Re-envision Business

In this episode we unpack post growth economics and why an economy that naturally circulates money rather than concentrating it is better for the world. Donnie Maclurcan, the Executive Director of the Post Growth Institute joins us to explain why we need an economy that values people's needs ahead of corporate greed and what it will take to build the next economy.

Post Growth Fellows, Erinch Sahan (Doughnut Economics Action Lab) Katherine Trebeck (University of Edinburgh), Jessica Mason (Start.coop) and Arpita Bisht (Erasmus) share how they’re each serving their communities to re-envision business and shape a post growth economy.

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Raza Ullah from Primary Finance joins us to discuss the negative implications of debt-based products, the current property sector, available financing options for homeowners and his innovative cooperative model centred on making home buying debt and stress-free.

• Learn more and sign up as a Primary Finance customer and investor here. Connect directly with Raza via LinkedIn.
• A special thank you to Islamic Markets and IFAAS for sponsoring this episode.
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In this episode, we’re joined by Bonnie Chiu who helps us unpack the world of social enterprise and impact investing and explore what it will take to get this work right.

Bonnie brings a wealth of expertise in impact investing, impact measurement and diversity, equity and inclusion. In her current role as Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC), she has supported over 150 clients. She has also expanded TSIC's team globally to Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. As a serial social entrepreneur, she co-founded an award-winning social enterprise Lensational, focused on empowering women through storytelling, which she has scaled to 23 countries, as well as the Diversity Forum for Inclusive Social Investment and other initiatives.

She is a Member of the Flexible Finance Committee of the Access Foundation for Social Investment, a Member of the Expert Review Committee of the World Benchmarking Alliance’s Gender Benchmark and sits on several Boards, including 360 Giving, which advocates for open data in philanthropy. She also serves as a Forbes Senior Contributor writing on gender and diversity. She has received multiple accolades for her work, named Asia21 Young Leader by Asia Society, a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and Young Achiever of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, and has been invited to speak in over 20 countries and in two TEDx talks.

Connect with Bonnie Chiu on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Creating jobs and multiplying income is one of the most powerful tools for poverty alleviation and one company leading the way in a country currently devastated by war is Qima Coffee. We sat down with their Founder & CEO, Faris Sheibani to understand Yemen's economic landscape and the positive avenues that coffee offers in generating sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers. They pledge to donate 10% of their annual profits to education and agriculture projects through the Qima Foundation.

Qima Coffee: qimacoffee.com

Visit the Qima team at their flagship cafe: qimacafe.com/

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“We’re paid less. We go in and out of the workforce. We live longer. We have fewer dollars but more years [of retirement] to pay for.” –Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

Women tend to suffer from longer employment gaps, fewer economic opportunities, a larger domestic load and lower earning potential. One way to tackle this is through equipping women with the knowledge and resources to become financially independent whether it's through landing clients, earning income through the digital economy, up-skilling, investing and/or saving.

Zebras Unite hosted a live Re-envision Business conversation to discuss the current economic landscape and the steps needed to move this from concept to reality for women around the world.

Uneesa Zaman is an experienced financial literacy facilitator, specialising in the advancement of women's financial education and consulting ethical fintechs globally through her consultancy, Rizq Comms. Uneesa has worked with global organisations, including the World Economic Forum and the UN to increase financial awareness amongst various underserved groups, and has featured in Amaliah, The Times and Financial Times.

Follow Rizq Comms on Twitter, Linkedin or learn more about their work on their website.

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This episode was produced by Sheeza Shah and edited by Rohan Singhal. A special thank you to Anika Horn for managing the live tech for this event.

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Blake Goud has more than 15 years experience researching Islamic finance and working in a compliance and investment officer role in the finance industry. His published research cover a variety of topics in Islamic finance including incorporating environmental, social & governance (ESG), social finance and FinTech, addressing climate change, and public finance. He received his B.A. in Economics from Reed College in 2003.

In this episode we discussed how RFI is encouraging organisations to support equitable, inclusive and sustainable economic development in particular with a focus on responsible and ESG investing.

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The constant struggle that Palestinian traders and producers experience is a pain that no one should ever have to endure. One organisation has managed to push through these challenges and find success by leveraging fair trade to uplift Palestinian farmers and families. In this episode we’re joined by Taysir Arbasi and Atif Choudhury from Zaytoun, an award-winning fair trade social enterprise, which ethically sources fine foods from Palestine including Fairtrade organic extra virgin olive oil and za'atar.

Join Zaytoun and Emerald Network on Friday 4th March, 2022 to hear more about their fair trade and sustainability centred work.

Follow Zaytoun on Twitter, Instagram or buy a fair trade product from their website.

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We're back with new episodes on the Re-envision Business podcast where we spotlight models prioritising ethics, justice, sustainability and benevolence. We’re starting the new year with Dama Sathaniathan, partner at Bethnal Green Ventures and a Trustee at Chayn to talk about how technology can be redesigned to be of benefit to people and the planet. 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• A deep dive into impact investing
• Social Tech Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa report 
• VentureESG group 
• Risky Business by Amnesty USA 
• Tech for Good Compass Newsletter 
• All resources from Chayn 
• Free online course from BGV and Technation on how to build a tech for good business
• Join the Tech for Good London meetup and connect with others in the space
• Join the Tech for Good Global slack to connect with others and peer support

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Hello! Thank you so much for listening along to the incredible conversations we've been having at Re-envision Business. We're hugely grateful to the inspiring group of people that have joined us from all over the world to unpack the systemic issues that are being perpetuated by businesses and what it will take to build a benevolent economy.

We're taking a little break with the holidays coming up but wanted to make sure you got a chance to catch up on these conversations. Here are some of the highlights from our 2021 episodes.

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In 2019, UpEffect and the Islamic Finance and Ethics Society had the honour of hosting Hoda Katebi at Kings College London. The goal of this event was ambitious: let's get real and address the state of the fashion industry, what financial equity is and why capitalism is broken. There is much to learn from Hoda but this event was a brief glimpse into the vast knowledge and experience she brings to the industry (much of it being exemplified through her recent initiative, an apparel manufacturing workers co-operative run by working class women of colour).

We're delighted to now bring this conversation to our Re-envision Business listeners as we know so many of you will enjoy it. It covers a spectrum of topics, including:

• the hold capitalism has on the fashion industry
• the reality of how fast fashion thrives off violence inflicted on garment workers 
• whether the industry can be reformed
• and so much more!

A special thank you to Georgina Wilson-Powell (Editor of pebble magazine) for facilitating a discussion that many described as a mind-blowing interview that changed their views on fast fashion forever. 

Hoda Katebi is an Iranian-American writer, abolitionist organizer, and creative educator. Her work has been hailed from the BBC to the New York Times to the pages of VOGUE and featured and cited in books, journals, and museums around the world. Hoda is the host of #BecauseWeveRead, a radical digital book club and discussion series mobilizing local communities with 25+ chapters globally; founding member of Blue Tin Production, an apparel manufacturing workers co-operative run by working class women of color setting new international standards in labor and sustainability within fashion supply chains among many other hats.

We're also immensely grateful to Maaria Lohiya for capturing the event, event partner Emerald Network and our wonderful sponsors that made this event a success.

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