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.
INTERVIEW: Founded in 1990s eastern Europe, NESsT is still helping high-impact organisations to grow, and not rely on grants. We hear how it makes extra efforts to track its own impact – and how a new fund is tackling LGBTQIA+ discrimination.
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.
INTERVIEW: As B Lab leads a "substantial revisit" of the criteria for companies seeking B Corp status, we ask the man who oversees these standards what will change – and if recent criticism of B Corp certifications is justified.
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.
Going about its business relatively quietly for the past decade, CAN’s recent announcement of a £50m social investment fund sounded a fanfare that things were changing. As chief exec Andrew Croft tells us, there’s a lot more positive noise to come.
Dr Susan De Witt from the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship in South Africa presents the challenges and opportunities that have emerged while designing one of the first Development Impact Bonds.
How can big businesses ensure their vast supply chains meet acceptable ethical and sustainability standards? Ellie Ward reports from the 2016 Sedex Annual Conference to find out.
Business support organisations offer crucial consultancy services to a wide spectrum of social ventures as they grow. Heather Black of Economic Change suggests how such organisations can ensure a steady flow of income.
ClealySo, one of the UK's leading social investment intermediaries, has raised over £100m through its clients. The capital will be channeled to high impact social businesses.
The UK based venture philanthropy charity has a new programme to support more social enterprises that show potential to grow to national scale or significance.
Georgina Symons-Jones, investor relations manager at CAF Venturesome, explores whether social investment or philanthropy is the most impactful way of making a difference.
The SE100 Index researchers analyse the results of the sixth year of this unique index, which tracks the growth and performance of social ventures in the UK.
