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by Rafi Addlestone and Adam Pike
Welcome to The Impact Equation, conversations with leaders shaping a brighter future, hosted by Adam Pike, social entrepreneur, and Rafi Addlestone, impact advisor, With our special guests, we unlock the secrets of those who dare to transform our world. We talk to architects of change, pioneers in their fields, working toward a brighter future for us all. In each episode, we dig into each element of the impact equation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Yesterday35 min
Schools Out, Foods Out
Alison Walsh and Sophie Livingston lead two of London's most effective responses to child poverty. Alison is CEO of Food Bank Aid, a charity born in a double garage in Highgate in April 2020 that now supplies 33 food banks across North London and Hertfordshire, reaching around 20,000 people, including 5,000 children every week. Sophie is CEO of Little Village, London's largest baby bank network. Providing pre-loved clothes, kit, and connection to families with under fives. A serial social entrepreneur, Sophie was the founding CEO of City Year UK. She co-founded Generation Change, chairs the Baby Bank Alliance she helped to create in 2024, and chairs the End Child Poverty Coalition. Sophie was awarded an MBE in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago44 min
Eye in the Sky: How Space Tech and AI Are Saving Earth’s Wildlife
In this episode of The Impact Equation, host Rafi Addlestone explores how space technology, satellite imagery, and artificial intelligence are transforming wildlife protection. Joining the discussion are Hania Tabet (Airbus Foundation), Sophie Maxwell (Executive Director, Connected Conservation Foundation), and Japheth Akimel (Connected Conservation Foundation).The panel breaks down how high-resolution Earth observation—such as Airbus's Pleiades Neo constellation operating at 30 cm resolution—is replacing traditional binoculars to monitor habitats, predict animal movements, and protect species facing extinction. Through practical field examples ranging from tracking Andean bears in Peru to protecting the last 21 desert-adapted elephants in Namibia, the episode demonstrates why combining high-tech tools with local community leadership is essential for long-term coexistence and ecosystem resilience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago39 min
Remi Sobomehin: From Oregon to Stanford & Palo Alto
Remi Sobomehin is the founder and CEO of Ambition Angels, a Palo Alto based non-profit that delivers career exposure and skill building to teenagers through an app and pays them to use it. Only about 11 % of teens go to after school programming, while more than 95 % own a smartphone and spend roughly eight hours a day on it. Rather than compete with the phone, Remi and his team have built his programme inside it. Remi grew up in Portland, Oregon. With his childhood friend, Demetrius Sanders, he set his sights on Stanford and got there eight years later. After graduating, he went to Palo Alto to lead after-school programmes at the boys and girls clubs and kept hitting the same wall. He couldn't get teens to walk through the door. Demetrius, meanwhile, had joined Facebook's team building product for teens, and could see exactly what was reaching them at scale. This is the next episode in our series with our friends with US-based Fast Forward, empowering people to build technology for humanity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago41 min
Education Financing Roundtable
How do we solve a $97 billion global education funding shortfall when investments take decades to yield returns? In this episode of The Impact Equation, host Rafi Addlestone is joined by Karthik Krishnan (CEO of IFFEd), Hinah Mian (Jacobs Foundation), and Martina Gaus (UBS Optimus Foundation) to explore the innovative financial and pedagogical strategies needed to secure the future of global education. The guests dissect the structural barriers that often cause education to lose out to other sectors, showcase how a new guarantee model is turning every dollar invested into seven dollars of concessional financing, and discuss the critical need for evidence-based teaching that meets students at their specific competency levels. This conversation offers a masterclass on overcoming institutional hurdles to ensure that when it comes to philanthropic partnership, the sum is truly greater than its parts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 16, 202633 min
Phil Bentley: CEO of Mitie, providing critical infrastructure
We’re joined by Phil Bentley, CEO of Mitie. A seasoned leader with a deep history of transformation at global companies - including Centrica, Cable & Wireless, and BP - Phil has redefined Mitie from a traditional facilities management firm into a critical partner to the fabric of our society and our national infrastructure, ensuring schools, hospitals, and airports remain operational every day. Phil’s leadership is defined by a relentless commitment to purpose-led growth and a clear-eyed approach to building a more sustainable future Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 9, 202628 min
Paul Ronalds: Can Venture Capital Save Lives?
For the 100th episode of The Impact Equation, we’re joined by Paul Ronalds, CEO of Save the Children Global Ventures, to explore how venture capital, technology and innovative finance can scale solutions for children around the world. The episode closes our special series profiling three of its investments: Amparo, fitting prosthetic limbs in a single visit; PrimaKu, reaching 3 million+ parents across Indonesia; and reach52, bringing healthcare and medicines to underserved communities.We finish where we started the series: How do you find, fund and scale ideas that can change millions of lives? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 2, 202646 min
Circularity Roundtable
In this episode, we sit down with Sam Staincliffe (Uplift360), Nicolas Brien (Wastetide), and Elisabeth Bröring (MWT GmbH & Co. KG) for a deep dive into the practical realities of the circular economy. While they approach the challenge from different angles—using AI, processing technology, and downstream applications—our guests share a singular mission: shifting the perception of "waste" into the reality of valuable secondary materials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 29, 202619 min
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About The Impact Equation
Welcome to The Impact Equation, conversations with leaders shaping a brighter future, hosted by Adam Pike, social entrepreneur, and Rafi Addlestone, impact advisor, With our special guests, we unlock the secrets of those who dare to transform our world. We talk to architects of change, pioneers in their fields, working toward a brighter future for us all. In each episode, we dig into each element of the impact equation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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