INTERVIEW: Ronnie Screwvala built and sold a media empire. Now he's applying the same operating discipline to poverty, arguing that most Indian philanthropy still doesn't know how to let go.
In an exlusive interview, AVPN's CEO explains why she won't announce a Bangkok financing coalition until the funders are lined up, why Asian philanthropists won't say the word "gender", and why her own country stopped listening to its neighbours.
Autocracy is on the rise worldwide, and impact investors seem reluctant to step in. But large-scale transformations to health, education or the environment need a strong democratic base, the Latimpacto event heard last week.
Europeans have been hit hard by unprecedented crises over a hellish summer. As the EU negotiates its next multi-year budget, it’s time for the social economy to show both policymakers and citizens it has proven solutions to tackle them, writes Toby Gazeley from Brussels.
EXPERT INSIGHT: If you’re an impact investor, what’s your first reaction to mental health? Do you immediately think of founders’ wellbeing, of highly scalable, AI-enabled therapy apps, or do you believe it’s a personal topic that isn’t investable at all?
Good Leaders Podcast: Could every unwanted laptop, pillow or sofa spark something bigger? A Good Thing’s co-founder Cathy Benwell tells Tim West how her circular economy social business turns would-be waste into social impact.
EcoPeace Middle East aims to deliver stability to the region through private investment in climate security projects, but the organisation's directors believe impact investors are too risk-averse to support its work.
This week: Triodos Bank and Ethex partner to boost impact crowdfunding, Australian investors allocate AU$100m in catalytic capital over the past three years, SASC brings in new investors to tackle homelessness, and more.
Five years after India and China forced COP26 to soften to “phase down” on coal, climate change activists at the AVPN conference say the fight has quietly moved to adaptation money – but the storms battering Asia's coastlines aren't waiting.
OPINION: At a time when anti-rights movements are growing stronger, why is social investment not yet kicking in at scale to help build a more sustainable LGBTQI movement?
In Delhi for the first time, Asia's largest philanthropy and impact investment network, AVPN, says that despite the region's 1,000+ billionaires, its biggest challenge is the lack of Asian money.
OPINION: Corporate decision-making typically privileges knowledge and length of service. But this model is under pressure as young people call for more influence over decisions which affect their futures, says Kate Robertson.
A new framework from Social Investment Business and New Philanthropy Capital aims to help funders, policymakers and investors better understand what market infrastructure is required to grow the impact economy.
