Directors and trustees of social ventures can focus too heavily on the financial aspects when it comes to risk management – undermining their efforts to achieve positive impact, warns Tom Beswick of Buzzacott accountants.

Following record investments in 2021, deals are lower this year, Dealroom’s Impact Database reveals this week. Yet impact startups remain collectively valued at more than US$2tn and “impact unicorns” have reached 200.

Faith-based asset owners of all kinds urged to put their “money where their mouths are” as first-of-its-kind Multi-Faith Just Transition Fund launches to support transition to a low-carbon economy.

Second edition of European Social Enterprise Monitor flags that partnerships for social procurement between social enterprises and conventional corporations present “large opportunity for the transformation of the sector”.

Amid warnings that progress towards gender equality risks backsliding, and as the G20 leaders meet in Bali, Asia's social investors are taking urgent action to push forward women’s economic empowerment.

UK is now home to one-sixth of the world's 6,000 certified B Corps – with 500 of them in London, more than in any other city worldwide.
 

Recycling programmes that focus only on operations will fail if we ignore the cultures, beliefs and needs of the people expected to use them. Three lessons on opening hearts and minds from the behaviour change lead at Delterra.

The UK's development finance institution “exponentially increases” climate-related investments and commits to finance climate adaptation as well as mitigation.

Company directors’ reliance on international accounting standards means sustainability issues are currently reported separately, if at all. But there are steps they can take to better meet their legal responsibilities, says our columnist.