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nowPact is always seeking to learn and deepen our understanding by consuming a range of topics in social impact, impact investing, corporate innovation, thought leaders, grassroots organizations, organizational psychology… the list goes on. Here is a small start of our MUST read and listen to. Check back for updates or share your list with us.

Adventures Finance: How To Create A Funding Journey That Aligns Profit With Purpose

Aunnie Patton Power is an Academic, Advisor, Author and Angel Investor with a focus on directing innovative financing to organizations that create positive social and environmental impact. She wrote this book to shift the conversation about startup funding and help founders and funders widen the spectrum of “mainstream” investment options in order to make the venture financing world more inclusive and purpose-driven. Whenever people ask Loom & Co’s MD, Joellen Nicholson where to begin learning about innovative finance, this is a top book she recommends to everyone to add to their impact library.

NEt Positive

We’ve been following the courageous leadership of Paul Poleman since he was CEO of Unilever, transitioning them to a purpose-driven company. Learning from insiders, this was an all-in endeavor for everyone at Unilever to find their purpose at every level. Tackling the wicked problems our world faces today from climate change, to In this seminal book, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and sustainable business guru Andrew Winston explode fifty years of corporate dogma. They reveal, for the first time, key lessons from Unilever and other pioneering companies around the world about how you can profit by fixing the world’s problems instead of creating them. To thrive today and tomorrow, they argue, companies must become “net positive”—giving more to the world than they take. A net positive company:

LISTEN: How to Help

This podcast is hosted by Merit Leadership CEO, Aaron Miller, to explore and inspire listeners to create a life and career with meaning, integrity, and impact. Aaron has brought

You can start from episode 1/season 1, Finding Your Calling with Dr. Jeff Thompson. Or if you are like me, skip around to find an inspiring conversation that connects with you today. There are two seasons to dig into with Aaron and his guests sparking new ways of thinking and challenging you to reimagine. One particular episode that still has me reflecting and adapting my approach to philanthropy and social impact is s02e06, Finding and Developing Good Ideas with Dr. Cecilia Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change.

LISTEN: Craft: Impact

Benita Singh and Harper Poe, two of Loop & Co’s go-to thought partners when it comes to the world of artisan, craft, and rethinking systems launched a podcast focused on elevating insightful and even, critical, conversation about the sector with social impact and sustainability leaders to consider how a sector that is the second largest employer of women in the world and consumes natural resources, can do things better. They also give voice to the artisans and grassroots organizations doing the real work of driving impact on the ground. They launched their premiere conversation with Kevin Starr, CEO of the Mulago Foundation, discussing what is the impact the sector needs to focus on. It was the perfect conversation to kick off the series.