Pioneers of Good

POG #40 Resource Futures paving the way for a sustainable world

Gareth is an author, speaker & an AMN practitioner. He specializes in getting people out of long-term pain, improving focus & cognitive function, & insomnia. His goal in life is to give as many people as possible the tools in life so that they

Women who have worked tirelessly to be professionally excellent but have neglected themselves in the process. Conquering frustration, guilt and time poverty to live truly prosperous, happy and fulfilled lives. Society is so formed on our assumptions of wh

Chris Walton MSc is an internationally recognised performance psychologist, consciousness researcher and the author of two best-selling books; The Gamma Mindset – Create World Champion Self-Belief in 5 Minutes Per Day. Peak Performance in 60 Seconds – The 4 Essentials to Maximise Your Energy, Resilience and Performance. The people the kept winning were the ones that bring that skill into the moment where pressure was on. The fitness is given, the skill is there with all the experience for...

Joel Solomon is Co-Author of The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism. As a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, a $98 million mission venture capital firm, he has invested in over 100 early growth-stage companies in North America, delivering above market returns while catalyzing positive social and environmental change. Joel is a founding member of Social Venture Network, Businesses for Social Responsibility, Chair of Hollyhock, Co-Producer of RSF's “Integrated...

Shawn Young is the CEO and co-founder of Classcraft, an award-winning Engagement Management System used by 5+ million students and educators in more than 160 countries. Classcraft uses the cultural phenomenon of video games to help educators drive measurable academic performance, non-cognitive skills development, and school climate. By blending students’ physical and virtual learning, the program reframes their progress in school as a game they play together throughout the year. ClassCraft...

POG #34 Talsom is looking at companies from a different digital perspective

Mike is the founder and Managing Partner of Active Impact Investments, an impact VC with $10M in assets under management. Active Impact exclusively supports small to medium sized purpose-driven ventures scale their impact and profit by providing funding and extensive capacity building services to the portfolio companies. Prior to this, Mike was a Top 40 under 40 with 20 years in the tech industry specializing in services companies and SaaS products. He worked for 14 years in various...

Martin Clermont, Eng., M.SC.Env., B. Tec.h Mec. is founder and CEO of Will Solutions. For more than 30 years, he has been involved in setting up and carrying out several major and innovative projects in the sustainable development sector, in Canada and around the world as a consultant and then as an entrepreneur. Mr. Clermont has, at the same time, carried out various mandates for the Basel Convention Secretariat in some 20 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America and China. Since 2007, he...

Anahita Moghaddam is the founder of Neural Beings, and a coach, organizational trainer and International speaker. Her rigorous and experiential methodology is rooted in the Eastern contemplative traditions, and continuously refined under the mentorship of leading scientists and academics in the fields of psychology, neuroscience and the Eastern philosophical systems. Anahita is committed to serving organizations and individuals who aspire to have a substantial positive impact in the world....

I am driven to advocate and pioneer sustainable and contextual projects that work towards individual motivation, community transformation, project innovation and business success. I am the Founding Director of Hodos Consultancy, a high impact communications firm; UK and Ireland Manager of the Salt Business Network, enabling positive social impact through empowering sustainable business practice; and Chair of the Festival of Transformation, an SDG/ Sustainability Conference. That is what...

After graduating from Delft University of Technology and after his time as officer of the Royal Dutch Navy, Bas had executive roles with Philips and IBM before he started his startup career. Bas has been in Asia for over 25 years and lived in Taiwan, Japan and Singapore before he moved to Hong Kong. In the next 5 years, the plan is to plant a billion trees Bas Frasner 2:19 – What EcoMatcher does and how it works 4:42 – Samples of products that they offer as an alternative gift 9:30 – How...

A whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And that's very true for openly when its Co-Founders Tanya and Lisa decided to drop their solopreneurs and team up to create this change making company. Within this interview, we learn how openly live to their values within the organization and ensure that the values are carried every single connection. All our work comes from relationships, we’ve been fortunate that it's through meeting people and from the very first conversation is always “the...

Business engineer specialised in environment managment, Carine worked in renewable energies, where she discovered cooperatives. Trained in deep democracy and coaching, Carine facilitates the participatory governance processes within Scale Up. She is also

Dr. Nicholas Charalambides, is a Director at Imani Development, an economic consultancy based in Cape Town South Africa. A specialist in trade and regional integration, Nick is very passionate about supporting women cross boarder traders across Africa thr

At the helm of ViRTUS is our fearless (and lovable) leader, Mike. Mike is a ray of sunshine while simultaneously embodying the rare intelligence and drive seen in leaders of his caliber. He is a master in the realm of strategy and development. A graduate of UBC’s Sauder School of Business with a Bachelors of Commerce, Mike has spent the past two decades transforming businesses. From entrepreneurial business to large public companies and public-sector organizations, Mike has focused on...

Angus Gastle is the CEO of CleanNow, Canada’s first truly app-powered, on-demand home cleaning service. Angus joined CleanNow with more than 10 years in the marketing, innovation and entrepreneurial spaces, leading technology projects for both small bus

André is the founder of Ecolution Consulting, a sustainability and green building consulting firm based in Cape Town. André is an electro-mechanical engineer and qualified Renewable Energy Professional with extensive experience in design, project manage

Gillian has 18 years of experience in strategic planning, cross-sector partnership development, and program management. Founder and CEO of Pearl Consulting, she leads the team to conceptualize and deliver social impact programs and services. Gillian previ

Paul is a 4-time TEDx speaker. He is a Senior Fellow in one of the World’s Leading Think Tanks and consults to and mentors leading-edge businesses around the world. He was honoured as a Social Innovation Fellow in his new home of Singapore; something he shares with film-star and philanthropist Jet Li and Walmart Chairman, Rob Walton. He was one of the first 10 people in Hewlett Packard in Australia. He then created one of Australia’s first computer companies and then The Results Corporation...