Impact at Scale

EP 45 - Steve Melhuish - Planet Rise - The Biggest Problems Are Where the Largest Emissions Are

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Social Innovation Podcast was super happy to be joined by Steve Melhuish, Founder PropertyGuru, Sustainability Advocate & Investor, and a co-Founder of Planet Rise.  Planet Rise believes that climate and social inequality are the biggest challenges facing humanity today. It supports companies solving these issues, using tech to achieve impact at scale.

Some of the topics Steve and I covered:

  • Hiring a CEO at PropertyGuru in 2018 and remaining on its Board
  • Packing for a flight for the first time in 2 years
  • The beginnings of his climate and social impact journey
  • The critical role that corporates play in combatting climate change
  • Helping some of Wavemaker Partners' portfolio companies think more about sustainability
  • Building a fund around decarbonization
  • Wavemaker Impact
  • Building their own carbon map
  • About a third of all the carbon sinks in the world are in Southeast Asia
  • The opportunity to build 100 x 100 companies
  • A few of Planet Rise's portfolio companies

    • Other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. A Monumental Effort from Everybody
    2. Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
    3. You Can Very Quickly Get Overwhelmed
    4. We See Ourselves as co-Founders
      5. ...more
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