How Financial Inclusion Transforms Lives with Atul Tandon
How does financial inclusion transform lives? And what is the role of listening and agility in the success of inclusive financial products and services? Meet Social Impact Pioneer – Atul Tandon. Atul is the visionary CEO of Opportunity International. Opportunity International is a pioneer in developing microfinance products that empower the underprivileged. They are proof […]
Gender-Smart Climate Finance with Sana Kapadia
What does gender-smart climate finance mean in practice and how can gender lens investing make any kind of difference during the green transition? Sana Kapadia, Chief Catalyst at Heading for Change, is a key figure in unlocking capital at the intersection of climate and gender finance. With a diverse background in impact investing, venture capital, […]
How Finance and Philanthropy Can Tackle Global Challenges, Alix Lebec
How can innovative finance and philanthropy to help solve the world’s biggest problems? What are the innovations in finance that can better tackle poverty, address climate change and create equity? And how can philanthropy go beyond a simple donation to charity? Meet Alix Lebec, the visionary founder and CEO of LEBEC, a women-owned and led […]
Empowering Young People with Bill Omondi
Social Impact Pioneer, Bill Omondi is on a mission to build a generation of young Africans with great leadership and communication skills. As the CEO and Founder of the Debate Circle in Kenya, Bill is working to empower young people – so that they can lean in and articulate their response to the global challenges […]
Public Health and Scaling Impact with Jan Carney
Improving our health starts a long time before we get sick. Social Impact Pioneer Dr. Jan Carney has dedicated her career to public health – tackling the biggest morbidity and mobility issues society faces on a scale that makes a big difference to all our well-being. Listen in to learn how to make positive social […]
Women’s Mental Health and Work with Sue and Jo
Women’s mental health and work. Social Impact Pioneers Sue Tym and Jo Martin examine how to best support women in the garment sector. Sue is the Senior Manager for the Social Impact Portfolio in Primark’s ethical team, whilst Jo has over 30 years’ experience in mental health trainer and practitioner. Sue and Jo have been […]
Village Savings and Loan Associations, with Kal Lakew and Emily Janoch
What are Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and why can they be transformative for communities, particularly for women? Social Impact Pioneers Kalkidan (Kal) Lakew and Emily Janoch from the international NGO, CARE, explore how VSLAs facilitate financial inclusion, foster social empowerment and encourage community solidarity. Kal is the Program Coordinator for CARE’s Women (in […]
Women Entrepreneurs and Digital Inclusion with Elizabeth Wells
Social Impact Pioneer Elizabeth Wells talks about women entrepreneurs and digital inclusion. Elizabeth is currently the Head of Entrepreneurship at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. The Foundation is on a mission to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, helping to enable global economic gender justice. Elizabeth’s work within the organisation is focused on unlocking […]
The Role of Businesses in Building and Breaking Peace with Molly Melin
Social Impact Pioneer Molly Melin deep dives into the role of organisations, particularly businesses in building and breaking peace. The UN estimated in early 2023 that six out of seven people worldwide are plagued by feelings of insecurity. The world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War, whilst 2 […]
Tackling Poverty and Unemployment Through Youth Entrepreneurship, with Anita and Rose
Today on our podcast “Social Impact Pioneers,” we are joined by two trailblazers in the fight against global poverty and unemployment through youth entrepreneurship: Anita Tiessen, CEO of Youth Business International (YBI) from the UK, and Rose Namutebi, a social worker and entrepreneur who serves as Cordaid Uganda’s Gender Specialist and Project Coordinator for their […]
Digital Financial Inclusion Innovations with Briana Marbury
Delve into the intersection of technology, finance, and social good. Social Impact Pioneer Briana Marbury, the CEO and President of the Interledger Foundation talks about her work shaping the future of digital financial inclusion. The Interledger Foundation is the philanthropic FinTech committed to advancing financial inclusion through innovative technology. The foundation promotes the Interledger Protocol, […]
Ethical Supply Chain Management with Clare Fitton
How do we better support women working in global value chains? Social Impact Pioneer, Clare Fitton of Sedex joins us to talk gender data, ethical supply chain management and how it can enhance business performance whilst improving lives. Global value chains depend on hundreds of millions of workers to produce the goods we use every […]
Managing Gender Inequalities in Supply Chains with Sam Ludlow Taylor
Managing gender inequalities in supply chains is good for people and good for business. Meet Social Impact Pioneer – Sam Ludlow-Taylor, the Senior Manager for Human Rights Programmes at the John Lewis Partnership, which includes the supermarket – Waitrose. Sam is on a mission to tackle gender inequity from the bottom up and top down. […]
Investing in Women Farmers with Leonor Gutiérrez Fernández
Investing in women farmers – why do we need to and are we doing enough? Social Impact Pioneer Leonor (Leo) Gutiérrez Fernández, the visionary Director of the Women in Agriculture Initiative (WAI) at Root Capital, joins us to talk: impact investing, agriculture and why we aren’t helping anyone by leaving women behind. With a background […]
Tackling Gender Inequality with Andreea Moldovan and Laura Shaw of Avon
How do we tackle gender inequality through work? Avon are calling for Women’s progress and equality, for us to Speak Out against gender-based violence and Shine Bright for women in our communities and around the world. This podcast was recorded during the Business Fights Poverty Global Equity Summit 2024. Ahead International Women’s Day – Andreea […]
Climate Change and Global Health with Desta Lakew
Climate change is a global health issue. Social Impact Pioneer, Desta Lakew joins us to share her insights on why Africa’s youthful population is a sick crisis waiting to explode if we don’t start thinking about health care rather than sick care. And how climate change is already deteriorating health in the areas she’s working […]
Empowering Domestic Workers with Jenny Hoobler
Deep dive into the world of domestic work and what it means to empower domestic workers. Whether that’s cleaning, caring or generally working within the home or directly for one person or family, you will have been engaged in domestic work or know someone who is. The ILO estimates that 75.6 million people are engaged […]
The Business Agenda on Equity with Jane Nelson, Harvard Kennedy School
How has the business agenda on equity evolved over the past 20 years? Meet Social Impact Pioneer and Business Fights Poverty Institute Founding Fellow – Jane Nelson. Jane is the Founding Director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School and is the academic partner of the godfather of the Framework on Business and […]
What Will it Take to Stop Poverty? With Martin Burt
Are you poor? Am I poor? And what will it take to stop poverty? Social Impact Pioneer Dr Martin Burt doesn’t think we should just be measuring poverty, or in turn wealth, by the amount of money we have alone. Martin believes that we can all be poor by some measures and that none of […]
Combining Social Impact and Entrepreneurship Skills with Orsolya Ihasz
What happens when social impact and entrepreneurship skills are combined? The Social Impact Pioneer Dr Orsolya Ihasz. Orsolya or Orsi to her friends, works at the intersection between deep academia, social innovation, entrepreneurship, and public health – she is a champion of the social enterprise. From youth peace activist to today – where Orsi is […]
