issue. This is something that requires action today.” Implores Swenja. As a contributing author to the IPCC, and the lead […]
Chocolate supply chains with Shawn Askinosie
Chocolate supply chains are tricky and need help to built resilience to climate change. But with care it can be done. Best selling author, social enterprise founder, CEO and social impact pioneer: Shawn Askinosie shares the true benefits of understanding your supply chain. Shawn setup Askinosie Chocolate 16 years ago with his daughter Lawren. They were […]
Development Finance Institutions with Andrew Palmer, BII
This podcast is a 101 on development finance institutions. Social impact pioneer Andrew Palmer joins us to examine what development finance institutions are, how they came into being, what they do and how they create lasting sustainable impact. Andrew is the Director of Global Affairs at the UK’s development finance institution. During our conversation he […]
Rosa Wang, mobile technology frontiers
Rosa Wang, social impact pioneer, examines how mobile technology frontiers are providing financial access, connectivity, identity and empowerment for people across the world – from Kenya to India. Rosa is the Senior Advisor and former Global Director for Digital Financial Services at Opportunity International. She joins us to share stories from her global journey. Where […]
Jiselle and Cesar, On Gender Transformative Approaches
Will it take the 136 years to reach gender equality predicted by the World Economic Forum in 2021? In many parts of the world, women currently fall far behind. Just look at educational achievement, earning differences, ownership of property, access to the internet or mobile phones or participation in decision making for proof. But how […]
Emily Pearce and Kubasu Agapeters
What does fair trade really mean in practice? And why could it help in tackling climate change? During this podcast conversation you will hear two global experts in fair trade examine why investing properly in the producers and growers within supply chains can create the resilience and capacity required to fight our globe’s greatest challenge. […]
Justin Perrettson, Novozymes
Justin Perrettson shares a masterclass in why business needs to be listening and participating in public and international decision-making on climate change; whilst providing us with behind-the-scenes access into the challenges and mechanisms of multi-lateral decision making. Justin Perrettson is the Head of Sustainability Partnerships at Novozymes. The industrial biotechnology company and world leader in […]
Ayan Said, Voicing Voices
“Society created this hierarchy and unproductive definition of what a leader is.” Meet Ayan Said – this one-woman whirlwind. Part women’s rights activist, education advocate, poet and business development consultant. Ayan is on a mission to change the narrative of how we all talk to each other – by better understanding one another. Ayan’s personal […]
Snigdha Ali and Maria May
Snigdha Ali and Maria May, of the Gates Foundation examine the opportunities digital and mobile finance create in empowering women. Gender equity is still a long way off. The World Economic Forum estimates that global pandemic has set the gender gap back 36 years. Is digital finance one of the ways that gender equity might […]
Karen Simmonds
Karen Simmonds explores whether travel and tourism can be a part of a sustainable future and details how we might be able to achieve this. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) estimate that pre-pandemic Travel & Tourism accounted for 1 in 4 of all new jobs created across the world, 10.6% of all jobs […]
Peter Hall, Race to Resilience
What does climate resilience mean and why does it need to be a vital part of business and community activities as we get ready for the full impacts of climate change? Meet Peter Hall. He is the Vice President & Global Director for Climate Resilience & ESG at Woodplc. Peter is a specialist in all […]
Sabina Alkire, University of Oxford
This podcast goes to the very roots and heart of Business Fights Poverty – we are going to deeply examine poverty. What it is, where it occurs, to whom, why and what we can do about it. Global exert and leading thinker Sabina Alkire who directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at […]
Gib Bulloch, Craigberoch Business Decelerator
This conversation is recorded from Glasgow during the COP26 and the Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit. Gib Bulloch, intrapreneur, business influencer and founder of Craigberoch Business Decelerator joins us in Glasgow at COP26 to share his thoughts on why business needs to care more deeply about their people, how connecting with our environment and […]