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 This argument is outdated, says GSG Impact chair Nick Hurd.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.
Does the complexity of social challenges mean that the oft touted winning attribute of social impact bonds (SIBs), namely measurement, is an empty boast? In his second look at SIBs, James Ronicle continues to scratch his chin.
The Resonance Bristol Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) Fund has made its first three investments. Investment manager Donna Thomas told us what the Fund means for Bristol and why Resonance is now aiming to bring the benefits to other cities.
Legend of British television Dame Esther Rantzen is our latest passenger in the cab for this film. Recently made an Ashoka fellow, she discusses her work addressing the challenges of child abuse and loneliness amongst older people.
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.
