Carol Cone, heralded as the ‘Mother of Social Purpose,’ is a pioneering figure in cause marketing with over 25 years of experience fostering partnerships between corporations, brands, and social causes for significant societal and business outcomes. As the founder of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE, she has created impactful programs like the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade and My Special Aflac Duck, raising over $2.5 billion for various causes. A luminary in purpose-driven strategy, Cone has authored a book on nonprofit branding, delivered countless insights through research and speaking engagements, and has been recognized with accolades such as the PRWeek 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Her agency is dedicated to educating, inspiring, and accelerating purpose programs worldwide. She hosts the Purpose 360 Podcast on TruStory FM.
Paul Polman joined host Carol Cone on Purpose 360 to explain what it means to be a net positive business today and why he will always be a “prisoner of hope” when it comes to solving our shared global challenges.
ScottsMiracle-Gro’s purpose is to bring goodness to every person and every patch of the Earth. This applies to the next generations of gardeners, too. Jim King, EVP and CCO of ScottsMiracle-Gro, has returned to Purpose 360 to share an update on the compan
To learn more about Kiva’s purpose-driven growth, we welcomed Chris Tsakalakis, CEO of Kiva, to the show. Chris and his team have created a cycle of impact, fostering person-to-person connections that have resulted in $1.6 billion in loans to 4 million bo
It’s fitting that the 100th episode of Purpose 360 features an organization helping more businesses be a force for good. Founders Pledge, a nonprofit organization with a mission to “empower entrepreneurs to do immense good,” leverages a unique model to en
To learn more about Google.org’s focus on humanity’s biggest challenges, we talk to Megan Wheeler, global project manager leading global giving and volunteering campaigns across the enterprise.
Reba Dominski, Chief Social Responsibility Officer at US Bank, and President of the US Bank Foundation, returns to talk about purpose in their communities.
To learn more about what it takes to create a sustainable organization that is more people-, product-, and planet-oriented, Purpose 360 welcomed KoAnn Skrzyniarz, CEO and Founder of Sustainable Brands. Through Sustainable Brands, she and her team have led
As the leading voice in ‘just’ business behavior, JUST Capital is a nonprofit organization with a mission to equip the market with the data, tools and insights to deliver on the promise of an economy that works for all Americans. To talk about the evoluti
To talk about how TCS put its employees, communities, and customers first throughout the pandemic, we welcomed back to the show Balaji Ganapathy, Chief Social Responsibility Officer at TCS.
Picking up where we left off last week, Jonathan Atwood is back to talk about the realities of returning to in-office work, and the critical need for empathy and humanity in the process. He’s a former global communications head at Unilever, provocateur, a