For over 50 years, April 22nd has served as Earth Day, the first being celebrated on April 22nd, 1970. It has grown into a worldwide celebration with national and international events held throughout the week in over 190 countries. More than a billion people every year take time to increase awareness of environmental concerns; with digital technology added to the mix, messages can spread globally. Earthday.org leads the coordination of events relating to Earth Week.
The past year has brought a lot of change to the work environment. The new ideas and changes came in a spur of the moment, but the innovative ideas of online message boards and remote working had been cultivating long before the pandemic.
When people with similar passions such a programming, marketing, or social innovation get together, they can challenge each other and cultivate new ideas or grow existing ones. When one engages with other professionals, it is like working on a team; everyone brings something new to the table. Corporate hackathons enable impact, disruption, and innovation within an industry.
The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming is the goal set out by the Paris Agreement. The global energy demand makes it impossible to abandon carbon as a source of energy altogether. However, companies have turned to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to address carbon release into the atmosphere. The technology has been utilized in a wide range of industries since 1972 and reduces greenhouse gas emissions around the world.
CCS involves three significant steps:
1. Capturing CO2 at the source
2. Compressing CO2 for transportation
3. Injecting CO2 deep into a rock formation at a carefully selected and safe site, where it is permanently stored.
An innovator produces and introduces something new to the market, something of value. It is not about repeating someone’s work better; it is about creating something new and was not there before.
Problems arise on a daily basis; innovators identify the issues and come up with creative solutions to solve them. Innovation adds value to society and drives the global community forward. The world needs people who think outside the box and are not afraid to be different and take chances.
The United Nations set up a collection of 17 interlinked goals designed to be achieved by 2030 to attain a better and more sustainable future. The goals serve as a blueprint towards change and influence the social innovations of the global community.
Three months into 2021, several trends have begun to grow around social innovation inspired primarily by the 17 UN sustainable goals and the global pandemic's impact. Headlines are bleak in depicting the changes going on around us, but below are a few positive changes worldwide.
Entrepreneurship is a key aspect of business growth. It can promote economic growth, innovation, spark social change, etc. The new ideas, products, and services developed by individuals or groups of individuals hold power for change and improvement.
The social entrepreneur brings about positive change in society by tackling social, environmental, and cultural issues. Social enterprises find their roots in the minds of social entrepreneurs. The impact generated by their entrepreneurial ventures is seen in local and global communities.
One10 Group is pleased to announce our educational workshops for 2021, our 3-part Startup Essentials, created by One10 and facilitated by Social Entrepreneur and Impact Investor, Geoff Gourley.
These workshops cover a range of topics over an hour and a half period from 4:00pm-5:30pm each week. A great way to kickstart your venture and attract investment.
The team at One10 have been busy over the last 4 weeks creating a new program to support #socialenterprises.
The one-on-one program aims to engage with revenue-stage social enterprise ventures to build their resilience and help them to thrive in a post-covid world.
We are now seeking values-aligned #government #corporate or #philanthropy #partners to be part of this exciting and much-needed program.
As a Social Entrepreneurs you are bound to have a deep and driving passion. However, you are not immune to becoming distracted by the daily tasks and toil of launching and/or running your business.
Take some time to check that your day to day activities align with your purpose, and set some short and long term goals for the year. Get started now so in 2021 you can thrive!
Fantastic to see #Melbourne #buskers set to take over the streets of Melbourne once again. Adam Waites and Geoff Gourley are so proud that One10 backed #Fintech #SocialEnterprise GivrWay is the #provider of the contactless #QRCode digital payments & tipping platform for the City of Melbourne ANZ City Sounds campaign.
Who would have thought on New Years Eve that 2020 would turn out to be like it has been!
Not to let a pandemic get in the way of our purpose, our founder, Geoff Gourley and the team at One10 made great use of the lockdown and created a new social impact venture called Methodly. Positive change made simple.
We reflected on the last five years supporting many clients and navigating social innovation using our range of tools and thought, hey, let’s make this into an affordable, playful and useful product. So, we embarked on creating a collection of toolkits, templates, method cards and guidance notes on how to create social innovation.
We are just about to go live on Kickstarter and we are seeking your support to help us get these exciting products and tools into the hands of like-minded people all over the world.
One10 Group client Consolidated Land and Rail Australia Pty Ltd (CLARA) just won the ‘2020 Global Strategic Project of The Year’ as part of the 13th CG/LA Infrastructure forum.
This is great news, #CLARA was up against 250 major projects from around the world, narrowed down to the Top 100, then shortlisted to 15, then to 3 and then as #WINNER!
Self-harm is the leading cause of death for young people in Australia aged 5-17, half of all mental health problems emerge by age 14, and anxiety depression and suicide are on the rise.
Now with the extraordinary challenges presented to Australian communities in 2020 with drought, floods, bushfire and now covid-19, mental illness is skyrocketing, and children are at an increased risk. According to a new report released by University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, even in a “best-case scenario”, Australia is forecast to see an increase in suicide deaths of “at least” 13.7% over the next 5 years.
One10 Social Impact Grant recipient WomenCAN Australia and founder Mikaela Stafrace is looking for someone to help establish it’s #FacilitiesMaintenance and #HomeServices Business. Find out more in the story.
You just came up with the perfect idea. You turn it over in your head for weeks, talk to your friends, do a little research, and decide to go for it. You seek counsel from the all-knowing Google. ‘How to start a business’ and come across a plethora of resources; everything from books to online courses promising to be the only thing you’re missing on your quest.
Methodly - Positive change made simple is powered by One10 Group.
New One10 backed #FinTech venture GivrWay is currently undertaking two important surveys in to the impact #Covid has had on #charities #donations and #giving.
We want to hear from Givers who donate. Givers Survey > https://lnkd.in/gQy-QeU
We want to hear from Charities and NFP who receive donations. Charities Survey > https://lnkd.in/gt8eqDY
Recently One10 founder, Geoff Gourley, was invited to be interviewed by Ausbiz and Startup Daily on their “hour of power”? That’s how guests have described every weekday from 2-3pm on the Startup Daily show on ausbiz.com.au, when they cover the latest news in tech and startups.
In this interview Geoff talks about social impact, his impact investment fund and why impact investment is as much about strong financial returns as it is impact outcomes.
Social Innovation 100 is a global recognition and awards program designed to unearth and recognise individuals and organisations leading the way in social innovation, and then connect and support them.
The organisation hope this annual and global recognition and awards program can inspire deep, positive action toward achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets and create a better world.
SI100 aim to use the Recognition and Awards Program to support the sector and give visibility to the amazing innovations that are making a positive impact in the world.
When you apply you become connected to a global community of change makers, future makers, individuals and organisations with a shared passion and vision to make the world a better place through social innovation.
It’s no secret that innovation is the key for success in business today. Innovation allows us to reshape the processes that we have to improve upon what is already there. Whether it allows us to use less resources, become more sustainable, achieve a higher profit yield, or bring a new idea into the world, innovation is the key to be a successful entrepreneur in the world today.
Social innovation can be seen in many companies and businesses across the world whether it can be seen in their processes, products, workshops, or even at their headquarters.
Congratulations to the One10 $10K Social Impact Grant Recipients who were awarded their grant this week. We ended up awarding Two grants of $10K instead of one. We were very impressed by more than 100 applications and ended up with a short list of impressive impact and purpose-driven ventures.
