Making Waves On Purpose

"You have to lead with governance," says Gib Hedstrom.  How are we going to create value? How do we truly integrate ESG into our purpose? How do we integrate ESG into our operations and culture? These are some of the meaty questions we dig into on in this episode. Gib Hedstrom has been working in the space for many years and works with a wide variety of companies in advancing their business impact...

"We have to get to a place where we care as much about how things impact others as we care about how it impacts us." Dawnita Wilson Please read that again and let it sink in ............ Isn't that the whole nut? If we can move to this mindset, doesn't that give us one of the missing skills to figure out the rest?  It seems like this improved version of the golden rule - do unto others as they wou...

ESG involves a whole range of geopolitical, international development, and stakeholder and shareholder expectations. For example, migration can be a great positive for countries and businesses but also a real challenge. This is especially true as globalism is under attack and nationalism is on the rise. In this conversation with Rafael Velasquez Garcia from the International Rescue Committee, we d...

Determining ways businesses can help solve the climate crisis is tricky and requires collaboration, data, and deep analysis. This is exactly what the team at RMI that Josh leads is doing.  Josh is a Managing Director at RMI, leading the Climate Intelligence Program, which focuses on applying data and technology to differentiate climate performance across material and energy industries and their as...

Dylan Siegler is the SVP and Senior Analyst at Greenbiz. has spent nearly two decades building better environmental and social impacts in the nonprofit and public sectors and the Fortune 500. Prior to GreenBiz, she was a lead strategist on the social innovation team at Verizon.  We had a great conversation about the recent GreenBiz conference and where Greenbiz is going. I see GreenBiz as more tha...

Craig Beatty is the manager of the forest strategy and research at WWF-US. In this position, he provides technical and scientific leadership to the organization's major forest initiatives. His work includes helping lead the development of a corporate framework for setting science-based targets for nature; creating methods and tools to estimate conservation and restoration impact; and exploring the...

Celina Gorre is the CEO of WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. She has had an amazing career that spans public health and corporate responsibility working for the private sector, multi-lateral development institutions, and non-profits. We talk about women's health, misconceptions that affect it, DEI, and a variety of other issues. 

Lane Jost is the Head of ESG for Edelman US and has an amazingly bright mind, is super articulate, and blends a leader's and practitioner's view of ESG in a way few can. We dig in on carbon emissions, scope 3, and greenwashing, among other topics. 

Georg Kell is one of the brightest minds in the ESG/CR space. He was the Executive Director and primary creative force behind the United Nations Global Compact and is now the Chairman of Arabesque - a global group of financial technology companies offering sustainable investment, advisory, and data services through our advanced ESG and AI capabilities. Our conversations most often pivot to thinkin...

Learning to live your purpose and manage change might be the most important skill for organizations and individuals. Join host Jeff Senne, Purpose / ESG and Corporate Change Expert, CEO of Sandbar Solutions and adventurer in conversations that explore how companies and individuals can drive change and make an impact for themselves and the world they work in.