Hello, I'm Mary Portis and this is The Kindness Economy, a podcast that looks at the new values driving the businesses of tomorrow.

People, planet and profit.

In that order, it's the future.

Are you ready for better?

What if each of us gave more to the world than we took from it?

This is a question posed by the inspirational

Jacqueline Novagrat, CEO of global non-profit venture capital firm acumen whose goal

is to tackle global poverty by entrepreneurial means. And I believe that all

business leaders I talked to on this podcast are asking this question of themselves and the companies they create, in different ways, of course.

But at their core, they believe in adding, not subtracting.

How do we answer this question of ourselves as individuals, though?

Because making informed decisions about the companies

we buy from in a world where we are so listening to marketing spin and some very relaxed

attitude to the truth, it's creating a mindfield where even the best intentions can be misplaced.

But it's important for each of us to keep centering those four words, however small away.

Yes, the impact of our own personal decisions can feel microscopic in a world where economic and belief systems seem so large,

but knit all those micro actions into a hole and we can each powerfully contribute

to change. On this podcast, we've explored some of the easy wins we can all create, switch

your energy provider to someone who really cares, invest your money with a bank that's investing

in the right things, buy clothes and foods that don't leach our planet's rich ecosystem.

But there's also an important internal shift we must all make. For so long, we've thought

it's either we or me. Either sacrifice yourself on the power of good works and strong ethics,

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