EXPERT INSIGHT: When a significant impact investment meets founders who have not previously been stress-tested at this scale, new threats appear, warns risk analysis and fraud specialist Rupert Evill.
Good Leaders podcast: Creating a good place to work, balancing commercial acumen with social value, and why she relishes a crisis: this year’s SE100 Pioneer of the Future Award winner shares her leadership insights with Tim West.
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IMPACT 101: You've heard of gender-lens investing, but what does it actually entail? Is it only about women, and how does it overlap with impact investing? Sana Kapadia from Heading for Change has the answers.
Youth centre closures have left too many of London’s young people without crucial networks of support. Sirlute founder JR Josephs aims to give those young people transferable skills they need to achieve their goals.
She hates small talk and has a taste for bold decisions: Ashoka’s Europe leader Marie Ringler talks about her journey from politician to social innovator, why the feeling of powerlessness is the biggest poison in the world, and more.
The development funding we have must be put to better use as pressures mount, says Richard Hawkes – and development impact bonds can be transformative. He outlines their potential and dives into the debate about what's holding them back.
Join Pioneers Post reporter David Lyons at Kendal Mountain Festival, where some outdoor wear brands, including Patagonia, are pushing forward circular economy solutions to halt the industry’s damaging effects on the environment.
Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinners Camilla Rigby and Rachel Mostyn, founders of Women’s Work Lab, say they want to build a team of women they’ve supported into work so strong they can hand the organisation over to its community.
What happens when it all goes wrong? In this episode, Dominic Llewellyn speaks about the personal impact of the sudden closure of Numbers for Good – in a story he hopes can “help others see how hard challenges can lead to new beginnings”.
IMPACT 101: Why do social enterprises acquire other entities, and how do mergers and acquisitions in this sector differ to commercial ones? What are the risks? Buzzacott's corporate finance team have the answers in our freshly updated Impact 101.
For Cambridge Social Innovation Prizewinner Izzy Obeng, co-founder of Foundervine, the 2011 riots in her London community inspired a drive to change the system which perpetuated the economic status quo.
