As the new SE100 Investor Index launches, impact measurement guru Jeremy Nicholls explains why we need to rate social investors.

Hang up your cowboy hat – the social impact goldrush will soon be over, hopes SROI sheriff Jeremy Nicholls.

Is the private sector putting social enterprises to shame on social value accounting? Think it’s enough to have a social purpose without checking if you’ve made a difference? Try telling that to anyone who didn’t get a job at the end of your employability project, says Jeremy Nicholls.

The Social Value Act provides a real opportunity to increase the value being created for communities by public commissioning. All good, but one of the biggest risks is aligning local with social, says our regular columnist Jeremy Nicholls.

Why should I accept your claims about social return (not that I have any choice)...Jeremy Nicholls argues that the protections afforded to investors should be available to recipients too.

The impact concept has moved from the discussion of benefits, returns and value creation, to 'How much impact?', 'What is your impact?'. We now have 'impact investors' and 'inspiring Impact' and lovely new words like 'impactful'. Jeremy Nicholls senses violence...

There's been big increase in interest in measuring social impact. Must be a good thing? But I have begun to wonder who all this measurement is for?

Inequality is rising in the UK, says Pioneers Post columnist Jeremy Nicholls. Investment with a social mission could help to combat this, but we need a convincing way to report the impact it makes