You thought we would leave you on hold until September?! You thought wrong...
We are doing a quick check-in to summarize what we learned in the first 3 episodes, which quotes & insights we couldn't include, and what listeners think so far. Oh, and we added a cheeky blooper reel for you.
Thanks for the kind words: Judit Saez, Jennifer Yepez-Blundell from Merida Consulting, Angelica Rizzo from B.COME, and Stacy Neier Beran from Loyola University.
A recap of our guests so far:
- Nina Rauch is the social impact coordinator of disruptive insurtech company, Lemonade. They donate leftover insurance premium dollars to nonprofits of the customers’ choosing.
- Lawrence Zikusoka is the co-founder of Gorilla Conservation Coffee based in Uganda. They donate $1.50 per kilo to conservation efforts through their award-winning organization Conservation Through Public Health.
- Annika Brümmer is in charge of Marketing and PR at Berlin-based beer company, Quartiermeister. They support neighbourhoods by funding local community projects with 10 cents per litre.
- Deevee Kashi is the CEO and founder of social impact and volunteerism platform, Deed. Deed uses technology to connect employees and consumers to good causes where they can donate their time, money and skills.
- James Bartle is the founder and CEO of B Corp certified denim brand, Outland Denim. They were founded as an avenue for the employment of women have experienced sex trafficking and other backgrounds of injustice.
- Eric Vinsonneau is the company director of Clean Collective, a Berlin-based cleaning and home help service which provides respectable employment to those with migration backgrounds.
- Joseph Kenner is the president and CEO of Greyston Bakery, a B Corp that hires based on their Open Hiring® staffing model. All of their bakers are hired without background checks, interviews, or resumes.
- Monica Barzanti is the head of International Relations at San Patrignano, Europe’s largest drug rehabilitation centre where the residents produce award-winning products to keep the recovery program free for all.
- Christian Sarkar - co-founder (with Philip Kotler) of The Marketing Journal and co-author of Brand Activism: from Purpose to Action and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar of global management thinkers primarily for his work on brand activism.
- Lynn Johnson - award-winning speaker, “Best for the World” entrepreneur, producer, marketer & organizational development consultant. She is the co-founder & CEO of Hella Social Impact.
- Paul Schoenmakers - head of Impact at Tony's Chocolonely, a Dutch confectionary company that exists to revolutionize the chocolate industry and make 100% slave-free the norm in chocolate worldwide.
Next full episode comes out in September! In the meantime, give me a shout: izzy@businessofpurpose.com
The podcast is the brainchild of TrendWatching and Business of Purpose. It was produced, written and hosted by Izzy Ahrbeck and edited by Terence Moore. The music is by The Other Steve.
