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    About Us

    Impact Garden was originally launched in 2016 by TIIME to respond to the steady flow of queries on Sustainability & Impact with the objective of providing a digital knowledge platform for those seeking information and guidance.

    To expand the impact and scope of Impact Garden, TIIME partnered with Annie Moon, Be the Difference Services, and John Hallenius. Annie coordinated with a community development methodology and pulled together a global team of #changemakers and a skilled technical team to launch a "new & improved" Impact Garden in November, 2019.

    The philosophy underpinning Impact Garden has been one of co-creation, collaboration and teamwork, intrinsic to the ethos of the Sustainability and Impact domain. Thanks to the amazing team of contributors - most of whom gave their time pro bono - for their superb efforts and generosity in sharing their expertise and time.

    You can read the full backstory to this groundbreaking project here.

    Over the period of 2023-2024, an update of the content as well as new sections have been added to Impact Garden – all of this thanks to the wonderful coordination of Annie Moon and the support of Lisa Rose. Their Names of new contributors is also listed below.

    Team

    We’d love you to meet the team of contributors behind Impact Garden. Please take a look at the gallery.

    Cécile Sevrain

    Contribution

    Cécile was part of Impact Garden’s Core Group and supported the new website’s design and branding. She was section lead for Social Entrepreneurship | Social Innovation, Key Players and overall quality control - and contributor for all other sections as our quality control!

    Hedda Pahlson-Moller

    Contribution

    Hedda was part of Impact Garden’s Core Group. She was the section lead for three sections: Sustainable Finance/Impacting Investing and My Impact Journey

    John Hallenius

    Contribution

    John was a member of the Core Group and also section lead for Responsible Business.

    Annie Moon

    Contribution

    Annie coordinated the Impact Garden Reboot, supporting the Core Group, recruiting volunteer contributors, sourcing the website design team, setting up the operational framework and keeping everything on track. Specifically, she wrote the section explaining the project’s inclusive approach to co-create Impact Garden (on About Us page) and coordinated the Contributor Bios.

    Louise Quinn

    Contribution

    Louise was part of the technical team, supporting the web design through content upload, quality control, user experience and functionality testing.

    Gulcin Per

    Contribution

    Gulcin has contributed by sourcing, compiling and sharing key information and creating articles for publication for two sections Sustainability | Impact and My Impact Journey.

    Beatrice Bekar

    Contribution

    Beatrice focused on the Social Entrepreneurship | Social Innovation section. By assisting the Tech Team, she also participated in the ideation of the Impact Garden website.

    Libby Brewster

    Contribution

    Libby conducted research on impact entrepreneurs and social impact business models and case studies to provide inspiration and real world examples of social impact in action for the Social Entrepreneurship | Social Innovation section.

    Léna Litschgi

    Contribution

    Léna is a content writer for the Responsible Business section. This role includes research such as choosing the most relevant and informative content, systematically collating the material – along with coordinated team work to ensure that the section progress stays on track.

    Julia Smith

    Contribution

    Julia has contributed to the reboot with input into and review of content in the Sustainability | Impact section and My Impact Journey. She has contributed again to the project’s update as a project member of the Responsible Business team, she helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. She hopes that her contribution will help people become aware of the ‘why’ impact is important and how to make positive contributions.

    Stephen Hogan

    Contribution

    Advisory role for Responsible Business section with timely input at strategic points.

    Susie Steyn

    Contribution

    Researching and setting out the fundamental principles of Responsible Business, demystifying some of the jargon and providing inspirational clips and insights from my own journey.

    Fiona Doney

    Contribution

    As editor and proofreader, Fiona worked on the content for the About Us page (the Impact Garden backstory) and created a house style document for the contributors to follow.

    Luke Jackson

    Contribution

    Lead Website Designer

    Matt Unsworth

    Contribution

    Matt supported Luke Jackson on the technical side of the Web Design and Development.

    Angello Batalla

    Contribution

    Angello Batalla has contributed to the project as a project member of the Sustainable Finance/Impacting Investing team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Aryan Misra

    Contribution

    Aryan Misra has contributed to the project as a project member of the Key Players team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Asha Shikanga

    Contribution

    Asha Shikanga has contributed to the project as a project member of the Climate Change team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Asha also wrote a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, ‘How Industries Affect Global Climate Change’.

    Ceri Stanaway

    Contribution

    Ceri Stanaway has contributed to the project by writing a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, ‘Why the food you choose matters more for sustainability than the plastic you recycle’.

    Charlie Fenn

    Contribution

    Charlie Fenn has contributed to the project as a project member of the Climate Change and Sustainable Finance / Impact Investing team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Charlie also provided peer-to-peer mentoring support for another team member.

    Cynthia Ojanji

    Contribution

    Cynthia Ojanji has contributed to the project as a key topic co-ordinator for the Sustainable Finance/ Impacting Investing team, had delegated responsibility for ensuring that the update was conducted to a high standard and met the key milestones in a timely manner. This role also included leading and supporting their key topic team to facilitate this, as well as communicating with the rest of the co-ordinators and others to ensure that everyone was on the same page and to flag any potential issues needing attention as they arose.

    Dara Nikolova

    Contribution

    Dara Nikolova has contributed to the project as a project member of the Key Players team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Eduardo Balekjian

    Contribution

    Eduardo Balekjian has contributed to the project as a key topic co-ordinator for the Climate change team, had delegated responsibility for ensuring that the update was conducted to a high standard and met the key milestones in a timely manner. This role also included leading and supporting their key topic team to facilitate this, as well as communicating with the rest of the co-ordinators and others to ensure that everyone was on the same page and to flag any potential issues needing attention as they arose. Eduardo also wrote a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, ‘Climate Change & International Development'.

    Fabien Laplace

    Contribution

    Fabien Laplace has contributed to the project as the key topic co-ordinator for the Social Innovation / Social Entrepreneurship section, had delegated responsibility for ensuring that the update was conducted to a high standard and met the key milestones in a timely manner. This role also included leading and supporting their key topic team to facilitate this, as well as communicating with the rest of the co-ordinators and others to ensure that everyone was on the same page and to flag any potential issues needing attention as they arose. As a project member of the Responsible Business team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Hyunjoo Lee

    Contribution

    Hyunjoo Lee has contributed to the project as a project member of the Sustainable Finance/ Impacting Investing team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Hyunjoo also wrote a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, ‘Progress and challenges of ESG in African economies, can AI help?'.

    Ini-obong Antaih

    Contribution

    Ini-obong Antaih has contributed to the project as a project member of the Social Innovation / Social Entrepreneurship team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Jessica Zewe

    Contribution

    Jessica Zewe has contributed to the project as a project member of the Key Players team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Moses Sitiri Wanami

    Contribution

    Moses Sitiri Wanami has contributed to the project as an advisory member of Sustainability/Impact team, contributed to the key topic at pre-agreed, strategic intervals to review content and provide feedback, insights and suggestions to help take it up to the next level by leveraging his knowledge and expertise in that area.

    Jon Kinnell

    Contribution

    Jon Kinnell has contributed to the project as a project member of the Impact Measurement section team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Jon was also an advisory member of the Social Innovation / Social Entrepreneurship , and Key Players team, where he contributed to the key topics at pre-agreed, strategic intervals to review content and provide feedback, insights and suggestions to help take it up to the next level by leveraging his knowledge and expertise in that area.

    Dr Mpho Hlalele

    Contribution

    Dr Mpho Hlalele has contributed to the project as a key topic co-ordinator for the Sustainability/Impact team, had delegated responsibility for ensuring that the update was conducted to a high standard and met the key milestones in a timely manner. This role also included leading and supporting their key topic team to facilitate this, as well as communicating with the rest of the co-ordinators and others to ensure that everyone was on the same page and to flag any potential issues needing attention as they arose.

    Manasa Suresh

    Contribution

    Manasa Suresh has contributed to the project as a project member of the Social Innovation / Social Entrepreneurship team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Manasa also wrote a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, 'Taking Leadership a Step Further: What Regenerative Leadership Means to the People and the Planet'.

    Masako Kondo (Masa)

    Contribution

    Masako Kondo (Masa) has contributed to the project as a project member of the Responsible Business and Sustainability/Impact teams, helped with the collective team effort to update these topics and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Masa also wrote a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, ‘Innovative Companies who Use Sustainability as a Key Differentiator’.

    Sara Ahmad

    Contribution

    Sara Ahmad contributed to the project as a project member of the Climate Change team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Mauricio Urrutia Orchard

    Contribution

    Mauricio Urrutia Orchard has contributed to the project as a project member of the Climate Change and Key players teams, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps. Mauricio wrote a post for the Impact Garden blog entitled, ‘Sustainability in the Protection of the Marine Environment’.

    Meghan Sebold

    Contribution

    Meghan Sebold has contributed to the project as a project member of the Sustainability/Impact team, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Sharif Mustapha Wakaso

    Contribution

    Sharif Mustapha Wakaso has contributed to the project as a project member of the Climate Change and My Impact Journey teams, helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    Sophie Rayers

    Contribution

    Sophie Rayers’s role included developing a working understanding of the content to ensure that it was expressed clearly. Part of this was ensuring that sentences were well-structured and grammatically correct, with no spelling mistakes and all written in British English. It was also necessary to ensure a consistent tone of voice so that, to the reader, it would appear that the copy was crafted by a single person (although, in reality, there were multiple contributors).

    Soumita Bhattacharya

    Contribution

    Soumita Bhattacharya has contributed to the project as a key topic co-ordinator for the Key Players team, had delegated responsibility for ensuring that the update was conducted to a high standard and met the key milestones in a timely manner. This role also included leading and supporting their key topic team to facilitate this, as well as communicating with the rest of the co-ordinators and others to ensure that everyone was on the same page and to flag any potential issues needing attention as they arose.

    Stephan Peters

    Contribution

    Stephan Peters has contributed to the project as an advisory member of the Sustainable Finance/Impacting Investing team, contributed to the key topic at pre-agreed, strategic intervals to review content and provide feedback, insights and suggestions to help take it up to the next level by leveraging his knowledge and expertise in that area.

    Yash Majithia

    Contribution

    As a project member of the Climate Change team, Yash Majithia helped with the collective team effort to update this topic and provide thought-leadership to identify gaps.

    There are plenty of other people who have been cheering us on and supporting this initiative and will become active contributors as the Impact Garden continues to grow - we will be adding their names here!

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