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‘A corporate foundation can be a social compass’ – Kirsten Ottens

The director of ING Netherlands Foundation on teaming up with the country’s largest bank to tackle digital exclusion, how a parent company’s value goes far beyond cash – and why overhead costs shouldn’t be a dirty word.

Anna Patton
12th January 2021
Secret Agent

‘Secret agent’ foundations can nudge corporates – but beware wishful thinking

Beware enthusiasm doesn't become naivety – we need to confront the reality of business, says Trafigura Foundation boss Vincent Faber, as he looks back at the buzz of a recent gathering of corporate social investors.

Laura Joffre
7th January 2021
Henrike Schlottmann, managing director at Project Together

Us against the virus: German cross-sector project proves speedy collaboration can succeed

C SUMMIT: Can cross-sector collaboration help find solutions to wicked problems? A project involving civil society, business and government, unprecedented in scale and speed, shows that joining forces can bring success in the face of a crisis.

Laura Joffre
8th December 2020
rock climber on the ascent

On the ascent: are Collective Corporate Impact Strategies the new trend for big business and social investment?

Is it no longer enough for companies to set up foundations or CSR departments? With many now creating more specialised impact vehicles, Karoline Heitman introduces new EVPA research exploring more holistic approaches for corporate social investors.

Tim West
7th December 2020
Following the leader

How a ‘crisis of conformity’ is stopping corporate leaders from saving the world

C SUMMIT: Business leaders are ready to ‘do the right thing’ but need the ‘radical collaboration’ of philanthropists and corporate social investors as their catalysts – agree Halla Tómasdóttir of The B Team and EVPA chair Steven Serneels.

Tim West
7th December 2020
Handwashing poster by Aashti Miller

This time, it’s serious: Covid and the new age of co-creation with corporate social investors

C SUMMIT: Corporate social investors and parent firms are working together more strategically, partly driven by Covid-19, as the experiences of two European insurance firms show.

Anna Patton
7th December 2020
Gilles_Vermot_Desroches, Schneider Electric

Foundations and impact funds are not the cherry on the corporate cake, they are its raising agents

C SUMMIT: All the components of a company – foundations, impact investment funds and regular business – should work together towards a joint vision of meaningful social impact, says sustainability boss at Schneider Electric.

Laura Joffre
4th December 2020
medicine vaccine image

Wrong medicine? How Covid helped a global healthcare organisation prescribe a different approach

C SUMMIT: Sanofi Espoir Foundation boss says the pandemic has confirmed its conviction that medicine and healthcare are not the full solution for global health challenges – while Repsol Foundation leader predicts a "time for doers".

Tim West
4th December 2020
renault pic

How Renault’s reorganisation could put social impact in the driving seat

C SUMMIT: The first carmaker to set up its own social entrepreneurship scheme is placing social impact even higher up the firm’s agenda. But some fear corporates more generally will continue to put the brakes on, despite this year's crisis.

Anna Patton
4th December 2020
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