The Purpose Pod

Welcome to the Purpose Pod! More than ever, we need to learn about and adopt inspiring and constructive solutions to the multiple social and environmental challenges we are all facing. With interviews revealing the professional and personal stories of impact experts and practitioners from Greece and across the world, we hope you'll find ideas, inspiration and perhaps a little respite to help you and your organisations along the way. For any interview or topic requests/enquiries, please email richard@investing-for-purpose.com Investing for Purpose is a community based in Greece connecting impact investors with purposeful companies in need of growth capital across Environment/Climate, Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Education & Culture: www.investing-for-purpose.com Hosted on Acast. See <a styl

The Purpose Pod is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 23 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.

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  Episode #23

  Sheila Darmos of Regenerative Farming Greece and Southern Lights on enabling the future of sustainable agriculture

  Sep 19, 202559 minS1

  <p>What is healthy soil and how can you help nurture it? What is the true definition of regenerative agriculture? And is it possible to grow different fruits from the same tree?!</p><br><p>Take a walk around the incredibly biodiverse farm of Sheila Darmos, a regenerative agriculture pioneer and learning lighthouse for the progressive farming community, who attracts students from across Europe looking to become leaders in the transition to sustainable and regenerative agriculture, including:</p><br><p>- How to build out a resilient alternative to monoculture in farming at a local and national level</p><p>...

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  Episode #22

  Peter Schwartzstein on his book 'The Heat and the Fury': On the front lines of climate violence

  Jul 23, 202531 minS1

  <p>“Climate change is applying pressure to a society’s weakest fissures” </p><br><p>Europe is by some distance the world’s fastest warming continent and the Mediterranean is one of the fastest warming seas. In this half an hour chat, author and environmental journalist Peter Schwartzstein describes the lessons learned from his many years of research on the front lines of climate conflict including Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, detailed in his new book, The Heat and the Fury, and explains why Europe is already on the front lines of climate conflict, including:</p><br><p>- Why firs...

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  Episode #21

  Bonnie Chiu of The Social Investment Consultancy on assuring positive social change

  Jun 15, 202537 minS1

  <p>"Globally, just 1-2% of financial assets are managed by women or people of colour"</p><br><p>In a climate in which the business value of DEI is increasingly undermined, this wide-ranging discussion with Bonnie Chiu, MD of The Social Investment Consultancy, sets the record straight on how the inclusivity debate should be re-connected to innovation and finding the best talent, how she is helping to shape the new SDG Standards assurance framework for private equity funds to combat SDG washing, and:</p><br><p>- The power of grandparents</p><p>- How to support social enterprises and f...

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  Episode #20

  Lefteris Arapakis of Enaleia on harnessing the power of fishing communities to scale marine plastics recycling globally

  Apr 4, 202552 minS1

  <p>"On our current path, there will be more plastics in our oceans than fish by 2050"</p><br><p>Lefteris comes from generations of fishermen, though by his own admission he is not a natural... However, when out on fishing boats as part of a Greek fishing school run by his start up during the financial crisis, he witnessed a fisherman hauling plastic out of the sea along with their catch - and simply throwing the bottles, cans, plastic bags, old nets and even fridges back into the ocean. That's when the idea came to him: What if someone could...

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  Episode #19

  Lara Viada of Spanish impact fund Creas on aligning KPIs with incentives to maximise impact alongside profit

  Feb 13, 202535 minS1

  <p>“Why are we measuring Impact? To make sure we are maximising impact”  </p><br><p>Across the impact investment industry there is an ongoing evolution of impact measurement. But how often do you hear details of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that impact funds are actually using and the reasons that they were chosen? In this impact masterclass, Lara Viada of Creas, Spain’s pioneering impact investment intermediary, now in the process of raising a third fund of €70m, reveals all, including:</p><br><p>- The magic ingredients impact investors are looking for in founder teams</p><p>- Detailed...

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