Voices of the Impact Economy

There is an imperative to address, at scale and with speed, the three-pronged challenges of climate change, natural ecosystem degradation, and social inequity. This requires accelerated deployment of capital and resources by investors (funds, philanthropy, retail), corporations, and for-profit & not-for-profit social enterprises, to achieve transformative and measurable People, Planet, and Profit (3P) Impact. 

Here is introducing 'Voices of the Impact Economy', a dialogue series designed by FES India and Second Nature Sustainable Solutions (SNSS), and hosted by broadcast journalist Mugdha Kalra, to simplify the complex themes of impact investing and transformative systems change. The goal is to foster collaboration, co-create solutions, and scale ideas amongst climate conscious and impact aware actors - investors, for-profit and not-for-profit social enterprises, corporates, and civil society organisations.

The series expands on the foundational work done by FES and SNSS on Impact Investment Ecosystem for Transformative Change Making and Payments for Ecosystem Services as approaches towards addressing social-ecological transformation. In terms of climate finance for developing nations, these can be game changers. Impact investment and innovative mechanisms such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and blended finance are forms of financing that can ensure transformative impact and address the three dimensions of sustainable development – equity, ecology and economy. 

You can find the digital content here:

• Introduction
• Defining Impact
• Why investing for Impact matters
• Honest reflections on Impact, so far
• Catalyzing Impact enterprises 
• PODCAST #1: A dialog with early-stage social enterprises
• Nature-based solutions (NbS)
• PODCAST #2: Towards thriving natural ecosystems in an Impact Economy
• Careers and professional development in an Impact Economy
• Retail participation in the Impact Economy
• PODCAST #3: Leveraging “People Power” for Impact
• Creating, building, and managing an Impact enterprise to scale
• Building a transformative ecosystem for Impact enterprises
• PODCAST #4: A transformative ecosystem for Impact enterprises
• Closing 

Follow the collaborators on social media platforms, learn more and share it in your network. 

YouTube – FES Asia Playlist

LinkedIn – FES Asia, Ashish Mehta, Mugdha Kalra,  Mandvi Kulshreshtha

Instagram – VoiceoftheImpactEconomy, Mugdha Kalra, Mandvi Kulshreshtha

X – Mandvi Kulshreshtha

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Second Nature Sustainable Solutions (SNSS), is a clean-tech and climate finance advisory that deploys scalable innovative models towards the Sustainable Development Goals. SNSS was founded by Ashish Mehta, an Impact entrepreneur, advisor, and evangelist. Ashish is also co-founding partner of MinusCO2- an urban solar and clean-tech company that leverages retail impact investment. He can be contacted at mehtaashish2015(at)gmail.com 

Mugdha Kalra, is an award-winning Indian media professional and content strategist with experience of over two decades in broadcast journalism. She specializes in business journalism, gender narratives and diversity, equity & inclusion. She can be contacted at mugdhakalra(at)gmail.com 

Mandvi Kulshreshtha is an urbanist and feminist, currently working as Senior Program Adviser for the Socio-economic Transformation workline at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES-India) office. She has cross-sectoral knowledge and understanding of issues related to climate change, urbanisation, energy transition, digital transformation and gender equality. She can be contacted at mandvi.kulshreshtha(at)fes.de