Corporate Sustainability & Social Good | feat. Rob Karpati

Rob Karpati is a Finance and Transformation leader who believes that social value is the starting point for business value. Rob is the VP and Strategic Transformation Leader at O Trade where social engagement turns potential conflict into collaboration, resulting in dignity for potentially at-risk communities. His role focuses on defining and leading organizational transformation in order to multiply social benefits through partnerships between his team and customers. He also integrates an analytical Finance approach, modeling the economic benefits of social engagement from the company, community, and investor points of view. Rob has been a long-term Finance leader in the multi-national corporate environment, focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over a 30+ year career. He uses finance as a business improvement ‘activator’, and has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives on overall value. Links Find Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-karpati-3044a85/ Join our community: https://forms.gle/3gmq2WahzJZZ9Bny9 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 3:00 - Rob's Story with O Trade 6:03 - Can Mining be Sustainable? 9:30 - Corporate Social Engagement 14:10 - Finance for Social Good 16:52 - How can we be more sustainable? 20:54 - Diversity, Inclusion & Corporate Ethics 30:43 - Socially Responsible Investments 35:15 - Finding New Ways to Measure Value 39:50 - Corporate Ethics & Economics 51:36 - Rob's thoughts on the Future & Utopia Mentioned: 1) Monica Ospina - Founder of O Trade - https://otrade.ca/monica-ospina/ 2) Rebel Ideas - Book by Matthew Syed 3) Grow the Pie - Book by Alex Edmans 4) John Elkington is an author, advisor, and serial entrepreneur with an authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. 5) Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician 6) The Good Ancestor - Book by Roman Krznaric Credits Cover Art: James O'Brien Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X