Impact at Scale

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The podcast currently has 169 episodes available.

Impact at Scale episodes:

February 04, 2022EP 49 - Brandon Ng - AMPD Energy - You Need Materials, You Need Labor and You Need Energy
Brandon Ng, a co-Founder and the CEO of AMPD Energy, was kind enough to join the Social Innovation Podcast. AMPD Energy is committed to making the construction industry emission-free and sees electrification and connectivity as a key part of this transformation.
Some of the topics Brandon discussed:
His parents were both accountants and encouraged him to be one as well

Was born in Brunei

While interning at an accounting firm, realized he was wired to be an engineer

Started AMPD in 2015 and started focusing on the construction industry in 2018

The cost of batteries kept going down

The electricity grid was rapidly changing and getting upgraded

The mix of energy sources on the grid was changing substantially due to the introduction of renewables

Hyper-urbanization and the pressure it puts on communities and their infrastructure

The construction industry accounts for ~11% of global carbon emissions

How big problems also create big economic opportunities

Finding first adopters that are willing to take a risk

Partnering with Gammon Construction to co-develop AMPD Entertainer

Using AMPD Entertainer's gathered data to analyze energy use patterns and determine equipment productivity
Other titles we also considered for this episode:
Life Takes You On a Different Trajectory

I Think We've Hit That Tipping Point

There Was Not Necessarily a Huge Impetus To Change

Moving From a Competitive Edge To a Basic Requirement

The Question Is, “Do We Care?”

Someone Thought They Were Being Funny

It’s a Gateway Into Exactly What’s Going On

We Knew That Energy Storage Was Going To Be Transformative
...more
36min
January 31, 2022EP 48 - ShuFen Lin - An ex-Startup Founder Deeply Interested in AI & Climate Change - It's Everybody's Responsibility
The Social Innovation Podcast thoroughly enjoyed its conversation with ShuFen Lin, an ex-startup founder deeply interested in artificial intelligence and climate change.
Some of the topics that ShuFen discussed:
Working from home and work/life integration

A work-life that encompassed corporate, startups, and back to corporate

Worked in the telco business for 15 years

Left corporate life to start Gluu - a marketplace for trading mobile data

How she got interested in artificial intelligence

The implications of AI and our own awareness of its implementation

The importance of AI literacy and personal responsibility

The International Energy Agency reported that carbon emissions dropped 5% to 6% during full lockdown

Seeing the clear, blue sky

Suppliers, the supply chain, and one's carbon footprint

FinTech startups and sustainability

Consumer demand driving product supply
Other titles we considered for this episode:
It's More About Work-Life Integration

It Has Given Me a Lot of Flexibility

We've Seen Businesses That Thrive on Lack of Literacy

Commercial Production Is Driven By Consumer Demand

I Feel Like I Am Starting from Zero Again

The common Denominator I Found Was the Mindset
...more
34min
January 31, 2022EP 47 – Fengru Lin – Founder and CEO of TurtleTree – It’s Just Because of the Cheese
The Social Innovation Podcast was joined by Fengru Lin, the Founder, and CEO of TurtleTree. TurtleTree believes that "Food should nourish and delight." They envision "a world where people, animals, and the planet no longer have to pay the price for the meals on our table..."
Some of the topics that Fengru covered included:
Working at Salesforce and Google prior to starting TurtleTree

Learning how to make cheese

Listening to a speech her co-Founder Max gave at Google

Filed for patents in 2019 and then founded TurtleTree

How the cow population has remained constant but milk output rose by almost 50%

How the health of your gut impacts the health of your whole body

In the novel food space, 50 to 60% of COGS goes to energy

The process for painlessly extracting mammary cells from cows and then creating milk

Singapore as a launchpad for the rest of Asia

Launching products with FMCG companies

TurtleTree's funding status and talking to investors
...more
35min
January 31, 2022EP 46 – Nabeel Ismeer – MPWRNRGY – It’s Gotta Be an Across-The-Board Approach
We were joined by Nabeel Ismeer, a co-Founder of MPWRNRGY (I think it needs more vowels.) and the author of "The Hunters Walk." MPWRNRGY develops, installs, and operates green technologies like solar power on rooftops of commercial and residential properties and electric vehicle charging stations at carparks and other locations.
Some of the topics that Nabeel discussed:
The story of how his Sri Lankan father got a job in Saudi Arabia

Why being early matters

The Hunter's Walk - his first book

The IPCC and what its mission is

Climate change

Where we get pre-satellite era historical weather data

It's not just electric vehicles and transportation

The drastic drop in the price for solar installations and operations

Renewable energy is already cheaper than conventional sources

Electricity generation by energy source
Some other titles we considered for this episode:
Grasp Whatever Opportunity You Get

Watalappan Is a Pudding In Sri Lanka

What Would Climate Change Do To Us?

Mitigation and Adaption

That Was Where I Was Doing the Most Good
...more
32min
January 31, 2022EP 45 - Steve Melhuish - Planet Rise - The Biggest Problems Are Where the Largest Emissions Are
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:
A Monumental Effort from Everybody

Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%

You Can Very Quickly Get Overwhelmed

We See Ourselves as co-Founders
...more
33min
January 31, 2022EP 44 - Aliza Napartivaumnuay - CEO at SocialGiver - Always Be the One That Starts First
Aliza Napartivaumnuay joined me on the Social Innovation Podcast to talk about Socialgiver, of which she is the CEO. Socialgiver is a platform that is pioneering new ways to connect and use the spending power of consumers to create positive change in the world.
Some of the topics that Aliza and I discussed:
How growing up all around the world helped shape her

Her membership in the Obama Foundation

Working in logistics and supply at a Thai corporate and what it taught her

What is Socialgiver, why it was founded, and what it is trying to accomplish

There are approximately $39 BN of spare services a year in Thailand alone

The importance of transparency in social projects

Pivoting through the pandemic

Solving problems for the long term

Spare capacity and people that need help exist everywhere
Other titles we considered for this episode:
Really Stand True

Wanting To Create a Better Future for Everyone

I Am Not a Born Entrepreneur

Create a Way for People to Do Good More Often

They Were Willing to Give Stuff, Rather Than Cash
...more
36min
January 31, 2022EP 43 - Jan Ivar Czaplicki - CarbonClick - I Think I Am Leaning Towards Optimistic
The Social Innovation Podcast was happy to have a conversation with Jan Ivar Czaplicki, a co-Founder of CarbonClick.com and an Edmund Hillary Fellow. CarbonClick has built the world's simplest and most trustworthy carbon offsetting system to accelerate the fight against climate change. CarbonClick has built innovative, new ways for businesses and individuals to neutralize their impact on the planet as part of their everyday lives, aiming to have a significant and measurable impact in the fight against climate change.
Some of the topics that Jan and I covered:
How and why he became an Edmund Hillary Fellow

Seeing the environmental impact of humans while traveling around Southeast Asia

Noticing the difficulty of solving the carbon footprint problem

How working at an airline encouraged Jan to build CarbonClick

The importance of measuring climate change and its impact

Businesses reducing emissions

Doing extensive carbon reduction project due diligence

Transparency matters

CarbonClick's business model
...more
29min
January 31, 2022EP 42 - Sushil Vaishnav - Founder KNP Arises - We Are Trying to Break This Chain
The Social Innovation Podcast learned a lot from its discussion with Sushil Vaishnav, the Founder of KNP Arises. KNP Arises is a revolutionary startup that is at the forefront of building a green world. KNP Arises collects used cooking oils and fats from restaurants and then converts those oils into bio-diesel.
Some of the topics we covered with Sushil:
When he returned from 8 years in Dubai, was worried about eating out in India

Something just felt wrong with the food

Realized that one of the issues was with the reuse of cooking oil

Some of the food vendors even considered overused oil as their secret flavor ingredient

Food vendors worried if they did not reuse the cooking oil, customers would not return

Visited and interviewed over 100 street food vendors

The health issues that reused cooking oil creates

Creating awareness for the vendors and their customers

Logistics and costing

Potential FinTech opportunities

Side hustles do not really succeed at scale
Other titles we considered for this episode:
Key to Nature's Protection

Demand Is Never an Issue for Bio-Diesel
...more
27min
January 31, 2022EP 41 - Sylvia Yu Friedman - Author, Award-Winning Filmmaker and Serial Entrepreneur - A Long Road to Justice
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 intensity that is necessary to write her books

The challenge of getting people to open up and tell their stories

"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader" and why empathy matters

The sheer difficulty of filming on location in Asia and the real dangerous situations that Sylvia encountered

The importance of healing and reconciliation

Struggling with her Korean heritage and later embraced it
...more
36min
January 31, 2022EP 40 - Matthew Friedman - CEO of The Mekong Club - We Need to Leave It Better Than We Got It
The Social Innovation Podcast was excited to welcome Matthew Friedman, the CEO of The Mekong Club, back to the show. The Mekong Club is a catalyst for change, inspiring and engaging the private sector to lead in the fight against modern slavery.
Some of the topics we discussed this time around:
How Corporate Social Responsibility led to ESG

Why institutions now must include Purpose along with Profit, Growth, and Prestige

ESG offers an objective way of measurement

For ESG measurement to become as effective as possible, there has to be more standardization

Investment companies are also taking notice as ESG investment significantly outperforms

Paul Ark and Gobi Partners

Pollution, access to clean water, forced labor, human slavery, and NGOs

Understanding invisibility

Velleity

The Starfish on the Beach

Read Matthew Friedman's book - Be the Hero: Be the Change
...more
32min

FAQs about Impact at Scale:

How many episodes does Impact at Scale have?

The podcast currently has 169 episodes available.