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The Lens – UK Responsible Business Podcast
The Lens is a Business in the Community podcast in partnership with One Young World
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4. GRANT THORNTON and CAIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: Social mobility: Is business doing enough?
39:10||Season 9, Ep. 4This month, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Malcolm Gomersall, CEO of Grant Thornton UK - one of the country's leading multidisciplinary professional services firms, with more than 5,500 partners and professionals providing assurance and financial advice to organisations across the public and private sectors; and May Asagba, Founder of CAIN Educational Foundation, an organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria dedicated to empowering underprivileged Africans.In this episode, we discuss the role of business in education and the need to inspire people from a young age about the world of work in a world of opportunities, thus creating great social mobility.
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3. SPECIAL EPISODE: Ndidi Okezie: Visioning the future with convening, coalition and collaboration at the heart of business action
30:57||Season 9, Ep. 3In a special episode of The Lens, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Ndidi Okezie OBE, CEO of Business in the Community.In Ndidi’s first month as Chief Executive Officer of Business in the Community, we find out who our new CEO is, what she’s achieved so far in her career, and where her passion lies in taking Business in the Community and all of our members forward on the responsible business journey.2. PRINCIPALITY and ECOMAK: Responsible transformation with people, planet and place at the heart of change
38:31||Season 9, Ep. 2This month, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Iain Mansfield, CEO of Principality Building Society, Wales’ largest mutual building society, headquartered in Cardiff, providing mortgages and savings products and owned by its members rather than shareholders; and Ronald Mugaiga, Managing Director of Ecomak Recyclers, Uganda, a climate tech Africa-based startup that transforms plastic waste into low-carbon construction materials.In this episode, we discuss Responsible transformation with people, planet and place at the heart of change.1. PETER HARRISON: Responsible Business – A Key Driver for Economic Growth
30:50||Season 9, Ep. 1This month, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Peter Harrison, a leading figure in the business world and Chair of Business in the Community.In this episode, we discuss how responsible business is a key driver for economic growth, the current challenges businesses are facing and how the 3 Ps – that’s People, Planet and Place, can help organisations shape their business strategies with responsible actions at their heart.Reading/Listening recommendations:The Anxious Generation by Jonathan HaidtPrioritise People: unlock the value of a thriving workforceDiary of a CEO podcast: with Tristan Harris10. COCA-COLA and NRECYCLI: Environmental Sustainability - Risks, Rewards and Recycling
35:08||Season 8, Ep. 10This month, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Simon Fitzpatrick, General Manager of Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland; and Ahmed Ramy Mebrouk, Chief Executive, Nrecycli – a start-up that encourages recycling by rewarding people who recycle.In this episode, they discuss Environmental Sustainability: Risks, Rewards and Recycling.9. EY and TOTI: The Impact Equation – does social value add up for business?
34:10||Season 8, Ep. 9This month, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Rob Heron, Northern Ireland Managing Partner of EY – a global professional services firm providing Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions, and Tax services to businesses; and Bruna Amaral, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Toti – a platform that promotes the inclusion of refugees and migrants in the tech sector and helps organisations grow their ESG performances through their social impact projects.In this episode, they discuss the impact equation and ask, does social value add up for business?8. ABM and SUNROCK: Making business responsible with People, Planet and Place
32:27||Season 8, Ep. 8This month, our host Sarah Travers is joined by Richard Sykes, SVP and President of one of the UK and Ireland’s largest integrated facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions firms – ABM UK and Ireland; and Manuella Appiah, Environment, Social and Governance Manager for Sunrock, a leading European developer of integrated clean energy systems, servicing valued customers across the logistical and industrial sectors. In this episode, we discuss how businesses are acting responsibly across key areas of People, Planet and Place.