The Impact Talks

Rhea founded Ecoware with the purpose of resolving India’s plastic waste challenge by introducing a fully compostable alternative to it. In this episode, we discuss about her journey in sustainability, the challenges along the way and how has Ecoware grown from strength to strength over the years.

For Thomas, sustainability has always been a core focus area, inspiring and driving him beyond his role as Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer and leading him to co-found the Sustainable Procurement Pledge. In this episode we speak about the mandate of sustainability and the key role that the procurement function plays in advancing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Advancing diversity and inclusion has been for over a decade at the forefront of the initiatives and projects led by Sophie. In this episode, we discuss about what led her to pursue this journey, as well as the role of Eve List in enabling organizations to integrate gender parity within their strategies and support closing the gender gap.

Sustainability was in its early beginnings back in 1975, when Peter Fusaro has started his journey and career within the space. In this episode, we delve into the highlights and evolution of sustainability over the past decades as well as how and why should the transition to a greener economy be accelerated.

Nurturing young talents and fostering innovation are at the foundation of all the initiatives led by H.E. Hussain Al Mahmoudi. In this episode, we discuss about the ambitious projects that are emerging from Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park’s ecosystem and how can technology catalyse progress towards sustainable development.

Sanjeev has started his career on the African continent over 3 decades ago, and ever since he has been actively involved in projects and funding solutions geared towards development in multiple countries. In this episode, we discuss about the current projects led by the Africa Finance Corporation as well as how capital can continue to be mobilized towards infrastructure and development on the continent.

Driving impact and influencing positive influencing positive social, economic and environmental change have always been at the forefront of Eva’s journey. In this episode, we delve into the numerous incredible projects that Eva has been leading over the past 2 decades, as well as her views on the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the environment and sustainable development.

At the dawn of a new decade, the decade of action for the SDGs, we took an unfortunate turn as the outbreak of Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. We have however witnessed that collaborative efforts are key as governments, organizations and individuals all around the world have been gearing their efforts towards reducing the impact of the virus. In this episode, Zahara Malik and I speak about the response of the impact ecosystem to the pandemic and how this global challenge can frame a new shared purpose for all, that of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Dr. Raed made a shift in his engineering career when coming back to the region in 2009 and was drawn into clean energy solutions and projects. In this episode, we discussed what ignited his passion, climate change and related sustainable development challenges, as well as best practices in the adoption of clean energy and climate mitigation actions.

Having an interesting career path himself, changing from Egyptology to running a start-up, Borna realized that many young people are struggling to choose the right academic path and often drop out from studies. In this episode, we discuss how this triggered a desire to solution this challenge and how technology can empower youth to make the right college and career choices.