Leading voices from UK social enterprise, co-operatives and social investment have raised concerns over a “landmark” definition of the ‘impact economy’ that risks alienating a number of impactful organisations.
Impact Europe today revealed the name of its new chief: Angela Wiebeck, praised for “building bridges” between mainstream finance and impact over her two decades at UBS and Aquila Capital. She speaks to Pioneers Post from Brussels.
OPINION: There’s a message blowing across the Atlantic that the business of investment is to maximise return, and considering people and planet is woke nonsense. This argument is outdated, says GSG Impact chair Nick Hurd.
INTERVIEW: Putting a price tag on a company’s social and environmental impact is the only way to demonstrate its true profit and loss, believes Sir Ronald Cohen, who is now focusing on driving forward the next accounting revolution.
An online platform to create sustainable homes, a tool that allows blind people to feel shapes on a touch-screen and a peer-to-peer learning network were each awarded €50k on 26 October.
Ten new social impact bonds (SIBs) have been launched by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to support children in care and tackle drug dependency.
Using the wrong sales techniques can make buying and selling a miserable experience – even if you have a life-changing product. Scott Roy gives his three top tips for social enterprises to get their products to the right people.
Speaking at an exhibition of his own artwork last month, the founder of The Big Issue elaborated his idea for a social trading platform reaching millions.
