Moving Beyond CSR
Most CSR departments are run like this: A few passionate people, operating on the company’s fringes, are put in charge of creating impact. These disconnected passion projects don’t constitute a purpose. CSR departments tend to be afterthoughts. The programming they run is inconsistent and doesn’t ladder up to a larger …
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Improving Healthcare Systems
Arogya Parivar (“Healthy Family” in Hindi) is a program first launched in India by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, aimed at improving the healthcare system. The problem: Rural communities lacked access to medical infrastructure: doctors, medication and health education. The solution: Novartis partnered with local health care entities, …
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Let’s be courageous
It’s so much easier to tear down, than to build up. You can destroy a building in minutes that took years to construct. The same is true for ideas. It’s easy to poke holes. To find weak spots. Yet, somewhere along the way we convinced ourselves otherwise. We …
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Don’t wait around for “someone else” to do something
“You feel so helpless during this time. It’s encouraging to know that there is an avenue to make a difference even if it’s small in the big picture of this unimaginable situation.” – Abby Bohl, Sukup Manufacturing So many organizations—businesses, governments and nonprofits alike—are supporting Ukraine however they can. …
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There are many ways to make a profit…
“There are a lot of ways to make a profit in the world, and there’s no question that you can make a profit in ways that are harmful—and some people do. But the reality is, that’s a choice and you don’t have to make that choice because there are plenty …
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Every dollar is a vote
Last week Loop, the reusable packaging service by TerraCycle, officially launched in 25 supermarkets around Portland, Oregon where I live. I actually had the opportunity to speak with Loop founder Tom Szaky in a recent Purpose and Profit episode, where he described the process: “In the end your experience …
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Throwing stones is easy. Building bridges is hard.
It’s easy to throw stones. It’s hard to build a bridge out of stones that brings us all to a better place. Put your energy toward creating the change you want to see, instead of using your energy to discredit the change others are trying to make. It’s so much …
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging…Let’s chat.
Part of making the world a little bit better is intentionally creating a workplace culture that nurtures your workforce. People who feel valued and validated in their work show up in a different way both inside and outside of their organizations. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging are words that get …
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The thing about elephants…
The thing about elephants is they are HUGE. Everyone can see them. Sense their presence. The elephant is there because it wants to be seen. It wants to be acknowledged. The elephant is an invitation for connection. An invitation to be vulnerable. Next time you feel one, don’t try to …
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The sustainability elephant
Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a global leader in revolutionizing complex waste streams. TerraCycle has partnered with some of the world’s largest brands, retailers and manufacturers to recycle and repurpose items classified as “un-recyclable” in 21 countries. In 2019, TerraCycle launched Loop to eliminate single-use waste by …
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