The Impact Project

In this episode, I catch up with Camille, the founder of Bloom Impact, an investing app for investors to invest with purpose. We hear first hand from Camille, her experience founding a for-purpose start-up and the role Bloom is playing in helping investors put their money towards fighting climate change. We also take a deep dive into the concept of impact investing, how it works and how you too, can make a difference through your investment decisions

Join us for our third expert interview of the year with Richard Fine! Richard is the Founder of BioPak and is a passionate leader in the renewable and reusable packaging space having played a pivotal role in driving innovation and change in the packaging industry.  In this episode, we discuss the current state of the packaging industry, it's role in the circular economy and some of the key headwinds and tailwinds facing the industry and society's transition towards a circular economy for a better tomorrow. 

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Join us for our second expert interview of the year with Stephen Panizza! Stephen is the Head of Renewable Energy at Federation Asset Management and is a passionate leader in the renewable energy and social impact investment space, with experience working with leading Australian renewable energy innovators such as Windlab.\r\n\nIn this episode, we discuss the current state of renewable energy, the key headwinds and tailwinds facing the industry, how the industry could evolve and what this means for us as a society facing the growing issue of climate change.\r\n

A New Year means a new episode! For our very first episode of the year, we had the chance to sit down with the inspiring Jessica Roth. Jess is the founder of The Social Impact Hub and holds a strong passion for giving back to the community and inspiring a new generation of changemakers.    In this episode, we learn about what inspired her to found The Social Impact Hub, and how Australia and the various players in the Australian for-purpose space can come together to solve some of societies most important problems.

We're excited to share our very first livestream! Join us as we explore how to turn your passion into a career with none other than John Treadgold! John is the host of the Good Future Podcast, a passionate change-maker in the for-purpose space, and was the inspiration for this very podcast. We hope you enjoy the episode!

After a bit of a break, our next expert interview episode is now live! This time, we had the chance to catch up with Pablo Berrutti, a Senior Investment Specialist at Stewart Investors to hear about his unconventional journey from leaving school early to working in the sustainable funds management industry. We then explore the role that finance and education together can play in driving an impact-led agenda and of Pablo's mission to democratise sustainable finance and investing through his start-up, Altiorem.   We hope you find this episode as insightful as we did!

We're excited to introduce the very first episode of our new series 'Impact Catchups', a series where we share stories of young leaders around us, aspiring to create impact and positive change, to hopefully help inspire you to get involved as well. Join us we sit down with Nicky and Nicholas Sujadi, co-hosts of the Quarter Life Hack Podcast as we explore how we can approach uncertainty and change with the right mindset and why storysharing is such an important part of this. Being our first episode of the series, be sure to let us know your thoughts and feedback as well!

Our latest interview is live! Join us in this episode as we sit down with Maria Balatbat, a Senior Lecturer at the UNSW Business School and hear about her journey from corporate to academia and how she is inspiring a young generation of sustainability leaders through her teaching. We then take a step back and more broadly explore the important role that academia and educational institutions like universities can play in driving an impact-led agenda. So grab a cup of coffee, tune in and get inspired!

What's all the fuss about Robinhood? We wondered just that! In our latest discussion episode, we explore what Robinhood is all about, some of the underlying trends in retail investing it represents and what it means for you as an investor. We also explore how impact investing fits into all of this and how you can go from being a Robinhood investor to an impact investor. Be sure not to miss this one!

A lot of corporates want to have social impact, but they're still looking for guidance or ideas about how they can uniquely contribute and maximize their impact. Wonder how for-profit and for-purpose businesses can work together to create positive change, and how innovation and technology can be used for good? In this episode, we discuss these questions with the incredible Victoria Morris, Strategic Advisor at CARE Australia and former Director - Innovation at The Fred Hollows Foundation. Vicky's also had experience assisting startups in India and we found her perspectives unique characteristics of doing business in India super interesting. Have a listen for this refreshing episode and hope you guys get out as much as we did!

Join us for a quick dive into the current state of impact investing!

Tune into this quick take as we learn about how we can grow the economy in a way that's sustainable. 

Join us for a fireside chat with Désirée 🔥 where we hear about Désirée's philosophy on investing with purpose, how to measure impact, and how we can incorporate ESG considerations into our investing decisions. We hope you enjoy the episode!

This is our first impact investing basics episode, a series where we explore the basics of impact investing to get you kick started on your journey :) In this episode, we talk about the investing platforms available and how much money you need to start impact investing. We also discuss some of the factors to look out for before choosing an impact investment, and on setting the right expectations about the returns and risks before impact investing. Feel free to leave us a review or find us at our instagram: @groundsforinvesting

Join us for our very first interview as we chat with Hanna Ebeling - CEO of Sefa and a member of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership. ✨ Hanna is passionate about investing with purpose and creating positive change through finance and we are very excited to have her on as our very first guest. In this episode, we discuss Hanna's journey, how she transitioned from private banking, not for profits to impact investing, what Sefa does, how she defines impact investing, how the impact investing industry has evolved in Australia and ways in which Millenials can get involved in the impact investing space. 🧐 This is episode 2 of the Grounds for Investing Podcast. We're still learning the ropes of podcasting so we would love any feedback or advice. Feel free to leave us a review or find us at our instagram: @groundsforinvesting 🥰

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