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What roles should businesses play in fighting climate justice and co-creating a better world? We'll get into that and much more in this episode with Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO of Business Fights Poverty. Get FREE tickets to the UNGA summit on September 20-24, 2021. Use code "HEYCHANGEUNGA" when registering!Event Tickets: https://businessfightspoverty.org/global-goals-summit-2021-register/Business Fights Poverty:Website: https://businessfightspoverty.org/ Reports and Toolkits: https://businessfightspoverty.org/reports/Mentioned in the episode:COP26: https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/what-is-a-cop/Books: Becoming, Michelle Obama + Factfulness, Hans RoslingClimate Optimist Newsletter: https://theclimateoptimist.substack.com/ Business Fights Poverty is trusted by some of the world’s most pioneering international businesses to curate meaningful and productive engagement with their peers and stakeholders, crowdsource expertise to solve practical social impact problems, and drive thought leadership. They have recently launched the outputs of three collaborations: on how to create systems within companies to drive commercial innovation with social impact; on how to build transformative corporate-NGO partnerships; and on how businesses can support refugee livelihoods through their value chains. At the end of April, Business Fights Poverty also joined forces with leading charities and business networks including Brands on a Mission, the British Asian Trust, Concordia, Crown Agents, The League of Intrapreneurs, and the World Economic Forum's COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs to call on businesses to take urgent action to help India respond to COVID-19. Please let me know if you would like me to send through further details on this.CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennariSign up for my Substack Newsletter: https://theclimateoptimist.substack.com/Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What roles should businesses play in fighting climate justice and co-creating a better world? We'll get into that and much more in this episode with Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO of Business Fights Poverty. Get FREE tickets to the UNGA summit on September 20-24, 2021. Use code "HEYCHANGEUNGA" when registering!Event Tickets: <a href="https://businessfightspoverty.org/global-goals-summit-2021-register/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://businessfightspoverty.org/global-goals-summit-2021-register/</a>Business Fights Poverty:Website: <a href="https://businessfightspoverty.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://businessfightspoverty.org/</a> Reports and Toolkits: <a href="https://businessfightspoverty.org/reports/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://businessfightspoverty.org/reports/</a>Mentioned in the episode:COP26: <a href="https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/what-is-a-cop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ukcop26.org/uk-presidency/what-is-a-cop/</a>Books: <a href="https://amzn.to/3nBAVOo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Becoming</a>, Michelle Obama + <a href="https://amzn.to/3EoWNCB" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Factfulness</a>, Hans RoslingClimate Optimist Newsletter: <a href="https://theclimateoptimist.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://theclimateoptimist.substack.com/</a> Business Fights Poverty is trusted by some of the world’s most pioneering international businesses to curate meaningful and productive engagement with their peers and stakeholders, crowdsource expertise to solve practical social impact problems, and drive thought leadership. They have recently launched the outputs of three collaborations: on how to create systems within companies to drive commercial innovation with social impact; on how to build transformative corporate-NGO partnerships; and on how businesses can support refugee livelihoods through their value chains. At the end of April, Business Fights Poverty also joined forces with leading charities and business networks including Brands on a Mission, the British Asian Trust, Concordia, Crown Agents, The League of Intrapreneurs, and the World Economic Forum's COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs to call on businesses to take urgent action to help India respond to COVID-19. Please let me know if you would like me to send through further details on this. CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/heychange_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@heychange_podcast</a> Anne Therese:Website: <a href="https://theclimateoptimist.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://theclimateoptimist.com/</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/annetheresegennari/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@annetheresegennari</a>Sign up for my Substack Newsletter: <a href="https://theclimateoptimist.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://theclimateoptimist.substack.com/</a>Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7q5R_ITPYFttJn7PyHzmw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sapajou</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

E82. Businesses Role for a Better World with Yvette Torres-Rahman

This week, we sit down with Yvette Torres-Rahman of Business Fights Poverty to discuss the origins of the organization, creating an environment where socially impacting businesses can thrive, and how companies can show up and take action. We also chat about the logistics of starting a company with a partner, so be sure to tune in!

This week, we sit down with Yvette Torres-Rahman of Business Fights Poverty to discuss the origins of the organization, creating an environment where socially impacting businesses can thrive, and how companies can show up and take action. We also chat about the logistics of starting a company with a partner, so be sure to tune in!

Episode 259: How Your Business Can Make a Difference, with Yvette Torres-Rahman

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, speaks with Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CFO, Business Fights Poverty.What does it take to leave the security of full-time employment with a big business to setting up your own social business? This week Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership interviews our very own Business Fights Poverty co-founder Yvette Torres-Rahman and explores this very topic.Born in Ibiza, Yvette met Business Fights Poverty co-founder and life partner Zahid whilst at University in Bath, UK. After eight years with multi-national pharmaceutical, GSK, as a Brand Marketeer she and Zahid took the bold life decision to set up one of the UK’s founding B’Corps – Business Fights Poverty.Business Fights Poverty will be celebrating its 14th year in 2019, and during our interview Yvette explains why the network was set up to help support people in business who are trying to make more positive social impact and that she is convinced that the tipping point is in reach – so long as we just ask for help. During our interview Yvette shares her top trends: Purpose, Social enterprise, and intrapreneurism, whilst elaborating on the benefits of the B’Corp movement as she and Zahid push the boundaries of creating an impact business, balancing home-life and maintaining great relationships whilst being based in Ibiza.

Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty, speaks with Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CFO, Business Fights Poverty. What does it take to leave the security of full-time employment with a big business to setting up your own social business? This week Katie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership interviews our very own Business Fights Poverty co-founder Yvette Torres-Rahman and explores this very topic. Born in Ibiza, Yvette met Business Fights Poverty co-founder and life partner Zahid whilst at University in Bath, UK. After eight years with multi-national pharmaceutical, GSK, as a Brand Marketeer she and Zahid took the bold life decision to set up one of the UK’s founding B’Corps – Business Fights Poverty. Business Fights Poverty will be celebrating its 14th year in 2019, and during our interview Yvette explains why the network was set up to help support people in business who are trying to make more positive social impact and that she is convinced that the tipping point is in reach – so long as we just ask for help. During our interview Yvette shares her top trends: Purpose, Social enterprise, and intrapreneurism, whilst elaborating on the benefits of the B’Corp movement as she and Zahid push the boundaries of creating an impact business, balancing home-life and maintaining great relationships whilst being based in Ibiza.

Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CFO, Business Fights Poverty