As Big Issue Invest celebrates achieving £100m of social investments during its first 20 years, executive chair Mark Porter reflects on the UK social investor’s journey so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
IMPACT 101: Cooperatives are big business: more than 1bn people are cooperative members, and the top 300 cooperatives and mutuals turn over more than US$2tn. But how do these entities work, and what are their benefits and drawbacks?
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
Speakers at the UK's leading international conference for social enterprises, social investors and social innovation include restaurant entrepreneur Iqbal Wahhab, Big Society Capital boss Cliff Prior and more.
Next time you're trying to explain what a social enterprise is, think of Buy Rice Back. You buy a bag; a kid in India gets off the street and into education. And a rice sack gets recycled into the bargain. Everyone's a winner.
Issue six of our magazine is out now! Inside is a revealing look at impact measurement – who’s doing it, how and why. We’ve also got a cab ride with a restaurateur who thinks charity sucks and we take a trip to the future of doing good. Get stuck in!
Every quarter we’ll take a look at one of the social ventures in the NatWest SE100 Social Business Club. Keeping corporate clutter out of landfill and cutting carbon to boot is London Re-Use Ltd.
CEO of Big Society Capital Cliff Prior proved keen to give answers at a public event focused on transparency. Plus we got to find out how much BSC costs...
