Chatting with Entrepreneurs, Change Makers and Visionaries on how they are using their business to create amazing outcomes in their community and the world aligning with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Leading Sustainability & Business for Good Laurent Mas is a Sustainability Consultant, Business Strategist, and Impact Entrepreneur, dedicated to transforming businesses into forces for good. As Co-Founder & Director of 3i Sustainability, he leads a global movement helping businesses, investors, and changemakers integrate sustainability and social responsibility into their core strategy. A Sustainability Advocate for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for nearly 10 years, Laurent has actively worked to align businesses with Profit, People, and Planet. In Melbourne, Australia, he founded his first sustainability-focused business, helping SMEs integrate the SDGs into their strategy—proving that sustainability and profitability go hand in hand. For over seven years, Laurent has been a proud B1G1 member, embedding giving and impact into business ecosystems to drive meaningful change. A proud Australian, Laurent relocated to Geneva, Switzerland, at the end of COVID, continuing his mission to support businesses and leaders in their sustainability transformation and regenerative practices. Sustainability & Business for Good:3i Sustainability Community (3isustainability.com) – A dynamic platform that connects businesses and leaders committed to sustainability, impact-driven growth, and regeneration.Entrepreneur for Good Program – Empowering entrepreneurs to launch and scale businesses with purpose, integrating sustainability from day one.Successful Business Solutions – A boutique advisory firm helping businesses align profitability with sustainability, making impact-driven strategies both financially viable and scalable. Mental Health & Conscious Leadership:Beyond sustainability, Laurent is passionate about mental well-being. He integrates mindfulness and leadership development into his work, supporting entrepreneurs and executives in achieving balance and resilience. His initiatives include:Meditate with Laurent – A platform for guided meditation and breathwork.Activate Your Wealth Vibrations (activateyourwealthvibrations.com) – A transformative program combining meditation, sound healing, and mindset shifts to unlock abundance and prosperity.The Space – A mental well-being hub offering personalized wellness solutions.Council for Human Development – A global initiative unlocking human potential through neuroscience, psychology, and leadership coaching. Through 3i Sustainability and his various impact-driven ventures, Laurent helps businesses redefine success—blending sustainability, profitability, and well-being to create a Better You, Better Business, Better World. Connect with Laurent on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/laurentmas1
Sally Murphy is an expert human resources professional who left the corporate world behind to launch the purpose-led human resources company Purple Playground in 2018. After spending twenty years working within people and culture roles across a variety of HR disciplines, Sally took the opportunity to build a company that would better support other businesses in their human resources initiatives. Her vision for Purple Playground is in perfect alignment with her purpose and passion - to prove business leaders with a proactive approach to people and culture. As far as HR agencies are concerned, Purple Playground is deliberately different. Sally heads up the Human Resources division of the company, and works her magic to: Ensure businesses are compliant with their Fair Work employer obligations. Help businesses scale their organisations through simple, yet strong human resource foundations and a clear people strategy. Build the leadership capability within teams, with a focus on creating resilient, high-performing teams. The Purple Playground team are the antidote to the boring, stuffy, ‘we'd better call HR' approach and are leading the way in helping purpose-driven business owners re-imagine what people and culture support looks like. They are a certified B Corporation and long term member of B1G1 Business for Good. It's all part of showing the human side of human resources. To Sally and the team, adding value to clients means being committed to helping them ‘systemise the process and humanise the experience' throughout every aspect of the full employee lifecycle.
Leanne Butterworth, an Empathy Educator, TEDx speaker and Social Entrepreneur, is dedicated to creating healthier, more connected workforces and communities through accessible Empathy Training. Her personal experience with postnatal mental health challenges led her to recognise the life-changing impact of empathy-based communication. As the founder of Empathy First and a lecturer of social enterprise at QUT, Leanne is actively involved in the startup, mental health, and social enterprise communities. She has presented her empathy work internationally and holds degrees in Applied Science and NonProfit Business. Leanne has received several prestigious scholarships and awards, including the 2023 Women Changing the World People's Choice Social Enterprise Award and the George Alexander Foundation Scholarship. She is also a contributing author in the upcoming anthology Women Making a Difference. Leanne believes empathetic leadership is not a nice-to-have but a business imperative in the modern world. Her passion drives her to create compassionate environments where healthy empathy thrives.
Kristy is the GM and CTO of Allume Energy, an Australian solar technology company that has developed a world-first solution which unlocks rooftop solar for apartments. Allume Energy was founded to ensure it is possible for everyone to access clean technology solutions and be taken on the journey to a liveable future. While Kristy is a technology expert, for Kristy the T in CTO stands for team as much as technology. Kristy's authentic leadership style creates environments that create inclusion of all & inspire courage; crucial to generate the innovation required to solve the most pertinent problems of our time. Connect with Kristy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristy-battista-35177819/ Reach out to Allume Energy at https://allumeenergy.com/au/
Dan is the Founder of The Ocelli Group, helping organisations build resilience and commercial opportunity through bespoke Sustainability support networks. This 'Impact-as-a-Service' ecosystem consists of sustainability consultancies, data reporting platforms, and communications agencies, ensuring these teams are consistently realising collaborative advantages.Dan has worked in Australia and the US for both publicly-traded firms and early-stage startups, across natural resources, technology advisory, and ESG consulting. He sees collaboration as being the key factor in ensuring all companies, industries, and countries seize the opportunities presented as we decarbonise the global economy.He often reflects on a quote from George Mack: “Networks are unique, because they don't divide when you share them - they multiply.”
In this episode we connect with Tracy Norman and Coralie Nichols from The Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. Tracy Norman - Founder & Chair Tracy Norman is the proud middle daughter of Ian and Shirley Norman. She has a background in small business enterprises with a particular focus on regenerating economies in regional New South Wales. Tracy currently operates a number of businesses, based in the Hunter, in the areas of regenerative agriculture and food and hospitality. The paddock-to-plate experience can be found in her business offerings. Her business interests are underpinned by a degree in Ecological Agriculture. Tracy served on Dungog Shire Council for 9 years from 2012 to 2021, with her service to the community including two and a half years as the Mayor. Tracy was a founding member of the Dungog Arts Foundation and the driving force behind the Dungog Festival, two initiatives that gave her a great sense of pride and joy. Tracy is keen to respond to filling gaps to address social disadvantage and to work in partnership with innovators that change people's lives. Coralie Nichols - Chief Executive Officer. Coralie is a Graduate of the AICD, has completed Harvard Business studies, was a 2017 finalist in the Queensland Telstra Business Women's Awards, has an undergraduate degree from Wollongong University, a graduate diploma from Sydney University and completed her Master's Degree in Management at the University of Technology Sydney.Coralie has worked in local government in NSW and Queensland for over 20 years and has held senior executive and general manager roles. She has also worked at the Chief Executive level in the not-for-profit sector in the Northern Territory and NSW. Coralie has lived in major cities and rural and remote communities across Australia. She now lives with her husband and three children near the vineyards of the Hunter Valley. Connect with the foundation at https://isnfoundation.org.au/
Dr Graziella Thake is the CEO of The Optimisation Hub, a learning hub designed to increase human potential. With over three decades of diverse experience combined with a history of achievement in forensic corporate and sports psychology, Graziella has a range of credible knowledge and skills in impact delivery projects for social change across education, government departments, mining , health, sport and corporate. Her operational management of complex projects has seen her follow a validated research focus to manage complex delivery projects in simple, real formats. She brings innovation facilitation and sought after professionalism to anything she does as a tangible asset in positive impact leadership. With experience in 24 multinational brands, by reputation she is as a leadership asset, who combines humility, experience, knowledge and a straight forward robust approach to any project and team for lasting long term sustainable performance optimisation. Graziella is both a diversity champion and team enabler and been dubbed “the positive virus creator” having achieved 2 world firsts. She combines all her passions, and professional experience to impact positively, and sustainably to lead outcomes, in a fast, and sustainable manner giving energy time and professionalism to sustainable outcomes. Her leadership is blueprint is her ability to create and extend dynamic impact culture in any team. Connect with Graziella on Linked HERE The Optimisation Hub website is HERE
Georgina Camp is the Managing Director and Founder, Huber Social. Founder and Managing Director of Huber Social, Georgina's team is committed to creating a global society where Wellbeing thrives. Following a 10-year career across international law and the military, Georgina transitioned to Community Development to address social issues at their root cause. Having experienced both ends of the ‘problem solving' spectrum, Georgina recognised we need to get all parts of the system working together to solve social issues once and for all. Through measuring social impact, Huber Social provides data driven intelligence to facilitate a systems approach, measuring progress overall in terms of wellbeing and identifying priority needs. Huber Social has successfully measured the wellbeing of people for the last 6 years across more than 10 countries and 150 projects. Georgina holds a Master of Development, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (Politics and International Relations). Georgina was recognised in the 2019 Australian Financial Review's top 100 Women of Influence. find Georgina on linked HERE Huber Social Website: https://hubersocial.com.au/
Adrian is a passionate business sustainability professional, with more than 22 years of activity in the field. Through his business, the Sustainability Compass, and as a Partner for Corporate Sustainability in Fifth Eagle, both next generation advisory companies, he is focused on guiding organisations towards future proofing their business and maximising the return on their sustainability spend. Prior to this, Adrian worked in energy, operations and technical leadership roles in the heavy industry in Australia and Eastern Europe. Adrian has a PhD on the topic of corporate sustainability, an MBA from the University of Queensland's Business School and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Most recently, he completed business sustainability programs with the business schools of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and MIT, on topics such as sustainability strategies, circular economy, leading sustainable corporations and sustainable finance. He is also a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Certified Professional. Over the years, he applied this knowledge in the industry for practical outcomes such as: publishing sustainability reports, helping release lower carbon footprint products, developing energy efficiency strategies, enhancing circularity, significantly reducing emissions and fossil fuel consumption, creating and implementing environmental performance improvement plans and so on. Connect with Adrian Mail: adrian@sustainabilitycompass.com.au Web: www.sustainabilitycompass.com.au https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianvaida/
‘Barnes', as he is known, is responsible for leading Intrepid's global marketing, CX and digital functions with a focus on embedding a customer-focused culture across the business. Previously chief purpose officer, Leigh is an advocate for the business for good movement and has been instrumental in building Intrepid's reputation as a purpose-led organisation. Outside of work, Leigh is a keen supporter of Melbourne's arts and culture scene and a passionate fan of the Aussie Football League (AFL) team, the Geelong Cats. Leigh's top Intrepid trip is Everest Base Camp Trek, which he credits for changing the way he sees the world. Learn more about Intrepid at https://www.intrepidtravel.com/ Accountability@intrepidtravel.com Connect with Leigh via LinkedIn HERE
Jennifer Kim Field is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Henry Schein, Inc., the world's largest provider of solutions for health care professionals. Jen is responsible for the Company's global sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) work and integrating ESG into the Company's strategies and activities. Jen collaborates with the Company's Board of Directors, the Sustainability Committee, and key business teams such as Investor Relations, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Global Data Organization, and Corporate Communications as well as external partners to execute the global climate roadmap including carbon reduction goals, ensure our progress and performance meet evolving global auditing and regulatory requirements, and attract new investors focused on corporate sustainability. She oversees the Henry Schein Cares team and program focused on advancing wellness, building capacity in the delivery of health care services, and assisting in emergency preparedness and relief to “help health happen” for at-risk and underserved populations globally. Jen brings over 25 years of experience to Henry Schein in the areas of business development, program management, strategic planning, corporate philanthropy and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Henry Schein, Jen worked at the United Nations Foundation where she led public-private partnerships with Fortune 500 companies in support of the UN. Jen hails from Alabama, where she acquired a taste for grits and fried catfish. She graduated from Bowdoin College and lives on Long Island with her husband and two young children. Check out Henry Schein at https://henryschein.com.au/
Laurence Marshbaum OAM is the Co-Founder of Community Capital. Community Capital is a social impact asset management firm that aligns investments in Private Markets with community based impact outcomes. Community Capital recently raised the $650M Community Capital Credit Fund which will distribute in excess of $15-20M of grants to early-stage Australian Social Purpose Organisations. Prior to co-founding Community Capital with Australian financial services firm Barrenjoey, Laurence was a Senior Portfolio Manager at the Australian Retirement Trust ( Sunsuper) overseeing the funds $4bn allocation to Alternative Investments and prior to that held senior roles in Investment firms in London and New York. In 2013 Laurence founded 10×10 Philanthropy following a life-long affiliation with communal involvement and philanthropy, having served on the boards of several not-for-profits in Australia and the UK. 10x10 has grown from Sydney around the world supporting early stage social purposes organisations to connect with donors and networks to help them grow. 10x10 now operates in 6 countries, 13 cities, has supported over 380 Social Purpose Organisations and distributed over $6M over its life. In June 2022 Laurence received the Order of Australia Medal for Service to Community. Laurence has been a key-note speaker at the Nexus Global Youth Summit at the United Nations in New York, and the Social Good Summit in Australia, and has been featured on several “social impact” podcasts and books. He is an advocate for new models of social impact, venture philanthropy, investing with impact and effective giving. Connect with 10x10 Philanthropy at https://10x10philanthropy.com/
Willem Overbosch is CEO (Chief Executive Officer) & Co-founder of SDG Align on a mission to make sustainable practices a business habit. Their 2021 Good Design Award Winning Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Insights as a service platform delivers unique perspectives across internal and external supply chain stakeholder perspectives. Over the past 20 years Willem founded and led multiple businesses in Online publishing and Community SaaS (Software as a Service). In 2018 his book ‘Top trends for business leaders' (in Dutch 'Top trends voor Ondernemers') was a number 1 bestselling management book in The Netherlands, discussing topics on Digital transformation, Business innovation, Sustainable Development, Society 3.0, Futures Thinking and how to design and drive these concepts into a business strategy. Willem encourages people to think and go beyond “Business as Usual” and explore the world from a sustainability perspective and with an entrepreneurial mindset. He believes that by aligning our actions with the UN (United Nations) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we can make a positive impact on people, planet and prosperity and create a positive future for everyone. As a subject matter expert, Willem has been featured on Dutch National television. He delivered keynotes in conferences like the 2018 UNSSC (United Nations System Staff College) Conference in Geneva, the BDAA (Building Designers Association of Australia) National Conferences in 2022, the SCA (Strata Community Association) National Conference 2022 in Melbourne and many more. Willem immigrated from The Netherlands to Australia in February 2022 and lives in New Italy, NSW with his wife Milou and their four teenaged kids. To connect with Willem on LinkedIn HERE Take the SDG Align Toolkit survey on the SEVENTEENx dashboard HERE
Kristen has been involved with The Funding Network Australia since its inception, first working with co-founder Lisa Cotton on the initial pilot events in 2013 and later serving on the Sydney Leadership Council before becoming CEO in July 2022. Previously Kristen was TFN's General Manager and has been responsible for driving day-to-day operations, developing TFN's technology roadmap, enhancing TFN's event delivery model and building strong relationships with clients, partners and supporters. Kristen has extensive experience across marketing, stakeholder engagement and communications in the US and Australia and held leadership positions in both the corporate and non-profit sectors. Kristen is a former Senior Vice President & Partner with Fleishman Hillard in San Francisco, where her clients included Visa, Netflix and Dell, and has held senior marketing and communications roles at Compass Group Australia and Good Guys Inc. She is also a certified leadership coach TFN Website - https://www.thefundingnetwork.com.au/ Find Kristen on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenmlark/
A senior leader with a career spanning more than 25 years, Carol has built a credible reputation, known for her strong inclusive leadership, operational excellence, track record, innovative problem solving, strong relationships, communication, team building, personal integrity and business ethics. Carol has significant experience in global complex multi-tiered environments. Skilled in Sales and Business Leadership, Sales Coaching and Enablement, Digital Transformation, Customer and Employee Experience, Business and Process Envisioning, Partner Management and Executive Engagement. Carol brings this experience to Akkodis as our VP of Sales and Growth operating across our business. Carol is a Change Champion, leading and challenging teams to transform traditional models to think bigger with a laser focus on impact, experiences, continuous improvement, and value creation. A supporter of Women in IT, STEM and a passionate advocate for Responsible Business, Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity, Justice and Inclusion to make a genuine Human and Social Impact. Carol is a non-executive director for Fortem Australia. Fortem Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the mental health and wellbeing of first responder families – the people who protect and care for Australian communities. Connect with Carol via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-gobby/ Head to Akkodis website HERE
Manisha is the chief strategist and visionary at Centre for Inclusive Design. With a background in strategic marketing, communication, transforming cultures and creativity she is a thought leader in the power of thinking from the edge. Manisha has a unique talent for seeing beyond the horizon to emerging trends, defining them and building powerful communities to bring them in to being. She is the host of the With, Not For podcast and is a fiction author in her spare time. Manisha was a speaker at SEVENTEENx Sydney 2023 , presenting an inspired story and overview of her work at the Centre for Inclusive Design. You can watch her talk from this event HERE Connect with Manisha via LinkedIn HERE Visit website HERE
Matthew Wright-Simon For all of this millennium – and a bit of the last one – Matthew Wright-Simon has been active in sustainability and regeneration, creative industries, social enterprise, microphilanthropy and leadership development. It's all part of being a changemaker champion – someone who celebrates the best in people and the great potential we all have to make a positive difference where we work, live and play. Something that truly celebrates this is Newday Leadership, a unique social enterprise that is devoted to ‘inspired leadership for the greater good' in the delivery of unique summits and programs. Matthew is co-director, alongside Katrina Webb, Newday's founder. The annual Newday Summits are truly something special: part wellbeing retreat, part festival and part world-class leadership conference. Their forthcoming Summit on 2 November 2023 in Adelaide is all about Wisdom + Wonder. It's on track to be another sold-out event (places are capped at 350 people), so get your tickets now! In his work, Matthew supports people to deeply explore problems, articulate engaging stories and to take pragmatic and creative action in their own organisations, communities and networks. This work through Ecocreative and soon with Engage Change includes strategy and mentoring, leadership development, emceeing and facilitation and hundreds of projects, with recent work in ‘community juries' helping bring new depth to deliberative decision-making and research in Australia's health sector. Matthew is the Adelaide Dean of microphilanthropy group, the Awesome Foundation (that has given away over $80,000 in microgrants) and he has recently joined the state's Impact 100 network. Matthew also volunteers as a board member of SASEC, South Australia's peak body for social entrepreneurs. In 2019, Matthew was the South Australian winner of the Impact 25 Award from Pro Bono Australia for his role as a ‘changemaker champion', something he continues to embrace in his work and volunteering today. Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn or Instagram Book your tickets to the Newday Leadership Summit: Wisdom + Wonder Join us at a SEVENTEENx event - see dates at www.seventeensdg.com/tour
Simone Allan is Director and Founder Women's Resilience Centre and Director Mondo Search & Mondo Mentor. Simone's upbringing was isolating and often filled with tragedy. At an early age, Simone was always finding part-time jobs and seeking her own independence and life mentors to support her. (Her family of choice). Her studies BA (Psychology major) and postgraduate studies in Human Resources led to a career in sales then founding of an Executive Search Consultancy, Mondo Search which has placed over 2800 key Senior leaders in business. One great insight gleaned from interviewing so many leaders was that those who succeeded often had great mentors. Her background and experience came together with the founding of the Women's Resilience Centre in 2020. It is her “ True North” bringing together so many initiatives that Simone has championed: Women's Health, practical job readiness skills, sustainable recovery programs and mentoring. https://womensresiliencecentre.com.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/simoneallan/
Dr Stephen Morse is the Founder and CEO of Unchained Solutions Pty Ltd, a Sydney-based consultancy that equips Australian organisations to comply with the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). Stephen has over 25 years' experience in entrepreneurial leadership in the not-for-profit and private sectors, both in Australia and overseas. He's a seasoned public speaker, thought leader and strategist who brings an engaging and refreshing perspective to the fight against modern slavery and related human rights violations, and its impact on supply chains. Stephen obtained his Doctorate in Human Trafficking Intervention through Fuller Theological Seminary, CA in 2016, and MBA in Entrepreneurship through University of Technology Sydney in 2020. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Freedom Business Alliance, the Ethics Committee of the Australasian Supply Chain Institute, and the Communications Working Group of the Commonwealth 8.7 Network. Connect with Stephen via LinkedIn HERE Website HERE connect at info@unchainedsolutions.com.au Info about the Modern Slavery Act HERE Find out more about SEVENTEENx or find tickets to an event near you at www.seventeensdg.com
Former journalist, founder of national PR firm Profile Media and the Good News Movement, Sue Papadoulis is on a mission to elevate stories that inspire, engage, and create a positive impact. She believes in the value of good news – for people, the planet and most importantly for business success. Sue spent 10 years as a journalist and News Editor in busy radio and television newsrooms in Australia and London. She left the profession having become disillusioned with the negativity of the news and thinking more carefully about the impact she was having. She moved into corporate communications for state government but felt a call to do and be more. And so, she began her own business in 2007, employing journalists who are results driven and have a can-do attitude. Profile Media specialises in creating engaging public profiles for organisations and CEOs who seek to make an impact. Sue is part of a growing movement of the purpose economy - business as a force for good, brands driving profit through purpose. https://www.thegoodnewsmovement.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/suepapadoulis/ https://profilemedia.com.au/
Chris is a career social worker ; with a life of experience across the sector in various roles helping people who need it most. Through his travels, Chris noticed a "way to do it better" across the Domestic Family Violence spectrum in communities around Australia; and through technology, an opportunity to prevent and protect victims experiencing violence and isolation. The StandbyU Foundation was established with a clear mission: to embrace the power of human connections to build a better, safer world for everyone. Every day we bring friends and family closer together by supporting people in need to reach out for help and giving them safety devices to connect them at critical moments. To support SyandbyU via the ACF program to "reduce the wait" helping to clear the nearly 100 people waiting for a shield. To connect with Chris for more information about becoming a Connected Community Partner - at Chris@standbyu.org.au or via LinkedIn HERE
Sally Giblin is an award-winning founder, podcast co-host, environmentalist, writer, and parent. Her purpose is to unleash the power of families and educators to rewrite our climate story.Sally is a Co-Founder of Be The Future, which is creating EDUtainment for young children that inspires environmental action using humour, surprise and hope. She's also a Co-Host of the Hope. Act. Thrive. Podcast, where she has bite-size conversations with leading climate thinkers, doers and shakers.Sally is a Greenpeace Australia Pacific General Assembly Member, an Australian Parents for Climate Action spokesperson, and a Climate Reality Leader. She's also a startup mentor for Founder Institute, the world's largest early-stage accelerator. She's been at the forefront of many social impact initiatives over the years, with organizations such as Young UN Women and Social Good Summit. She's also spreading the word about environmental action through writing for media publications and speaking at events.She previously CoFounded Pure Bundle, an award-winning circular fashion startup, and was a Management Consultant at PwC. https://www.bethefuture.earth/edutainment-kit https://www.instagram.com/bethefuture.earth/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/be-the-future-earth/ http://linkedin.com/in/sally-giblin-56470348
Andrew Buay is the Vice President of Group Sustainability at Singtel and here in Optus Australia. Pioneering and leading the Singtel Group and Optus sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance strategy. A purpose-driven, a people and principle-centered leader, with a passion for coaching and mentoring the company's leaders and founders of impact start-ups. Andrew's 30 year experience spans multiple roles across innovation and sustainability for the Singtel Group, and Optus. Leading a passionate team, Andrew is a leader in the CSR space and dedicated to the future of people, planet and society. In this chat we unpack Optus' social impact strategy and pillars around digital inclusion and their ambition to get to net zero; along with their wider sustainability plan. You can review the Optus sustainability reporting at https://www.optus.com.au/about/sustainability/reporting Head over to www.seventeensdg.com/tour to find a SEVENTEENx event coming to a city near you soon (or jump in online from anywhere in the world) To join our membership platform head over to www.seventeenx.mn.co to register you and your team to join the ecosystem.
Nicole is a globally recognized expert and practitioner in project-based learning and youth entrepreneurship. She is the founder of Future Anything, an award-winning, curriculum-aligned entrepreneurship program for high school students, the founder of YouthX, Australia's only startup accelerator program for school-aged entrepreneurs, and the founder of Catapult Cards, a design thinking tool for corporates and classrooms Nicole passionately pushes the boundaries around the future of our education system, and believes the best education empowers young people to bend the future; one youth-led idea at a time. Check in with Nicole and Future Anything via Website - https://futureanything.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicdyson/
The "Talk" series on the SEVENTEENx podcast is a yearly panel with special guests from all over the globe and the social / impact world, speaking about lessons from the previous year. This year in Talk '22 - we invited Paul Dunn of B1G1 back to co-host the ocnversation with a teriffic panel of guests from the SEVENTEENx Community. Links to each guests LinkedIn is in their names below. Nat Simmons - Barefoot Citizens Anna Sheppard - Bambuddha Group Darren Sutton - The Common Purpose Collective Jaqcui Bloom - Start up Bootcamp Follow SEVENTEENx on socials LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seve... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seventeen_sdg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seventeensdg Join our events tour by grabbing a ticket to an event in your city at https://www.seventeensdg.com/tour Register for our Members4Good platform at https://www.seventeensdg.com/members4good
Jules (Julian) Pace is the Founder and CEO of the Happiness Co and is Australia's emerging voice in happiness, emotional wellbeing, and lived-experience mental health. The founder of Happiness Co, he has the goal to positively impact 10 million lives in 10 years. An engaging presenter that uses his own story to create the best environment for your team to gain an understanding of what it really takes to create fulfilment and happiness. He has keynoted at the three largest mental health conferences in the country, he is an Australian of the Year finalist, Mentor of the Year award winner, a National Small Business Champion and is dedicated to using his powerful story to inspire others to overcome everyday challenges in order to create and sustain their own happiness. Connect with Jules via LinkedIn HERE Or via there website HERE Head over to www.seventeensdg.com to find out when we have an event coming to a city near you. for event more impact join our Members4Good network , our online community bringing our entire ecosystem together in one place. www.seventeensdg.com/members4good
In this episode we connect with John Engelander , the founder and CEO of both The Planet Earth Cleaning Company and Ecobin. Purpose driven brands designed to simply clean the world with sustainable products and make recycling easy for workplaces and spaces all around the world. As you'll hear.. simply cleaning a toilet one day gave John a light buld moment to create something that worked for everyone... INCLUDING the people on the front line AND the planet. You can connect with John via his website https://planetearthcleaning.com.au/ or via linkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnengelander/
Nick is the inaugural CEO of Social Enterprise Network Victoria (SENVIC); the community, peak body and catalyser responsible for accelerating the social enterprise movement in Victoria. He is an innovative, energetic and strategic leaders with over 20 years experience across public, private and community sectors in Victoria and the UK. Nick thrives in building new alliances and partnerships towards collective impact. We all have a role in achieving the SDGs, join us at www.senvic.org.au. In this chat, Nick explores the place of social enterprises in the business community and the role they have to play in the wider sustainability and innovation sectors. Nick mentioned "The Christie Centre" and the "Mildura Chocolate Company " to connect with. Connect with Nick via their SENVIC website above or via linkedin HERE Book a ticket to see Nick at SEVENTEENx Melbourne on March 9 either in person or online right HERE
Dr Sharon Zivkovic is based in Adelaide, however an internationally recognised changemaker. Sharon's specialty is enabling community and government systems to take a pragmatic approach to addressing community problems by recognising different types of problems (simple, complicated, complex, wicked) need to be addressed differently Sharon is the Co-Founder and Chiref Innovation Officer of Wicked Lab and the Foudner and CEO of Community Capacity Builders. In both this episode and her SEVENTEENx Adelaide talk in 2022, Sharon poses some deep questions on how we approach the SDGs , how they interlink with one another and how mapping our approach we can find even more solutions for these "wicked" problems. Connect with Sharon at Linkedin HERE Sharon@communitycapacity.com.au Website https://www.communitycapacity.com.au/
David has spent over 30-years in technology in senior management roles at global investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Nomura & Standard Chartered Bank. David has also been the Founder and CEO of several successful FinTech, SaaS, and mobile start-ups. David was named by Future Agro Challenge (FAC) as Global Agripreneur of the Year 2018 for his work as CEO of AgUnity helping lift low-income farmers out of poverty. In 2021, David co-created the AgriUT Foundation, which aims to address the impacts of digital and financial exclusion on Last Mile communities by creating a global, peer-to-peer, non-cash payment ecosystem that connects benefactors, communities, markets, investments and sustainable development opportunities with Last Mile farmers. Connect with David via these links LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviesdavid/ Website - https://www.agunity.com/
Anthony is the CEO of Green Gold Ventures in Australia with a deep experience in Clean Energy space and building partnerships between international businss communities. An internationally experienced Start-up founder, investor & global growth advisor committed to the decarbonisation of industry through the commercial application of new CleanTech/ AgTech & Environmental solutions. Country lead for TusStar global innovation network. Formerly, CEO of ASX-Listed CleanTech Co. Connect with Anthony at anthony@tusstar.com.au www.TusStar.com.au Grab a ticket to watch Anthony at SEVENTEENx Adelaide Nov 17 at https://events.humanitix.com/seventeenx-adelaide-2022 Live or online.
Claire is a health and human rights academic at The University of Queensland, with much of her research interfacing with policy, planning and implementation of the SDG Agenda for the realisation and benefit of both environmental and population health and wellbeing, and social justice (social impact). Research examples include Claire's leadership examining three countries implementing positive policy and practice examples of SDG implementation (Indonesia, Germany and Mexico), her review of the SDG priorities raised in the written submissions from diverse Australian stakeholders to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into the UN SDGs, and research into how multinational corporations are integrating and leveraging the SDG framework to promote their environmental and population health and social impact responsibilities for the purposes of ESG promotion and compliance (and whether activities are “SDG washing”). Claire is the Honorary Advisory and Thematic Expert for SDG 3 (Health & Wellbeing) on the Legal & Economic Empowerment Global Network (LEEG-NET) high-level human rights and SDG advisory board to the United Nations. She also served a term on the Global Council on Financing the SDGs chaired by the Managing Director of Impact Based Finance at Société Générale. Connect with Claire via LinkedIn HERE Link to Claire's research paper on the SDGs we discuss in the episode is HERE
Tyler is the National Social Impact Manager for Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) in Australia and manages the Flight Centre Foundation, FCTG's Australian social impact initiatives and facilitates FCTG's Reconciliation Journey. Tyler is a public speaker, social entrepreneur, podcast host and country music singer! She is extremely passionate about collaboration, advocacy and innovation for the sake of creating positive sustainable change. Her background includes volunteering, fundraising and working in the United States (since age 12) and then moving to Australia to run corporate wellbeing programs and work across the not-for-profit sector in Queensland. Tyler is the host of Queensland Community Foundation's GIVE. The podcast, interviewing Queensland changemakers to unearth inspirational stories about giving and philanthropy. She sits on multiple advisory committees and is works with social entrepreneurs within not-for-profits, social enterprises and early-stage start-ups to grow and scale their impact. When Tyler is not working she is playing guitar, reading paperback books and exploring in nature. Connect with Tyler on LinkedIn HERE.
Sahera Sumar, Worldwide SHEroes to empower women across the globe through mentorship and leadership, and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The mission is to develop "Women Leaders for a Better World" ie enabling women to be more self reliant, self empowered and women of influence so they can better impact their world. Taking 15+ years of global corporate experience in talent & leadership development to strengthen leadership capability for international development projects and capacity building projects. Connect with Sahera at https://www.worldwidesheroes.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/saherasumar/
We're going to use Michael's own bio to introduce to you to him in his own words as they are so super! I am a Human Being and support Others to be More Human! I have worked globally for over 35 years as a Human Development leader for & with International Companies in the areas of change management, organizational development and human relations. People know me as a networker, building bridges between people from different cultures, industries and professions. My focus is to have a win-win situation for both parties in any human relationship. I am very flexible in both my mindset and approach to solving problems. Connect with Michael at https://linktr.ee/michaelkeating or at LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/keatingrelations/ See his mindmap on our convo HERE
Dr Elizabeth Armstrong - Principal With more than 25 years delivering innovative, agile social impact in a range of challenging political, economic and transitional contexts, Dr Elizabeth Armstrong is a social impact and peacebuilding specialist working with companies, industry bodies, and chambers of commerce globally to help them identify and deliver genuine, strategically relevant social purpose and impact. Elizabeth holds a PhD in the role of the private sector in contributing to social outcomes and peaceful communities from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and Masters degrees in Resource Economics and Peace and Conflict Studies. Elizabeth has earned her reputation for turning concepts into on-the-ground impacts over a range of high-level positions in the private, for-purpose and public sectors, including: as a consultant, providing strategic advice to private and public sector clients in Australia, Europe, and contested contexts in Africa and the APAC region as a strategic advisor in the Australian foreign service and on international affairs for the Australian Prime Minister's department in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa establishing and leading the highly regarded multi-donor Peace Support Fund during the transitional and post-coup periods in Myanmar as the lead designer for multiple social impact strategies and programmes, including the Myanmar Women's Voice and Leadership Programme for Global Affairs Canada. She brings a dynamic understanding and tested experience helping businesses manage the increasing risks posed by environmental and social realities; shifting public and stakeholder expectations; and, emerging human rights standards and international best practice approaches in fragile or emerging environments. She is an expert advocate for how businesses can pragmatically and profitably contribute to achieving the SDGs, and a member of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education's Working Group on Business for Peace. Connect with Elizabeth via website - https://www.ithacaimpact.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethjarmstrong/
Phil's passion is to Grow wealth through sustainable communities globally using the UN SDG's as his guiding framework. Phil is a Director of AidHub Services, Vitae Capital and Strategic Advisor to Cake Equity AidHub's Mission Empowerment platform is the world's first free cloud based end-to-end solution for the Impact Sector. It is designed to more easily secure funding, efficiently manage programs, reduce costs to deliver a higher % of funding and collaboration for positive SDG outcomes. Links https://aidhubservices.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-nyssen/ Grab a ticket to SEVENTEENx Brisbane , to see Phill speak. Online or Join the live audience https://events.humanitix.com/seventeenx-brisbane-22
Edwina Floch is the founder of the first ever Environmental Music Prize. Something that she started simlpy as any social entreprenaur does; an idea to drive her own purpose to enable change in the world. The inagural prize was a huge success with thousands of votes from all over the world selecting from a long list of artists such as Paul Kelly, Briggs, Tim Minchin, Montaigne and King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizard and many more. A community brand built on partnerships; in this chat we uncover what led Edwina to jump into an industry she had no experience in; how her international upbringing helped her lead a life of purpose and the power of partnerships to make this such a huge success. Next year's prize looks to be even better and bigger .. we're excited to see who is on the list and where this amazing platform goes! Take a look at the prize website at https://environmentalmusicprize.com/ Connect with Edwina via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinafloch/
Jennie McLaughlin is a career long leader in purpose , impact and company transformation using purpose pillars to redefine what a business is "here to actually do" and where they are headed. Jen's knowledge is deep, backed by extensive experience and insight but also in many ways what she talks about in this episode is as simple as it is practical. With both social enterprise start up and corporate experience spanning most of her career, this insightful conversation gives us an opportunty to explore what happens when these two seemingly polar opposite sectors actually choose to work together and collaborate. Jen's tone and vocab is one you'll find that makes complex content and problem solving seem easily approachable and a whole lot less daunting; which leads to no surprise now out on her own under the brand Purpose LT, Jen is a saught after consultant for global brands and social enterprises. Take a look at Purpose LT at https://www.purposelt.com/ Connect with Jen on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennie-mclaughlin/
Kylie Porter is a sustainability expert and business leader holding expertise in delivering responsible business strategies and guiding businesses on reputation risk management. As Executive Director, Ms Porter leads a team of experts across the fields of business and human rights, climate change and anti-bribery and corruption and who work alongside business to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Since her tenure began in October 2018, participation in the GCNA has grown over 53%, the organisation has been awarded grants and public funding over A$1.7 million and revenue grew to over $1 million for the first time since its inception in 2011. Prior to the GCNA, Ms Porter worked in the financial and professional services sectors and in international development in Australia and internationally. Ms Porter is a member of the Government's Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group and the alternate-Chair for the UN Global Compact's Regional Network Council (Asia-Oceania). She holds a Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Arts, a Masters' degree in Social Science (International Development) and is a Graduate of the AICD's Company Director's Course. View more about Kylie via LinkedIn HERE or connect through the UNGCNA via their website HERE , email: secretariat@unglobalcompact.org.au or call +61 (0) 491 234 061
The road to lasting positive change requires many hats. Right now Nick wears all of these as co-founder of Paper Moose — a company that focuses on sparking positive change through creativity that continues to develop some of the most exciting new purpose-driven brands and effective behaviour change campaigns of recent years. Having built Paper Moose from first principles, Nick is passionate about creative problem solving and building better businesses that drive positive results for clients and the world at large. Nick co-founded Paper Moose as a production house in 2011 with a group of like-minded artists who wanted to produce their own creative ventures. After accidentally falling into advertising, Nick saw the opportunity to service a new kind of challenger business looking to deliver purpose-led product offerings to bigger markets. At the same time, Nick had become frustrated with the inefficient legacy systems of advertising agencies — endless pitching, outsourcing, double-handling — and transformed Paper Moose into a new kind of streamlined hybrid agency that focused on delivering increased agility, value and quality by creating everything under the same roof. Connect with Nick at the following links Website : https://papermoose.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhunterpapermoose/
In this episode we're joined by Joshua Ross , co-founder of the tech platform that is not only a go to for so many events in Australia, but also our ticketing platform for our SEVENTEENx events, Humanitix. Joshua's story is almost a tech cliché, as you'll hear, working in garages, and family lounge rooms to get started, but with one stark difference. They we're chasing a dream to change the world for millions of people, instead of like so many tech companies, chasing millions to change the lives of their own few. And what a story!! ... inspiring, funny and honest yet also direct and focused. The Humanitix story in their own words..... Humanitix started as a pact between us to escape the corporate world and do something meaningful. Like many social entrepreneurs, we looked for industries with inefficiencies that could be disrupted - for good! Then it came to us: tickets! Event ticketing has always been frustrating for hosts and guests alike and everyone hates booking fees. Fast forward to today and we've transformed over $1M from those annoying booking fees into helping disadvantaged kids around the world. Their website is HERE Connect with Joshua on linkedin HERE
Welcome back to our annual TALK series as we took time to explore lessons from 2021 with an amazing panel of guests ......and a special guest co-host. Each year we gather a group of amazing changemakers to discuss what lessons we can take from the year just past, and how we can improve, innovate and collaborate for a brighter and more sustainable future. Unpacking what role business and leaders have to play in making change occur and what opportunities lay ahead for people, planet and society. In this episode we have 4 amazing guests and a special co-host to join the conversation. Our panellists include (names linked to LinkedIn profiles) Graz Van Egmond - CEO of Banksia Foundation Tom Dawkins - C-founder of StartsomeGood, The Good Hustle and LendforGood Jennie McLaughlin - Founder of PurposeLT Karen McWilliams - Business Reform Leader at CAANZ and Board Director UN Global Compact Our special guest co-host is Paul Dunn - Chairman of B1G1
Meet Richard Duncan. Partner of consulting fir Liminal and of social enterprise Team Building with Purpose. Richard is an experienced catalyst, facilitator and leader in initiating organisational change and solving tough business problems through unconventional creative ideation techniques with a track record of innovative solutions, market disruptions and category firsts. International and multi-cultural expertise having lived and worked across five continents - Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Australia serving the needs of a wide selection of multi national blue chip companies and parastatals across multiple sectors that include B2B, Broadcasting, Consumer, Financial Services & Banking, FMCG, Government Services, Leisure, Media, Publishing, Retail and Travel. Has a particular passion for the Not-For-Profit sector having assisted several dozen charities successfully navigate image, change and business growth challenges. To connect with Richard LinkedIn - HERE Team Building with Purpose website HERE
Blaise Porter is the Group Director Sustainability and Social Responsibility at Sims Limited. In this role Blaise directs and oversees the execution of Sims Limited's long-term sustainability ambitions and goals, integrate sustainability throughout the company's divisions worldwide, and ensure that our sustainability strategy enhances business performance, mitigates risks, and aligns with the company's purpose - to create a world without waste, to preserve our planet. In addition to this, Blaise also direct Sims' corporate social responsibility framework. You can connect with Blaise on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/blaiseporter/ Or the Sims Website at https://www.simsltd.com/
Mark's role as head of the Atlassian Foundation includes leading the efforts of all Atlassians to contribute to the Atlassian Foundation's goal of helping to educate disadvantaged youth globally, preparing them for the workforce of the future, and being the Australian lead for Pledge 1%. Pledge 1% is a movement encouraging business founders to pledge 1% of equity, 1% of profit, 1% of their people's time and 1% of their products to a social cause they are passionate about. Prior to Atlassian Foundation, Mark was at PwC Australia's as a Corporate Responsibility Partner and a member of PwC's Global Corporate Responsibility Board, Mark played a leading role in PwC's efforts to make a positive contribution to society - both in Australia and internationally Click these links to find out more: Pledge 1% - HERE Atlassian Foundation - HERE
Natalie, is a trusted and proven leader of building and driving successful global businesses. For 21 years, Natalie worked for Flight Centre Travel Group, driving the strategic growth of events, the group's award-winning specialised meetings and events business. Natalie oversaw the growth of the brand from an Australian-based business of 2 people to a global business employing 300 people in 7 countries across 15 operational hubs to become one of the top 3 agencies in Asia-Pacific for the past 10 years and in the top 10 for the UK market. Achieved through both organic and acquisitions, Natalie has extensive experience in M&A, integration of businesses and change management across multiple regions. During this time Natalie worked with some of the world's largest listed companies around the globe, pioneering industry-first technology, operational models, people engagement and strategic growth for the group into key markets. An industry leader, Natalie is sought out for thought leadership on innovation, creative solutions, strategy, culture, sustainable business and purpose. Now Nat, together with her business partner Simon Doble are setting about to create a group of businesses driven with the ethos of profit with purpose - creating positive impact for people and the planet every step of the way while driving commercial bottom line results. Get involved with the crowdfund at www.birchal.com/company/wyld Connect with Nat at https://www.linkedin.com/in/simmonsnatalie/
Jacqui Bloom is Director and Partner of Shepreneur. Shepreneur has been founded by Zash Ventures and is committed to bridging the gap between investors and early stage startups by blending foundation capital together with advisory to streamline the pathway for success. In line with Zash's commitment to mobilise foundation capital and help streamline the startup culture in Australia, one of the biggest issues is still the lack of funding for female founders. Jacqui focuses her energy and expertise on ventures that are purpose driven and is committed to helping and making a difference to the lives of others. She is particularly passionate about supporting women in business and bridging the funding gap for female entrepreneurs. She has mentored inmates in prison, volunteered on philanthropic committees, is an active member of numerous female enterprises, and is always up for a great challenge! Connect with Jacqui via linkedin HERE Connect with Shepreneaur HERE
Nicole Forrester serves as the Head of Office of Purpose for Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand. Nicole joined Fujitsu in April 2021 as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for championing and driving transformative change across Fujitsu's sustainability, diversity and inclusion and corporate social responsibility programs. Nicole brings to this role over 15 years of diverse leadership experience in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Most recently, in her role at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Nicole served as the inaugural representative in Washington, D.C. She led representation and partnership creation with a diverse set of innovation and research stakeholders across U.S. governments and industry, international non-profit, multilateral governmental and philanthropic organisations. Learn more about Nicole and connect at LinkedIn HERE Find out more about Fujitsu and their ESG / SDG programs HERE
Tim Duggan is an optimist who firmly believes in the power of business to do good. He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading publishers for Australian millennials. Tim's first book, Cult Status: How to Build a Business People Adore, was named the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards. His second book, Killer Thinking: How to Turn Good Ideas into Brilliant Ones, will be published in May 2022. Tim is also the chairman of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body that represents over a hundred titles from leading independent digital publishers. He began his career as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, and sits on several boards including the Griffin Theatre Company, Australia's new writing theatre. Tim lives with his husband, Ben, and dog, Winnie, in Sydney. Cult Status Website: http://cultstatus.com/ Tim's LinkedIn: HERE
Founder of Hello Good World and House of Eden Studio, Rachel Whitworth is passionate about using business as a tool for change. After working with social enterprise across the states, she has found herself in startup land building technology for a better tomorrow…one to watch in 2022! Head over to the website https://hellogoodworld.com/ Connect with Rach on LinkedIn
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