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Noelle Ford
A mother’s story of managing work, parenthood and mental health
Noelle Forde, Senior Underwriter, Zurich Life Assurance plc and Tackle Your Feelings Ambassador takes us through her journey of dealing with postnatal depression and how she has used the tools and techniques she learnt over the past few years to cope with balancing full-time work, homeschooling and other maternal duties during the pandemic.
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Introducing Game On – Sport for Social Impact
Meaningful Business and thinkBeyond are excited to present ‘Game On’ - a content stream exploring the intersection of sport, business and social impact. In this launch article, Nick Keller, Founder and President of thinkBeyond, shares the multiple benefits of sport as a pathway for positive change, and its role in helping communities recover from the pandemic.
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How Youth Run NOLA has evolved its purpose during the Covid-19 crisis
As part of Game On - Sport for Social Impact this month, run in partnership with thinkBeyond, we will shine a spotlight on how the sport-for-good sector came together to help communities recover and rebuild from Covid-19, exploring how sport has responded and adapted to support some of the world’s most vulnerable people during the pandemic. Here, Denali Lander, Executive Director, Youth Run NOLA, shares how the organisation has evolved its purpose during the Covid-19 crisis and used the pandemic as an opportunity to revaluate what it stands for and why.
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How football, and photography, can be tools to help refugees rebuild their lives
Matthew Barrett is the Co-Founder of Goal Click, a global football storytelling platform helping people understand one another and the world through football. In this article, he introduces Goal Click Refugees, a series run in partnership with UNHCR, and articulates why the private sector must have a role in supporting displaced people around the world. Part of ‘Game On’ - a content stream exploring the intersection of sport, business and social impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond.
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Supporting Refugees through Football, with Oleksandr (Sasha) Formichov, CEO, League of Tolerance
The number of displaced people in the world (including refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons) has now risen to 82.4 million, according to UNHCR. In partnership with Goal Click, we will hear from leaders of businesses and NGOs on how brands can engage with refugees and help rebuild their lives after displacement, through the lens of football. Co-hosted by thinkBeyond. Part of ‘Game On’ - a content stream exploring the intersection of sport, business and social impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond.
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How Sport-for-Development Organisations can Build Bridges Between Businesses and Refugee Communities
Mary Connor is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Without Borders, a global non-profit that uses soccer as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of underserved youth. Here, she discusses how its direct-service programmes support refugee and asylum-seeking youth in their journey to create a new home, and the ways in which brands can contribute to the growing issue of displaced people around the world. This article forms part of a series looking at how sport can support refugee communities, run in partnership with Goal Click and thinkBeyond.
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Furthering the UN Global Goals: how Paralympians are striving for more than medals
This month sees the start of the Paralympic Games, and we will explore the transferable skills between sport, employment and entrepreneurship, as well as highlight athletes who have set up businesses to tackle food poverty, mental health, childhood development and the disability employment gap. This is a collaboration with two of our Knowledge Partners, Untapped and thinkBeyond. In this article, Anna Parisi, Co-Founder, Untapped, shines a light on Paralympians who are focusing on social impact projects outside of their lives as athletes.
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How the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation is levelling the playing field for marginalised groups
As part of Game On - Sport for Social Impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond, we are exploring how sport can drive action on challenging racism and racial inequality, and be used to positively influence the conversation, along with how business can play its part. Here, Nichol Whiteman, CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, shares how the organisation is championing racial equality in sport, and its mission to achieve a more equitable and just society.
Youth Run NOLA
Breaking down systemic racism through sport
As part of Game On - Sport for Social Impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond, we are exploring how sport can be used as a tool to tackle racism and social injustice. We spoke to Stefanny Alecon, Executive Director at Youth Run NOLA, who shares the organisation's mission to eliminate barriers, and create a safe and inclusive space for BIPOC youth in New Orleans.
Hannah Mansour
The next big goal for sport? Environmental sustainability.
Tackling ESG in sports isn’t just the right thing to do. It can also create a competitive advantage. Hannah Mansour, Director of Innovation and Sustainability at Re_Set, makes the business case for prioritising environmental sustainability in the sports sector. This article is part of our Game On - Sport for Social Impact series.
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What companies can do to support maternal mental health
To align with ‘World Maternal Mental Health Day’ in May, we are focusing on what more companies can do to support expectant and new mothers. Petra Velzeboer, mental health consultant, shares her personal journey of navigating motherhood, and the importance of an individualised approach to maternal healthcare.
Refiloe Nyoni
How to foster a culture of support for mothers returning to the workplace
To align with ‘World Maternal Mental Health Day’ in May, we are focusing on what more companies can do to support expectant and new mothers. In this article, Refiloe Nyoni, CEO, Mindful Revolution, shares how organisations can help new mothers feel sheltered and supported as they return to workforce after maternity leave. 
Smart Air
How Smart Air is tackling the global air pollution issue
In this #MeetTheMB100 interview, Paddy Robertson, CEO of Smart Air, explains how their low-cost, high efficiency air purifier is tackling air pollution, and how their workshops and blogs are raising global awareness around the issue. This interview series is sponsored by EY and Hogan Lovells.
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Ali Parsa

Dr Ali Parsa is a British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and engineer. He’s the Founder and CEO of Babylon, the revolutionary AI…

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Emmanuel Maduka

Emmanuel has over 3 years experience in rural development, program implementation and agricultural technology. In July 2018, he co-founded LifePro…

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K Chandrasekhar

K.Chandrasekhar (KC) is the Founder and CEO of Forus Health, an organisation working on the mission of eradicating preventable blindness…

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Kai Eberhardt

Kai Eberhardt is the Co-Founder and CEO of Oviva, a digital health company focusing on treating diet-related, chronic diseases. Kai…

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Naomi Kokuro

Naomi Kokuro is a YALI RLC Fellow, Global Goodwill Ambassador and has over eight years of experience in the non-profit…

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Naziba Naila Wafa

Naziba Naila Wafa is the Co-Founder of Resurgence, a social enterprise that is revolutionising menstrual hygiene in low-income communities through…

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Prasad Kompalli

Prasad Kompalli is the Co-Founder and CEO of mfine, having formed it in 2017. mfine is an online health tool…

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Rosie Warin

Rosie Warin is CEO of Kin&Co, a multi-award winning next generation management consultancy that helps organisations work for the world….

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Samantha Payne

Samantha Payne is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Open Bionics; an award-winning startup developing low-cost bionic hands that…

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Sarah Bateup

Sarah Bateup is the Chief Clinical Officer at Oliva, which provides mental healthcare for employers who want to make a real…

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Tariq Al Olaimy

Tariq Al-Olaimy is Co-Founder and Managing Director of 3BL Associates, a people and planet strategy consultancy and Think-do-Tank that was…

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Uche Udekwe

Uche Kenneth Udekwe is a social entrepreneur, an SDG Advocate and Founder and CEO of Natal Cares. Natal Cares is…

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Kenneth Kwok

Kenneth is the Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital (GCC), the impact investment arm of an Asian multi-family office…

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Myriam Sidibé

Myriam Sidibé is one of the only people in the world with a doctorate in public health focused on handwashing…

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Rod Banner

Rod Banner is forward-thinking entrepreneur and CEO of 3LA.com – a consulting firm focused on optimising proposition architecture, brand &…

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Asha Singh

Asha Singh is the Founder of Learning Through Doing, a professional training organisation which creates playful, thought-provoking experiences for leaders,…

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Alain Abi Rizk

Dr Alain Abi Rizk is the Founder and CEO of One Health SAL, the first animal diagnostics lab in the…

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Meseret Haileyesus

Meseret Haileyesus is a social justice advocate, change-maker, intersectional feminist, and entrepreneur. She is a founder of the Canadian Centre…

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Anna Sullivan

Anna is the Co-Founder of Real Food Bar, a company that manufactures nutrient-dense bars that tackle food waste through partnerships…

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Karin Reiter

Appointed Global Head of Sustainability of the Adecco Group in June 2018, Karin is responsible for developing and driving an…

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Helene Westerlind

Helene is currently the CEO of Zurich Portugal. Prior to this she was inaugural CEO of Zurich WellCare, where she…

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Howard Weinstein

For 25 years, Howard ran a successful international plumbing manufacturing business based in Montreal. Through life events, he went to…

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Sujay Santra

Sujay is the Founder & CEO of iKure Techsoft. iKure is a healthcare tech that caters to 10.2 million underserved…

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Khadija Jallouli

Khadija Jallouili is the CEO of HawKar. She’s a disabled person who has always struggled to be independent and who…

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Tarun Bothra

Tarun is one of the Co-Founders and CTO at Saathi. He believes sustainability is important for our survival in the…

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Zak Kaufman

Zak Kaufman is Co-Founder and CEO of Vera Solutions, an award-winning social enterprise and Certified B Corporation using cloud and…

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Gérard Niyondiko

Gérard Niyondiko is a Burundian engineer and Co-Founder of Maïa Africa, a social company (first B corp accredited in Burkina…

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Saba Alzabin

Dr. Saba Alzabin is an immunologist with over 15 years’ experience across global academia and industry. Her contribution to medical…

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Karima Anbar

Karima Anbar is a French Diplomat, who has extensive expertise working in human rights, women rights, political analysis and civil…

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Paul Lindley

Paul Lindley OBE is an award-winning British entrepreneur and social campaigner. He began his career as a Chartered Accountant at…

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Abraham Auzan

Abraham Auzan is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Sehati TeleCTG, a healthcare startup focusing on providing equal maternity…

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Antonio Henrique Dianin

Antonio Dianin is Founder of the Project Company. His company produced the R1T1 robot, considered to be the best robot…

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Asonele Kotu

Asonele Rachel Kotu has more than 10 years of experience as a public relations and marketing professional. She has worked with…

Celia Pool
Celia Pool

Celia Pool is the Co-Founder at DAME, which makes sustainable period products with the belief that women and the planet…

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Chinonso Opurum

Chinonso (Nonso) is a social entrepreneur with obsession on excellent ways to bridge the gap in poor healthcare and financing….

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Emily Ewell

Emily Ewell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pantys, the leading menstrual underwear brand in sustainability and women’s healthy intimates….

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Ifeanyi Ossai

Ifeanyi Ossai is Co-Founder and CEO at CribMD – a digital health consultation platform, offering low-cost medical services from online…

Jerrica Kirkley
Jerrica Kirkley

Jerrica Kirkley is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Plume, an innovative company that provides gender-affirming hormone therapy via…

Josephine Suleiman
Josephine Suleiman

After 18 years of working as a banker, Josephine retired and accidentally found herself working in the medical field. She…

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Michelle Egger

Michelle is the Co-Founder and CEO of Biomilq, a company she co-founded with Leila Strickland. As a passionate food scientist,…

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Mohamed Dhaouafi

Mohamed is the Founder and CEO of Cure Bionics, a Tunisian-based Medtech startup that offers 3D-printed, muscle-controlled and customisable bionics…

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Nneka Mobisson

Dr. L. Nneka Mobisson has over two decades of experience driving innovation in global healthcare systems and improving population health outcomes….

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Prashant Pachisia

Prashant is keenly focused on creating social impact in rural and ‘rurban’ India through his startup Care Netram. Care Netrams’s…

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Shona McDonald

Shona is the Founder and Director of Shonaquip which was first established in 1992. She is also the Founder and…

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Beyond a meaningful recognition for companies advancing the SDGs, the MB100 programme provides invaluable opportunities for learning, mentorship, and networking….

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Blandine Umuziranenge

Blandine Umuziranenge is the Founder & CEO of Kosmotive since 2014, a social enterprise with a mission to improve reproductive,…

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Edward Booty

Edward is the Founder & CEO of reach52; a tech startup on a mission to connect the 52% of the…

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Ikechukwu Anoke

Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke is an award winning transformational leader in Africa, with over 20 years of experience including 17 years…

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Marcelo Noll Barboza

Marcelo Noll Barboza is a Co-Founder & CEO of Labi, a healthtech company dedicated to expanding healthcare services in Brazil….

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Romita Ghosh

Ms. Romita Ghosh is Founder & CEO of iHeal Healthtech, a startup making healthcare accessible by leveraging digital transformation to create…

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Saif Rashid

A visionary in fintech and retail tech, Saif is acclaimed for his transformative impact, notably as the Founder of Apon,…

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Sylvana Sinha

Sylvana Quader Sinha is Founder, Chair & CEO of Praava Health. Launched in 2018, Praava Health has become one of…

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Saugata Banerjee

Saugata Banerjee is the global Head of Sustainable Programming at EssilorLuxottica. Reporting to the Deputy CEO, he spearheads the creation…

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Sahar Jamal

Sahar is the Founder of Maziwa, which ignites the potential of African mothers to balance their baby’s health and their…

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Reynir Indahl

Reynir Indahl is the Managing Partner of Summa Equity, a Nordic private equity fund he founded in 2016, with c….

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Joren Vallaeys

Joren Vallaeys, an electromechanical engineer and visionary entrepreneur, has been transforming the orthopedic industry as one of the driving forces…

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Ajinkya Dhariya

Ajinkya Dhariya is Founder & CEO at PadCare Labs. After graduating as a mechanical engineer, he started PadCare Labs in…

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Mohammed Alaa Eldeen

Mohammed is the CEO of Shezlong – the first Arab online psychotherapy platform in the world. It provides online therapy,…

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Peter Scott

Peter Scott, a globally recognized leader in the clean cookstove industry, is the Founder & CEO of BURN and the…

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Sara Saeed Khurram

Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram is Co-Founder and CEO of Sehat Kahani. Sehat Kahani is a widely used digital healthcare platform…

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Michelle Hong

Michelle is a city kid, born and raised in Singapore. Having seen the declining food growing capacity in cities and city-dwellers’…