• Sir Ronald Cohen: ‘Transparency is going to disrupt companies delivering negative impacts’

    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.

  • Investor in Focus: NESsT

    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.

  • VC investment for impact pulls back in 2022 worldwide – new research

    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.

  • 'The more companies we work with, the more risk there is' - B Lab's Dan Osusky

    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.

  • True and Fair? How directors should be presenting accounts in the 21st century

    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.

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What’s the point of becoming a B Corp?

There are now over 1,400 B Corporations in 42 countries around the world. James Taylor at Bridges Ventures explores the purpose of this new certification that launched in the UK earlier in the year.

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Pioneers Post Quarterly: Issue 2

In Issue 2 of Pioneers Post Quarterly we ask, with inequality on the rise, will social value, rather than financial value, become a global aspiration? Ethical labels, the social economy in Southeast Asia and leadership burnout are also all up for discussion.

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Money is dead: an educator writes

Kiran Bir Sethi (pictured above) is the founder of the Riverside school in Ahmedabad. As well as teaching students traditional subjects, they learn about social issues. Here, she contributes to the cover feature of the Autumn edition of Pioneers Post Quarterly.

Kiran Bir Sethi
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Money is dead: moving beyond GDP

Contributing to the cover feature in Pioneers Post's Autumn edition, Michael Green of the Social Progress Imperative explains why "the once self-evident truth that financial measures are sufficient to guide our societies is shattered".

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Money is dead: Peter Holbrook responds

Writing in Pioneers Post Quarterly's Autumn edition, Peter Holbrook, chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, sees government reform, greater transparency and boardroom leadership as the way to a more equal society.

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