AASAN IMPACT
Who we are
AASAN IMPACT
Who we are
Our Unique Approach
Transitioning to a purpose & profit-driven mindset requires authenticity and boldness.
At the cornerstone of Aasan Impact’s work are sustainable solutions to real world social, environmental and economic challenges. We partner with businesses to distill opportunities that create profitable social impact.
In an era of deep personal reckoning, Aasan Impact works with organizations to reduce the “purpose gap” that exists between public perceptions, business activities, and employees’ desires for meaningful work.
Embedding sustainability into strategy, we drive impact by incorporating principles of economic prosperity, social justice and environmental protection into organizational DNA.
Aasan Impact provides a holistic approach to sustainability transformation. Building on a foundation of purpose-driven leadership, we align employees, industry partners, government support, and not-for-profit causes to create impact at scale.
Our Unique Approach
Transitioning to a purpose & profit-driven mindset requires authenticity and boldness.
At the cornerstone of Aasan Impact’s work are sustainable solutions to real world social, environmental and economic challenges. We partner with businesses to distill opportunities that create profitable social impact.
In an era of deep personal reckoning, Aasan Impact works with organizations to reduce the “purpose gap” that exists between public perceptions, business activities, and employees’ desires for meaningful work.
Embedding sustainability into strategy, we drive impact by incorporating principles of economic prosperity, social justice and environmental protection into organizational DNA.
Aasan Impact provides a holistic approach to sustainability transformation. Building on a foundation of purpose-driven leadership, we align employees, industry partners, government support, and not-for-profit causes to create impact at scale.
AASAN IMPACT
Meet the Founder
Aliya Rajani
A humanitarian obsessed with business
Founded by Aliya Rajani, Aasan Impact understands the challenges businesses face to compete in today’s economic climate. Aliya has over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience working with organizations to define their corporate culture, from the inside out. She is accredited from Harvard Business School with a certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy. Drawing on her own experience of enjoying financial success in entrepreneurship, and personal fulfilment in leadership service, Aliya helps individuals and organizations unite through common purpose.
Aliya works to partner with organizations who believe in the importance of profit, and the relief it can provide to some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges. As a fractional Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), she guides the transformation to a purpose and profit-driven mindset, uncovering opportunities for doing well by doing good. Devoting her efforts to creating win-win strategies, Aliya accelerates financial return and impact at scale. Her work brings purpose to life by connecting employees and their organizations to social causes that depend on their support. As corporate citizens, Aliya believes we have the power and the privilege to enact responsible stewardship over people and the planet.
AASAN IMPACT
Meet the Founder
Aliya Rajani
A humanitarian obsessed with business
Founded by Aliya Rajani, Aasan Impact understands the challenges businesses face to compete in today’s economic climate. Aliya has over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience working with organizations to define their corporate culture, from the inside out. She is accredited from Harvard Business School with a certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy. Drawing on her own experience of enjoying financial success in entrepreneurship, and personal fulfilment in leadership service, Aliya helps individuals and organizations unite through common purpose.
Aliya works to partner with organizations who believe in the importance of profit, and the relief it can provide to some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges. As a fractional Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), she guides the transformation to a purpose and profit-driven mindset, uncovering opportunities for doing well by doing good. Devoting her efforts to creating win-win strategies, Aliya accelerates financial return and impact at scale. Her work brings purpose to life by connecting employees and their organizations to social causes that depend on their support. As corporate citizens, Aliya believes we have the power and the privilege to enact responsible stewardship over people and the planet.
“She stands committed to the idea that you reward yourself by serving others.”
ASSAN IMPACT
Network of advisors
United Nations
Dr. Nathalie Risse
Sustainable Development, SDG & Social Impact Expert
United Nations
Dr. Nathalie Risse has been working on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) since their inception in 2011, and on sustainable development implementation since 1998. Originally from Switzerland, she has lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec, Brussels and New York.
After completing her Ph.D. in 2004, Nathalie spent 15 years working at the international level as a consultant with the UN (UN-OHRLLS, UN-DESA, UNDP), and with other international organizations (OECD, European Commission), global think tanks, and academia (IISD, ENAP). She also served as a civil servant for the UN.
Over the course of her career, Nathalie advised international organizations & multiple governments on integrating environmental, social considerations and/or the SDGs in their policies and institutional processes. She led & coordinated global, multi-stakeholder intergovernmental & interagency processes related to sustainable development and the SDGs for the UN, and worked with the UN and the award-winning think tank IISD on tracking and reporting on SDG implementation in countries. She contributed to major UN reports, including the Global Sustainable Development Report and the World Public Sector Report, and led the 2021 report on UN support to the Least Developed Countries that involved consultations with more than 40 UN agencies. As a seasoned expert in the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Nathalie has a deep understanding of international discussions related to the SDGs, financing for development, migration and refugees, science, technology and innovation, human rights, and gender equality.
Nathalie recently completed a certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy at Harvard Business School in order to help purpose driven businesses be well positioned to tackle the world’s biggest challenges.
Asian Development Bank
Dr. Bradley Hiller
Senior Climate Change & Environment Expert
Asian Development Bank
Dr. Bradley Hiller is a specialist in sustainable development and climate change. He has worked across twenty countries with organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, University of Cambridge and Engineers Without Borders. Bradley has been a Visiting Fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute (UK), an AsiaGlobal Fellow at the University of Hong Kong, and a G20 Global Leadership Fellow at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management (South Korea). Bradley holds Doctorate and Masters of Philosophy degrees from the University of Cambridge and Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees from his native Australia. Bradley enjoys spending time in nature and exploring the potential of social enterprise to help solve some of the world’s currently intractable challenges.
Plan International Canada
Farah Williamson
Director of Gulf & Strategic Partnerships
Plan International Canada
Farah has 16 years of experience working across the non-profit, philanthropy and fundraising sectors. She is currently Director of Gulf & Strategic Partnerships at Plan International Canada, one of the world’s oldest and largest development and humanitarian organisations that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Here she has helped to establish its accelerated and non-formal education program which has reached and enrolled 350,000 out of school girls and boys. She also co-founded and is a Trustee of Project Shelter Wakadogo, a school in post-conflict northern Uganda for 450 children.
ASSAN IMPACT
Network of advisors
United Nations
Dr. Nathalie Risse
Sustainable Development, SDG & Social Impact Expert
United Nations
Dr. Nathalie Risse has been working on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) since their inception in 2011, and on sustainable development implementation since 1998. Originally from Switzerland, she has lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec, Brussels and New York.
After completing her Ph.D. in 2004, Nathalie spent 15 years working at the international level as a consultant with the UN (UN-OHRLLS, UN-DESA, UNDP), and with other international organizations (OECD, European Commission), global think tanks, and academia (IISD, ENAP). She also served as a civil servant for the UN.
Over the course of her career, Nathalie advised international organizations & multiple governments on integrating environmental, social considerations and/or the SDGs in their policies and institutional processes. She led & coordinated global, multi-stakeholder intergovernmental & interagency processes related to sustainable development and the SDGs for the UN, and worked with the UN and the award-winning think tank IISD on tracking and reporting on SDG implementation in countries. She contributed to major UN reports, including the Global Sustainable Development Report and the World Public Sector Report, and led the 2021 report on UN support to the Least Developed Countries that involved consultations with more than 40 UN agencies. As a seasoned expert in the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Nathalie has a deep understanding of international discussions related to the SDGs, financing for development, migration and refugees, science, technology and innovation, human rights, and gender equality.
Nathalie recently completed a certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy at Harvard Business School in order to help purpose driven businesses be well positioned to tackle the world’s biggest challenges.
Asian Development Bank
Dr. Bradley Hiller
Senior Climate Change & Environment Expert
Asian Development Bank
Dr. Bradley Hiller is a specialist in sustainable development and climate change. He has worked across twenty countries with organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, University of Cambridge and Engineers Without Borders. Bradley has been a Visiting Fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute (UK), an AsiaGlobal Fellow at the University of Hong Kong, and a G20 Global Leadership Fellow at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management (South Korea). Bradley holds Doctorate and Masters of Philosophy degrees from the University of Cambridge and Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees from his native Australia. Bradley enjoys spending time in nature and exploring the potential of social enterprise to help solve some of the world’s currently intractable challenges.
Plan International Canada
Farah Williamson
Director of Gulf & Strategic Partnerships
Plan International Canada
Farah has 16 years of experience working across the non-profit, philanthropy and fundraising sectors. She is currently Director of Gulf & Strategic Partnerships at Plan International Canada, one of the world’s oldest and largest development and humanitarian organisations that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Here she has helped to establish its accelerated and non-formal education program which has reached and enrolled 350,000 out of school girls and boys. She also co-founded and is a Trustee of Project Shelter Wakadogo, a school in post-conflict northern Uganda for 450 children.
Let’s work together.
We start every project with a simple conversation, getting to know your values and your business needs. Then we create a customized work plan to bring your sustainability commitment and vision to reality.
Let’s work together.
We start every project with a simple conversation, getting to know your values and your business needs. Then we create a customized work plan to bring your sustainability commitment and vision to reality.