Impact at Scale connected with Alex Laplaza to discuss early-stage impact investing and what technologies are currently exciting him.  Alex is a Partner at Lower Carbon Capital, a venture firm that "back kickass companies that make real money slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky and buying us time to unf**k the planet." Lower Carbon's investments in leading-edge technologies include sustainable lithium mining, plasma-taming fusion magnets and electric passenger planes.  Some of the topics that Alex covered: The relationship between technology and policy A single vo ..read more

Impact at Scale could not have enjoyed its conversation with Aparna Bhatnagar Saxena more.  You can hear in our voices how much fun we were having. Aparna is the CEO of TORAJAMELO, a slow, ethical, sustainable, lifestyle brand that is working towards alleviating the cycle of systemic poverty in rural excluded communities, preserving the cultural heritage of “backstrap loom weaving” in Indonesia, preventing the breakdown of rural communities due to outward migration, and environmental sustainability of natural habitats. Some of the topics that Aparna covered: Being raised by two feminists ..read more

Impact at Scale could not have enjoyed its conversation with Aparna Bhatnagar Saxena more.  You can hear in our voices how much fun we were having. Aparna is the CEO of Torajamelo, a slow, ethical, sustainable, lifestyle brand that is working towards alleviating the cycle of systemic poverty in rural excluded communities, preserving the cultural heritage of “backstrap loom weaving” in Indonesia, preventing the breakdown of rural communities due to outward migration, and environmental sustainability of natural habitats. Some of the topics that Aparna covered: Being raised by two feminists ..read more

Impact at scaled learned a lot about building communities with Alya Annabi the founder of GreenPush. GreenPush runs various programs that empower people with knowledge, resources, and support to encourage sustainable behaviors in every part of their business and personal lives. Alya is passionate about growing communities from the ground up, which really shows in this conversation.  Some of the topics Alya covered:  Creating a vibrant community Finding purpose and value in communities  The power of individuals to impact change  How to help those that want to make a differ ..read more

Impact at Scale went on the road to talk to Mathias Boissonot, a co-Founder of Handprint, a sustainable software company that helps businesses be involved in regenerative projects. Mathias is passionate about the power of mangroves and other natural resources to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and created Handprint as a way to connect businesses with these projects. Some of the topics Mathias covered: Getting small NGOs access to institutional money The power of mangroves for decarbonization What is regenerative software? How large companies are incorporating regeneration Man-made carbon re ..read more

Impact at Scale chatted with Tom Peacock-Nazil, the Founder and CEO of Seven Clean Seas. Seven Clean Seas is an organization that has commercialized ocean plastic cleanup. What started as a passion project for Tom and his wife has now turned into a full-fledged business, employing people to help with waste management. Plastic is a major problem in our world and Tom and his team want to do everything they can to help stop as much of it as possible from getting into the oceans. Tom tells us about how they lucked into their business model and how that eventually led to him working for the World C ..read more

In the latest episode of Impact at Scale, we are talking to Lauren Blasco who is a Principal for ESG at AC Ventures and Neels Steyn Venture Architect Director at BCG Digital Ventures. They are the authors of Scaling Impact With Technology. Accelerating ESG Adoption in Indonesia's Digital Economy, a report that aims to be the baseline for how Indonesian tech companies measure their impact. The report looks at a wider range of issues than just one's carbon footprint when allocating a score to a company. In a region where many companies see little value in ESG reporting, this is meant to be used ..read more

The Social Innovation Podcast enjoyed talking to Sylvia Yu Friedman.  Sylvia is a renowned Author, Award-Winning Filmmaker, and Serial Entrepreneur. Sylvia has devoted her life to exposing the world to the horrors of sex trafficking and human slavery and inspiring others to join in fighting against them. Some of the topics that we discussed: Sylvia's involvement in media since 1997 and her perspective on omnichannel How she first learned about sex slavery and comfort women from a newspaper article in 1991 The genesis of her first book, "Silenced No More: Voices of ‘Comfort Women’" The in ..read more

The Social Innovation Podcast got to sit down and talk to Andre Menezes, the founder of Tindle Foods and Nex Gen Foods. Andre is a man clearly passionate about food and in this case specifically chicken. Singapore-based Tindle Foods produces plant-based chicken and has recently started working in the US and European markets. In this discussion, Andre talks to us about alternative protein and the changes we are seeing in our society in terms of approaching animal products. We got to ask Andre all the questions we had about alternate protein and got a deeper understanding of the industry and whe ..read more

The Social Innovation Podcast was honored to have Sandeep Aneja and Jetu Lalvani, Managing Partners at Kaizenvest on the show. Kaizenvest is an emerging markets asset manager focused on the future of learning and work, managing private equity and private debt funds in South & Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.  Kaizenvest believes that the future of learning and work is being redefined through technological, pedagogical, and learning-engagement model innovations. Some of the topics Sandeep and Jetu discussed: After a successful career in Silicon Valley Sandeep returned to India S ..read more