What human impact does your business have? Isabel Kelly watched first hand how business influence was used to secure the release of political prisoners. That left her with a lasting impression of the power of business to positively impact human rights which she’s taken with her in her business engagements with Profit with Purpose Ltd […]
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How Repc is closing the digital divide while fighting waste – Bevil Williams
To succeed in addressing today’s large challenges, we’ll need collaboration between business, government, the third sector and society. But we also need it translated from big words into a real difference on the ground. In this latest episode of the Karmic Capitalist, Repc’s managing director, Bevil Williams, shows how to do both. Bevil was struck […]
Is your sustainability certificate greenwash, limited, or expansive?
Is your sustainability certificate really making a difference? How deep does it go? Has it helped shape your commercial strategy? I see a lot of companies now brandishing their sustainability credentials. And that’s a good thing. In my view sometimes even when it’s greenwash (see earlier post). But your sustainability can come from so many […]
How business fits into History, Anthropology, Climate, Society and what to do about it!
“We have everything we need to fix things and make it better for everyone in the world… Perhaps not the billionaires.” Can business leaders make a serious dent in climate change? Mark Maslin, UCL professor of Sustainability, company founder of Rezatec and author of “How to Save Our Planet – the Facts“, believes that we can […]
We donated 16% of our time to charities in 2020
Purpose can be a real facilitator for growth and profitability. And in turn, growth increases your ability to make impact, while profitability allows the business to serve at a higher level. It’s a wonderfully virtuous cycle when you get it right. A beautiful case study of this is Hyphen8, a Salesforce consultancy with a focus on […]