Impact Journey with Julia

By Julia S

Conversations with hidden heroes making big societal change.

Many of us want to make life better for others and the planet.

Few people devote their life to it.

Even fewer try to tackle the big syste... more

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September 17, 2019 The unsexy plumbing to transform impact investing - Jennifer Pryce, CEO of Calvert Impact Capital
Some have heard of “impact investing”. Fewer talk about the importance of the very unsexy business of “plumbing” to connect money in our economy from the people who have it to the people who need it. Jennifer is on a mission to change the game, so that each of us can be an impact investor.
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THE IMPACT. Jennifer:
- Is President and CEO of Calvert Impact Capital, a nonprofit investment firm moving money into communities, where she is an advocate for making impact investing more accessible to retail investors like you and me.
- Started off in the Peace Corps in Africa, where she was exposed to the frustrating limited flows of capital to lower income communities.
- Worked for major banks in New York and London before focusing on investing in a socially responsible way supporting underserved communities.

THE JOURNEY. In our conversation:
- We zoom in quite a bit on what impact investing is, and specifically how an investment at Calvert Impact Capital works.
- We zoom back out on the importance of the very unsexy business of what we call plumbing - connecting money in our economy from the people who have it to the people who need it.
- We hear about how Jennifer’s experiences, including biomedical engineering and the Public Theater, prepared her for this role.

A big thanks to Jennifer Pryce. You can follow her on Twitter at @JennPryce
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24min
September 10, 2019We all want to be seen and heard - Pamela Kerpius, Migrants of the Mediterranean
A day at the beach on Lampedusa in Italy changed Pamela Kerpius’ life and career. Seeing how migrants were treated and finding herself complicit, she began the humanitarian storytelling organization Migrants of the Mediterranean to help humanize the migration crisis.
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THE IMPACT. Pamela is:
Founder of Migrants of the Mediterranean, a humanitarian storytelling organization working to document and humanize today’s migration crisis.

A journalist and copywriter, with a M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University and B.A.s in History and English from the University of Colorado.
THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:
How a trip to Lampedusa island changed Pamela’s life and career.

The simple power of a conversation with another human, especially when that human is a migrant at the margins of society.

How telling the stories of others helped her connect to and write her own story
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20min
August 07, 2019Getting people to care by making it easy to act - Tara Norton of BSR
A challenge most of us face in sustainability is getting people to care. This is especially difficult in supply chains, where companies are buying products & raw materials from halfway around the world. Tara Norton has focused her career on supply chain sustainability, and helps answer how to get regular people in regular companies think about how something is made.
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THE IMPACT. Tara:
Leads the global supply chain sustainability practice at BSR, the global nonprofit sustainability network and consultancy

Directed supply chain work at 2degrees, the sustainability collaboration platform

Was general manager of Sedex, the world's largest nonprofit sustainable supply chain membership organization and database
THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:
Growing up in consumerism yet becoming curious where things come from

The head, heart, hands - awareness doesn’t mean people will care; you have to build the process

Managing knowns and unknowns… and could blockchain be the bridge?

Raising the next generation of sustainability leaders
LINKS:
Tara’s blog posts on supply chains as connections between people, knowns and unknowns
The books Tara referenced: No Logo by Naomi Klein, Children’s book Where did my clothes come from
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21min
July 26, 2019A veteran and a novice at the same time - Robert Nuttall of M&S, BBC, Fortitude
After decades in traditional corporate roles, Robert Nuttall found himself creating a groundbreaking sustainability program at Marks & Spencer. He shares what he's had to learn and unlearn.
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THE IMPACT. Robert is:
My colleague at Fortitude Partners, helping ambitious companies create real value for society.

At Marks & Spencer, on the pioneering team that created Plan A, the groundbreaking sustainability program.

Founder of the Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability practice at the communications group Engine.

Formerly in Corporate Communications leadership roles at companies like the BBC and GSK.

THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:
No one of us knew what we were doing: starting a sustainability program in the early days, and how sustainability is similar to the internet

Years of fairly pointless work: coming to sustainability later in the professional life

This feels fundamentally different: sustainability as a secret superpower for org transformation

Having no fear: later in the career, speaking truth to power, calling out CEOs

Learning and unlearning: humility, the best ideas coming from people half your age
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21min
July 16, 2019Customers as citizens - Baptiste Carriere-Pradal of Sustainable Apparel Coalition
From his perspective on the sustainable transformation of the fashion industry, Baptiste reflects on the growing role of all of us as citizen-customers.
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THE IMPACT. Baptiste is:
VP Europe at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, the industry’s leading alliance for sustainable production, where he leads transparency and government engagement

On the Steering Committee at the Global Fashion Agenda, the leadership forum to make sustainability fashionable, which organizes the annual Copenhagen Fashion Summit

Formerly Head of Sustainability at Decathlon, the largest sporting goods retailer in the world

THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:
Dystopian fiction and winemaking as inspirations to enter sustainability

Changing corporate behaviors by changing the view from customers to citizens

The difference between storytelling and systemic change, how it all collapsed in Rana Plaza, and how transparency is key to getting back on track
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21min
June 22, 2019What history and sports teach us about tackling multi-generational issues - Stephen Ortega of Harvard’s Global Sports Initiative
How does a history professor end up in sports sustainability? And what can history, and intersecting different fields like sports and academia, teach us about how to move the needle on issues like race and identity?
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THE IMPACT. Steve is:
Associate Professor of History at Simmons University, where he focuses on trans-national contact, helping students see beyond traditional notions of geography and identity, and think critically and creatively about both local and global challenges. https://www.simmons.edu/academics/faculty/stephen-ortega

Director of the Global Sports Initiative at Harvard, where he brings sports figures and academics together from around the world to discuss issues such as identity, gender relations, race, borders and the desire for greater social welfare. https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/global-sports

THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:
Creating a link between academia and sports, where sports as an indicator of the issues that society is struggling with, and athlete’s stories are the stories of the world

Taking the strengths from both disciplines -- the visibility of sports and the rigor of academia -- to bring people together and advance the conversation

Seeing our place in history, which allows us to take personal responsibility, even if we may not see change in our lifetime, and then pass the baton to the next generation
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21min
June 14, 2019 Tackling discrimination from the inside and the outside - Kamael Sugrim of People First
Kamael Sugrim has been at the intersection of business, technology, and social change. She has also had a front-row seat to the dynamics of discrimination. We explore her personal experience tackling bias and discrimination from the inside and the outside.
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THE IMPACT. Kamael has been at the intersection of business, technology, and social change.
She opened Stanford SEED (the institute for innovation in developing economies) in Africa, founded mPowering (an app to direct donations to alleviate poverty in India and Nepal), ran operations as managing director at Impact Hub (the largest social impact incubator in the world), and serves as chairwoman of the board at EcoEnergy Pakistan.
She is now COO at People First, a software startup to fight discrimination in the workplace, and founder of Nafasi Ventures, an advisory to help companies deliver social impact.
THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore Kamael’s personal experience observing, calling out, and looking to systematically change bias from the inside and outside, including:
Growing up in diversity vs. the rude wake-up call of Wall Street
Having a seat at the table vs. having a voice to make decisions
Tackling discrimination from the inside and from the outside
There’s gender, there’s race, and there’s culture
Letting go of fear and making space to think
Discrimination as the enemy of innovation
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23min
June 07, 2019 Doing more by taking less credit - Eco-educator Julie Beretta
International eco-educator Julie Beretta is making it fun to care for the environment. We explore a different form of leadership, one that includes getting more done by taking less credit.
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20min
May 31, 2019 Creating global awareness & getting your hands in the dirt - Filippo Bozotti, Filmmaker-Activist-Farmer
Filippo Bozotti is a social and environmental activist from the global to the local level. We explore the beauty of thinking big picture with your hands in the dirt, and how to stay motivated while being (sometimes ruthlessly) realistic.
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21min
May 24, 2019 Lifting up others & sustaining ourselves - Melissa Alvarado of UN Women
Melissa Alvarado from UN Women works to end violence against women. We explore an inevitable tension: how to sustain and care for ourselves while doing the hard work of caring for others.
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18min

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