SEVENTEENx - SDG Convos with Mick Hase

Anna Osherov is the Founder of the Holistic Business Hub in Melbourne; a facilitator for Project Gen Z and is the energy behind the B1G1 Connection gatherings; in Melbourne empowering local businesses to engage with the Business for Good movement. Have you ever felt the frustration of knowing YOU HAVE MASSIVE VALUE to give but people aren't listening? For too long we've been taught that if we keep...

Simon is a campaigning and community education expert who is obsessed with creating ways for global citizens to contribute to ending extreme poverty by 2030. As a Co-Founder of Global Citizen, he has aided the creation and development of the Global Citizen platform and Festival, and overseen the more than 100 campaign victories that the organisation has been a part of. To join or learn more about...

Tim Wade delivers keynote speeches, facilitates retreats and is engaged to conduct interactive training sessions for clients globally. Specialty areas: Leadership, Management Development, Change Management and Performance Improvement With a generous approach to providing value and delivering great insight, this chat is both interesting and challenging.  During the chat Tim outlines a bunch of...

In this episode we connect with Meriel Chamberlin from Full Circle Fibres.  Meriel is a Textile Technologist, Product developer and Supply Chain Manager. Self confessed textile nerd, working in the global textile industry since studying Textile Science at University of Manchester, 1998. Her work experience includes UK, Global and Australian performance, and retail brands, working with supply...

Liz Manning Responsible Business Manager- Intrepid Travel With 14 years experience in Travel and Sustainability, Liz is responsible for overseeing the key social and environmental initiatives of the world’s largest adventure travel company. These include the development of community and conservation projects that are often integrated into Intrepid’s tours, creating benefits for local communities a...

Glen Carlson is the co-founder Dent Global, who run structured accelerator programs that produce entrepreneurs that stand out, scale up and make a positive impact in the world. Best known for the award winning ‘Key Person of Influence’ program, acknowledged by INC.COM as “One of the top personal branding conferences in the world”. In the last 7 years, Dent has expanded to the UK, USA, Singapore an...

An inspiring and sometime alarming conversation with Casey Lyons. One of the co-founders of LIVIN.  LIVIN are a charity organisation based on the Gold Coast who are working the break the stigma that surrounds Mental health in Australia and ultimately impact the statistics in this country.  LIVIN deliver their LIVIN Well workshop in schools and workshops around  the country; along wi...

Dr Sukhbir Sandhu is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Ethics at the University of South Australia Business School. Dr Sandhu has a PhD in Strategy (Sustainability Strategies of Firms) from Lincoln University, New Zealand. Dr Sandhu has published nearly 50 research outputs in leading management and sustainability journals. She has also authored three highly cited books on social and environm...

Sally Townsend is the Head of Advocacy and Alliances at Outland Denim. Sally’s background is in Education and Social Action.  She has more recently worked as a small business owner and itinerant speaker in the realms of female empowerment, modern slavery and education.  After launching and successfully running a number of smaller scale anti-slavery initiatives in the UK she welcomed the...

Grab a notepad and pen...this is one you'll want to take notes from. Tom Dawkins is a social innovator who has been in this space since before social innovation was even a thing. Constantly pushing the boundaries and finding new ways to make impact, Tom's career is full of contribution and social change.  As Co-Founder and CEO of StartSomeGood.com, a global crowdfunding platform and innovatio...

Luke Faccini is founder and chief brand storyteller at The Sponge. He was born and raised in Sydney, and now lives in Brisbane. Since starting his professional brand design journey in 1999, he has helped thousands of people put their brands on the map. He foolheartedly started his own business right out of college and has learned what it takes to grow a business. While beginning as a trained graph...

Adrian is the Director of Argonaut Financial. Helping people link their money to purpose through ethical investing.  After living in an Indian ashram and traveling extensively, Adrian was deeply inspired to help the planet and people in need. His first social enterprise was a program for disengaged boys, but he realised he needed to learn more about money. Since then, Adrian has spent over 15...

Afra Abdeen was recruited by Unilever straight out of uni, employed as a Sustainable Business Specialist. Working with the global giant to deliver the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.  Connected to impact and purpose from a young age; Afra is now working on her own as a consultant and runs a boutique cake business   https://www.ohthatbegood.com/ .  Afra is one of our speakers for S...

A conversation with one of our SEVENTEENx Sydney speakers; Asha Kayla.  Some great insights into the application of the SDGs and linking it to business.  Asha is the FOUNDER and CEO of The Impact Faculty. She has 12+ years’ experience of working in Sustainable Business across public and private sectors internationally, holding senior positions in retail, logistics, ICT and governmen...

Chat with Claudette Rechtorick from Sea Life Trust in Sydney. In this chat you'll here how persistence finally pays off; how to engage the Youth Community to get involved in your projects; because they are amazing and want to; and to also think big to build upon your community driven outcomes. A great chat with someone who is truly passionate about what they do.

Edda is the co-founder of Australia’s leading sustainable fashion show, Undress Runways. She is also the co-founder of Lána, an ethical and versatile womenswear label available for rent. In 2017, Edda was selected as a United Nations Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals, and also named QLD Young Achiever of the Year. In 2018, Edda was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List.

Earlier in 2019 I was invited to Vivid Sydney by the Banksia Foundation to interview panelists from their Banksia Ignite event.  This convo is with Alex Webb from the Marine Stewardship Council. An organisation working towards sustainable fishing and ocean practices using science to help build their path. So there is no guessing here. The MSC is using real data to build frameworks to improve...

 Great conversation as apart of my invite to the Banksia Ignite event in Sydney in 2019. In this short conversation; we hear from Alan Dayeh from B Lab Australia. Alan shares some value insights into how to measure the SDGs once they have been implemented in the workplace. A common question from the SDG conversation.  Alan Dayeh has a career of over 20 years, holding roles in ASX-listed...

A fun and entertaining conversation with Sydney based change maker Anna Sheppard from Bambuddha Group. Anna's story is a unique one; but not one all that different to many change makers around the world. Hear about how her youth has shaped her pathway to corporate kindness and simply doing good business; as Anna's member based organisation is shaping a real culture change in many of Sydney's large...

 In 2019 I was invited by the Banksia Foundation to come and interview some of their amazing panelists from the Banksia Ignite event at Vivid Sydney; in short sharp chats, to hear how each of them are engaging with the SDGs within their organisations.  This chat is with Ryan Oostryck from international service provider Sodexo. A great conversation hearing about Sodexo's strategies around...

In 2019 I was invited by the Banksia Foundation to come and interview some of their amazing panelists from the Banksia Ignite event at Vivid Sydney; in short sharp chats, to hear how each of them are engaging with the SDGs within their organisations.  This chat is with Lea Maguero - The Enrionment and Sustainability Manager at BioPak.  An amazing Australian success story producing sustai...

TerraCycle are an international brand making the most amazing products out of the most amazing waste items we would normally expect to hit landfill!  You MUST follow them and get involved... it's truly amazing!  In this chat you'll here from Tom; about his amazing origin story to get to where he is now; and the vision he has for TerraCycle and its future impact.

d'Arcy is an ambassador for global change. Having traveled to over 90 countries and presented to over 100,000 people, his is a voice we all near to listen to. This inspiring conversation covers how small things can contribute to huge outcomes. How we can change the world from our own back yard.  His company Teaspoons of Change is a champion for conversation. Getting the world to talk about th...

Hear from Harvee Pene as we chat doing business for good; how to be different than what is expected; and getting over some huge personal challenges along side running a business. 

 Hear about a simple idea to de-clutter turned into a movement to build a circular economy that is changing lives. Also the fun of balancing family and business and how to use your team to build the culture of giving back into a brand legacy.