With its roots in the language of finance and investment it’s a common misconception that ESG is only of real concern for large, global businesses. However, SMEs account for 99.2% of the UK’s total business population so there's no ignoring the fact that small to mid-sized companies have the power to make a huge collective impact [...]
Global media tech company Aferian (formerly known as Amino Technologies) prides itself on making it easy to connect people to the TV and video that they love. It is a growing public company that trades under the ticker symbol AFRN on AIM, London Stock Exchange’s market for small and medium growth companies. Aferian is a [...]
As existential threats to business continue to mount, how can companies ensure the health and long-term viability of their company and employees? Hear from Isabel Kelly, non-executive director at the Panoply and CEO of Profit with Purpose, on the importance of nonprofit and for-profit collaboration. Find the podcast here: Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Stitcher Benefits from a Nonprofit [...]
Acceleration was my word of 2020. The pandemic has accelerated acceptance that business cannot exist for the sole purpose of profit, nor separate business objectives from surrounding social issues. Action must be the word of 2021. #BuildBackBetter: we have the chance, let’s take it. Collaboration between business, nonprofit, government and academia is increasingly needed to provide [...]
Creating a better tomorrow as a socially responsible strapline … As the world’s largest credit bureau, Experian takes the issue of financial inclusion very seriously. Committed to ‘creating a better tomorrow’, the core business is built around the power of data and its ability to transform lives around the world, helping people to realise their dreams [...]
Hosted by Fresh Business Thinking and supported by BT, Profit with Purpose CEO Isabel Kelly delivered the webinar live on 14th September 2020, and the talk is available to watch now: Isabel talked about how SMEs and entrepreneurs can embed purpose into their business in proportion to their focus on profitability, and structuring it so [...]
INTERVIEW - The Water Report March 2020 Business is well placed to drive social change, and doing so would bring corporate as well as societal benefits. Isabel Kelly offers practical advice to water companies who want to do more. Is there genuinely growing support for the idea that financial profit isn’t the only thing a [...]
It’s a story I’ve heard from many people throughout my working life; “when I started my career, I wanted a job that would make the world a better place, but I couldn’t afford to work for a charity – so I went into the private sector . . .” The implication is that they ‘compromised’ [...]
Published by Manage Magazine, 22 August 2019 I feel like the business world is finally catching up with me in believing it has a purpose beyond the maximisation of profit. Of course I have not been alone in thinking this for the past 20 years. Many businesses – particularly those that are family or privately [...]
Have you come across the concept of jugaad? Most commonly associated with Indian entrepreneurs, the Hindi word roughly translates as ‘the gutsy art of overcoming harsh constraints by improvising an effective solution using limited resources.’ Everywhere in the world where challenging social or economic circumstances prevail, entrepreneurs make creative use of whatever assets are easily or freely available [...]