Organisational Governance for Impact

Picture systems thinking inside an Italian B Corp pharmaceutical company. Imagine te ao Māori (the Māori worldview) shaping businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand. Claire and Matt are joined by special guests Massimo Mercati (CEO at Aboca Italy) and Qiulae Wong (Aotearoa New Zealand Manager at B Lab AANZ) as we learn how organisational design and governance can influence a team’s capacity for impact. Let’s take another step into our Market Conditions for Impact series. About our guests Massimo Mercati was born in Città di Castello, Italy, in 1971. After graduating in law, he devoted himself to managing the family business, Aboca, where he is now CEO. He founded the Apoteca Natura pharmacy network and is president of the Municipal Pharmacies of Florence. He has published the book “The business as a living system” (Aboca Edizioni, 2020). He lives in Sansepolcro, Italy. More: https://abocaedizioni.it/autori/massimo-mercati/ Qiulae is the Aotearoa Manager for B Lab - the non-profit organisation which oversees B Corp certification. Certified B Corps are businesses that seek to benefit all stakeholders and hold themselves accountable to using business as a force for good. Qiulae's background is in impact measurement and systems change, and she has recently returned from the UK where she worked for similar industry bodies supporting businesses to align profit and purpose. In her role at B Lab she is working across the private and public sectors to make impact measurement and stakeholder governance the new norm. More: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiulae/ Resources & Tools: B Impact Assessment - https://app.bimpactassessment.net/get-started NZ Living Standards framework - https://www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/nz-economy/higher-living-standards/our-living-standards-framework Aboca Italy’s Impact Report - https://www.aboca.com/company/for-the-common-good/ The business as a living system, Massimo Mercati: Book Republic - https://www.bookrepublic.it/ebook/9788855230834-the-business-as-a-living-system-aboca/ Apple Books - https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-business-as-a-living-system/id1531079055 Encyclical letter Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on care for our Common Home - https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html