Swiss Impact with Banerjis

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: Impact Revolution
Guest: Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of the Global Steering Group for the Impact Investment

Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator. He is recognized as the father of impact investment and European venture capital, and is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative at Harvard Business School, and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder and former Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide, a global private equity firm. He is also a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and former co-founding Chair of Big Society Capital. Oxford and Harvard educated, Ronnie was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK. He is now based in Tel Aviv, London and New York. He is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change, which was published in 2020 by Penguin Random House and is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller.

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: Are we measuring the Social Impact?
Guest: Juan J. Alarcon, Project Director of the Limmat Foundation

Juan J. Alarcon has a Master’s degree in Economics (Barcelona, 1976) and in Financial Investment (Geneva, 1978). He has also a Diploma for Development Cooperation - NADEL of the ETH (Zurich, 2002) and completed the Advanced Management Program of the IESE Business School (Barcelona, 2008).

From 1980-1985 he was the financial director of an international trading company in Geneva.

From 1985 -2018, J. Alarcon has been the project director of the Limmat Foundation, and has directed more than 450 social projects in 40 different countries.

He has lectured at numerous seminars in developing countries for managers and project developers from NGOs and development cooperation institutions.

In 2002, he developed the methodology of the Socio-Economic Welfare Index (SEWI), applying and improving it within the Limmat Foundation.

From 2012-2021 he was a Lecturer for Impact Evaluation at the CEPS (Center for Philanthropy Studies) at the University of Basel.

Since 2013 he is the CEO of Swissocial and is responsible for all operational activities.

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: Where it really matters
Guest: Jasper Bhaumick, CEO of bizpando AG and UMa Soft GmbH

Bizpando is a platform, that allow small medium and large companies to participate for free or with increased services with a very small amount subscription fee of 60 € per year, We want to give the poorest in the supply chain the chance to participate.

Bizpando can positively impact societies in many ways, from reducing pollution and child labor to preventing potential wars. Stay tuned to know how!

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: Really Infinite. How?
Guest: Petri Alava CEO and Co-Founder Infinited Fiber Company

Petri Alava is a business developer and strategist with over 15 years of CEO experience in B2B and B2C environments. He has held board positions in both well-established corporations and innovative startups. Petri is an expert in waste management who pioneered circular initiatives before the concept was widely understood. He co-founded Infinited Fiber Company in 2016 to commercialise a technology that regenerates cellulose-rich waste streams – including discarded textiles, used cardboard and wheat straw – into Infinna™, a premium-quality textile fibre with the natural look and feel of cotton.

Infinited Fiber Company is a fashion and textile technology group on a mission to bring joy and hope back to closets by making circularity an everyday reality. Our breakthrough innovation turns cellulose-rich materials – think worn-out clothes, used cardboard, and wheat or rice straw – into Infinna™, a premium textile fiber that looks and feels soft and natural like cotton. Infinna™ is biodegradable, contains no microplastics, and textiles made with it can be recycled in the same process. We are headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: How we empower with mobility
Guest: Mariano García


Mariano García is the CEO of MATT Mobility and leader of many projects including cultural transformation and healthcare related startups. As an impact growth hacker he is experienced in showing his company’s impact and potential to investors and clients. He also creates spaces for constant learning and improvement while obtaining the resources needed for this businesses to flourish. Mariano also appeciates design and aesthetics and tries to apply them to everything he does.

His entrepreneurial experience of 15 years led him to develop MATT Mobility, whose purpose is to improve the quality of life for people with reduced mobility. It addresses social, cultural and employment exclusion of people with reduced mobility. Mariano transitioned to impact businesses when he saw how his friend’s customized wheelchair changed his life, so he wanted every wheelchair user to have one and be empowered as well.

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: Impact Shark Tank 2022
Guest: Kevin Harrington, Original Shark and Investor

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: How to measure impact?

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Host - Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: How I found real balance

Guest: Raja Benzaitar ,Founder RB Organics

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

After struggling with adenomyosis and digestive issues for years because of hormonal imbalance, Raja Benzaitar discovered that most of the endocrine disruptors were to be found on the products we use on a daily basis like beauty products. Raja turned to nature to heal herself, She educated herself on the power of phytotherapy and botanicals and found herself going back to her Moroccan mums beauty secrets to avoid chemicals and toxins in her personal care products that were tremendously contributing to her hormonal imbalance.

Today, she made it a mission to help health-conscious people take care of their skin, hair and wellbeing without using toxins or harmful chemicals. Her story began with one simple idea and value: “Achieving Real Balance through adopting the Right Behavior”.

She now believes that inner and outer beauty is about finding real balance through caring for our body and mind while consuming responsibly.

Fusing her Moroccan heritage and swiss education, Raja Benzaitar founded RB ORGANICS with the firm belief that it is through a deeper connection with nature that we can really take care of our wellbeing while consuming responsibly and positively impact our planet. While evolving in the luxury market, the brand believes in eco-luxury and responsible luxury. They aim to reduce our ecological footprint as much as possible by using eco-friendly packaging and giving back more than 10% of their profits to positively impact the environment and the communities that contribute to the manufacturing process of their products. Raja believes that both the RB ORGANICS products and the people who use them will change the world one step at a time! She wants you to feel good while doing good to be at your best!

Host - Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: How we support Impactful Businesses?

Guest: Dr. Guenter Dobrauz-Saldapenna Founding Investor at exelixis capital AG

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now. Dr. Guenter Dobrauz-Saldapenna, MBA is a VC Investor, Lawyer, Disruption Disciple, Circularity Economy Believer, Exponential Technologies Enthusiast and Author.

Dr. Guenther holds a Master’s and PhD degree in law from Johannes Kepler University (Austria), an MBA from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) and has completed Executive Education programs at Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, IMD and Singularity University. Passionately invested in tomorrow since many years he firmly believes that the future will be decentralised and must be circular! Guenther is a co-founder of exelixis by way of investment but does not hold any executive role.

Live TV Show Every Fridays - 9:00 am EST / 3:00 pm CET 

Host - Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: How to save the Amazon Rainforest and make a good return on your investment.

Guest: Dr Stefano Merlin CEO of Sustainable Carbon and President of Instituto Ecologica, Brazil

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.