Impact People

Nora Praher (UN World Food Programme) was fresh from a panel on gender lens investing when she paid a visit to the Titaan podcasting studio. Should we even call it ‘gender lens’ anymore? To discuss...  

https://www.wfp.org/  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/norapraher/  

https://www.impacteurope.net/  

Sami Simreen co-founded KiCo to empower impactful food entrepreneurs. He and Ben talk food transformation in the Titaan podcast studio, a few floors up from KiCo’s test kitchen. “I hate siloes,” says Sami – find out why.  

https://www.kico.kitchen/  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sami-simreen/ 

https://www.impacteurope.net/  

It took courage to open Ukraine’s first museum run by visually impaired people. Then the full-scale invasion began. Our new impact film, Underseen, tells the story of Alina Marnenko, the founder of a museum run by the visually impaired, as she navigates the meaning of her “Museum in the Dark” in the darkness of wartime. Alina joins us, along with Rafael Cortes, director of the documentary. We talk inclusivity, social enterprises in Ukraine, the unique approach to making a film for a visually impaired audience and more.  

Watch the trailer  

https://youtu.be/048aF09r4UA?si=qCG4nt9V_X9Ntivx 

Learn more about Underseen and its impact campaign 

https://www.impacteurope.net/stream/underseen 

https://0300.com.ua/ 

 https://www.deiamedia.com/ 

The Museum in the Dark was financially supported through the Collaborate for Impact project, which aims to build the impact economy in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Underseen and Collaborate for Impact were realised thanks to support from the European Union. 

After the release of a collaborative report between Sattva and SAP on social procurement, Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy (Sattva) and Alexandra van der Ploeg (SAP) joined Ben in the Titaan studio to take the discussion a step beyond.  

https://www.impacteurope.net/insights/global-transformers-live    

https://www.impacteurope.net/insights/paving-way-business-resilience-and-sustainability  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikrishnas/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-van-der-ploeg-276558/ 

https://www.sattva.co.in/ 

https://www.sap.com/uk/about/csr.html 

Recorded shortly before Impact Transformers, this episode dives deep on the origins, purpose and personal stories from Unknown University.  We heard from  student-founders on the last episode; now the University and its unique approach to impact gets the spotlight when Jurgen Nieuwenhuijsen takes the mic.  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurgennieuwenhuijsen/ 

https://unknown-universityas.com/ 

https://www.impacteurope.net/  

Continuing our trip into Egypt, we talk to some of the many people making impact happen in the region during the Green Growth Summit, organized by our regional partner, Hivos. Social entrepreneurs, support organizations and incubators provide their views on a just transition in the MENA-region, while also sharing some of the mistakes that have made them grow.

MENA's impact people flocked together in Cairo for the second leg of the Green Growth Summit, hosted by our partner Hivos. It's a prime opportunity to take you on a two-part journey through Egypt. Before heading to the event, we met up for a warm encounter with our local partner Enroot, digging deeper into the bustling region they serve.

Give Enroot a follow via: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enroot-impact-catalyst/

Impact Transformers goes live on June 12-13 at Titaan, a new hub for impact in The Hague. But before impact funds, financial institutions and corporate impact actors join forces at the event, we’re giving the mic to some of Titaan’s residents. On this episode, it’s Isha Rostamkhan and Jesse Casters, two young people leveling up their impact with the help of Unknown University. Tune in to hear their journey! 

https://www.businessofimpact.org/thehague/home 

https://unknown-universityas.com/  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishatarostamkhan/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessecasters/ 

https://www.joincofound.com/ 

https://www.ishaonjourney.com/ 

As Paris gears up for the Olympic Games, we ask: what’s the impact? In this mini episode, guest host Juli speaks with those who have the answer. Athletes and sports organisations get the mic to explain how they tackle climate change and make an impact on society's most pressing problems. 

Back in 2022, Impact Europe helped launch Actio, the first impact fund in Georgia. How successful has it been so far? And what kind of impact has it generated in the past few years? Kristine Kandelaki (Head of CSRDG/Fund Manager at Actio) and social entrepreneur Maka Dvalishvili (Istoriali) join to share their perspectives on achieved results, the overall impact investing ecosystem in Georgia, and how their mutual partnership came to flourish.

Guest host Tom, Impact Europe storyteller for our market building projects, takes the reins for the first time in this episode.

 Learn more:

• https://www.csrdg.ge/en
• https://www.actio.ge/en
• https://istoriali.ge/
• https://www.impacteurope.net/stream/market-building-eastern-europe

 We were in Tbilisi last year for our Impact in the Neighbourhood conference – our live episode there can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1d2PIQnc0XYkQVIRDk88bN?si=baceaad1c1494bb9