Impact People

Impact People from Impact Europe turns up the volume on the people who make impact happen.

Impact People is a business podcast hosted by Impact Europe, with 57 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Impact Europe hosts Impact People, a business show with 57 episodes published.

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  The Case for Culture and Creativity in Impact

  Nov 14, 202536 minS0

  <p>There is stubborn misconception that the cultural and creative sector represent riskier, less interesting investments. Nevertheless, in the EU, the two sectors combined currently account for 5% of its GDP and represents 8.7 million jobs, with this ratio expected to expand even more in coming years.</p><p>The potential for impact, in particular, is immense. We sat down with  Javier Arias, Director of Business Creation at EIT Culture & Creativity. They are supporting impact-minded start-ups and scale-ups throughout Europe and helping them connect with investors. We are joined by Johannes Söderstrom of Vreal and Cynthia Asije of Adirelounge - two en...

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  A Talk with EIB Institute on Competitiveness and Innovation

  Nov 12, 202540 minS0

  <p>With over 20 years of experience at EIB, Shiva Dustdar is one of the leading voice in the European impact discourse. Leading into Impact Week, she took some time of her busy schedule to discuss their most recent projects, how they contribute to European competitiveness and which innovations they foresee in the years to come.</p>

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  Shared Stakes: The Take-A-Stake Fund as Exemplary Collaboration

  Oct 16, 202535 minS0

  <p>Collaboration is a magic word in the impact space, but it's not always easy to pull off effectively. The Take-a-Stake Fund, which supports SME's in the WASH and WASTE sectors, is a shining example of how to execute for maximal impact. </p><p>We spoke to Åsa Skogström Feldt (IKEA Social Entrepreneurship), Kajetan Hetzer (WASTE) and Raj Kumar (Yunus Social Business) on their learnings, their complementarity and the impact the project has had on communities in Asia and Africa.</p><p>The topic of collaboration will be high on the agenda at Impact Week in Malmö, where you can...

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  How ARNO Brings Impact to North Macedonia (+ a poetic bonus)

  Oct 13, 202550 minS0

  <p>How's the impact investing space in North Macedonia? Don't know? Let's fix that.</p><p>Recently, Impact Europe launched a new EU-funded market building programme called Invest For Change, focusing on an underserved region: the Western Balkans. By way of introduction, we sat down with Marjan Icoski and Irina Janevska of ARNO, our new partner in the country, for a chat on their impact ecosystem and what is needed to push the envelope.</p><p>As a bonus, we bring back the creator of Impact People, Ben DeVries, for one last poetic rodeo. Be sure to stick around until...

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  Listening to People with Eleni from We Share Forward

  Sep 1, 202530 minS4

  <p>Join Eleni Theodorou for a conversation on leadership, empathy, community and more, spanning her work as Managing Director of We Share Forward Foundation to the many alliances to which she contributes. What’s the role of listening in impact leadership? How do diverse stakeholders and co-funders come together around impact goals? What’s next for Europe’s foundations? What’s the role of catalytic capital in 2025? How do we make more capital impact capital? Tune in to find out! </p><p>We Share Forward  </p><p>Find Eleni on LinkedIn  </p><p>Discover the communities of practice in Health and Agrifoo...

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