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 This argument is outdated, says GSG Impact chair Nick Hurd.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.
When John Taylor Hospice span out from the NHS, it was essential the public understood what it stood for and the services it offered. Diane Parkes, head of brand & media, explains how it got the message across.
TV personality, champion of children’s rights and supporter of vulnerable older people – these are just some of the ways to describe Dame Esther Rantzen. She takes us on a tour of the city she calls home.
Helen Trevaskis, co-founder of social start-up 3C Collective is no stranger to moral dilemmas. But what should she tell her investor when competition comes calling?
Ever since we looked at venture philanthropy (VP) in issue three of Pioneers Post Quarterly, supporters and critics have contacted us. Here, the chair of the European Venture Philanthropy Association makes the case for.
Every quarter in Pioneers Post Quarterly magazine, we take a look at one of the organisations in the NatWest SE100 Social Business Club. DNDP is currently top dog in terms of growth amongst Scottish social ventures on the SE100 Index.
