The Purpose Pod

“Climate change is applying pressure to a society’s weakest fissures” 

Europe is by some distance the world’s fastest warming continent and the Mediterranean is one of the fastest warming seas. In thi…

"Globally, just 1-2% of financial assets are managed by women or people of colour"

In a climate in which the business value of DEI is increasingly undermined, this wide-ranging discussion with Bonnie …

"On our current path, there will be more plastics in our oceans than fish by 2050"

Lefteris comes from generations of fishermen, though by his own admission he is not a natural... However, when out on…

“Why are we measuring Impact? To make sure we are maximising impact”  

Across the impact investment industry there is an ongoing evolution of impact measurement. But how often do you hear details of t…

“Within the next decade the financial system has to make some progressive moves to protect our way of life, because if we don’t, the economy as we’ve known it for the last 150 years is going to break…

“I would like to invite impact investors to look at the region as an opportunity for revival” 

After 20 years of leading effective capacity building across social enterprises in the MENA regional thr…

"The cost of inaction will be substantially larger than the cost of action"

The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review has become one of the most influential reports on climate change ever prod…

"I would encourage philanthropists to ask the question, ‘How is your philanthropy unlocking capital?’”

Over the last 10 years, 1billion people have gained access to energy for the first time from sol…

“If you’re not generating a healthy return and an impact, then people should not back you”

ETF (Environmental Technologies Fund) Partners are one of the original pioneers in sustainable investing, wit…

"We should no longer move fast and break things, but rather create systems change through collaboration and kindness."

- Collaboration as the key to systems change

- How do you build an impact ecosyst…

"There are many committed businesses out there with a lot of power - that movement creates a place where the others cannot hide"

Business for Societal Impact (B4SI) is a global membership network unit…

"Guests expect everyone to be offering a sustainable holiday so they don't think that they should be paying more for it"

As we reach peak holiday season, join Eleni Andreadis, ESG Executive Director o…

“We are now in an age where people are consuming somewhere between 5 and 7 hours of content a day. The power to use that time to do good is colossal”

Founded in 2020 by Ellen Windemuth, Executive Prod…

"Everyone in Impact is open to sharing failures as well as successes"

In an impact ecosystem in which thousands are scrambling for attention and the volume of must-read sources is seemingly endless, h…

"We can help the land, so the land can help us"

How to solve the problem of rodent infestations costing farmers in Thessaly, the breadbasket of Greece, more than EU100m each year, while mitigating ove…

“We always provide food supplies that we would give to our children”

In 2013, in the depths of the financial crisis, when Melina Taprantzi visited a regional social grocery supplying food for the unem…

“The paradigm shift embodied in the impact investment community is from Egosystem to Ecosystem”

Why should we be building Impact Economies across the world? And how can it be done?

This is the missio…

"The relationship between entrepreneurs and investors is like a marriage. You really have to be certain that on the human side of things you are also aligned".

In the world of impact finance it’s easy…

"I've realised that being close to nature gives you a different understanding of what growth is, of what a meaningful life may be."

Is it possible to tackle climate change and soil-degeneration with a…

"There is this bridge between philanthropy and business that cannot be filled by foundations"

Since 2012, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship has partnered with and supported social entrepreneurs to create a…