Event Socio-Economic Transformation Voices of the Impact Economy 01.04.2025 Ashish Mehta, Mugdha Kalra, Mandvi Kulshreshtha A thought-provoking dialogue series exploring how the impact economy bridges purpose and profit to drive transformative change. 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:IntroductionDefining ImpactWhy investing for Impact mattersWhy does the shift to Impact seem so promising?Stories of Impact: Kesarjan on Upcycling Construction Waste Is Impact Delivering?Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) in the Impact EconomyState of Social and Environmental Sector: SDG report 2024Evaluating Real ImpactCatalyzing Impact Enterprises to Scale – Part ICatalyzing Impact Enterprises to Scale – Part IIDo Good + Do Well with DEIStories of Impact: Wonder GrassPODCAST #1: Catalyzing Impact EnterprisesCatching up with the VOICESWho pays for Nature? The PES System ExplainedPayments for Ecosystem Services (PES) for Disaster Risk ReductionStories of Impact-PES for Forest Restoration, Forest First Samithi, WayanadPES: A Relay-Race - Approach to Funding Nature-based SolutionsStories of Impact - MINUS CO2: Green EnergyLeveraging PEOPLE POWER for Real ImpactApnalaya - "People Power - An Answer to Urban Poverty"PODCAST #2: Leveraging “People Power” for ImpactHow can CSR Scale and Deepen it's Impact?How to stay true to Impact while Scaling Up?Stories of Impact - EarthJust: Farming, Building, Living The Sustainable WayHow to Strengthen the Financial Ecosystem for Impact Enterprises?Unicorns vs Zebras - Rewriting the Rules of TransformationSystems Change : The TCM WayTransforming Systems - The Value-based WayPODCAST #3: Rainmatter Foundation's Impact PlaybookPODCAST#4: The Social Alpha Playbook: Innovation for TransformationFrom Intent to Action: Four Fundamental Shifts in the Impact SpaceReal Impact Needs YOUA THANK YOU NOTE!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 #### 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
