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 This argument is outdated, says GSG Impact chair Nick Hurd.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.
CAN have recently conducted a survey trying to identify difficulties that social entrepreneurs have in running their organisations. No prizes for guessing what the number one concern was...
The last cover feature of Pioneers Post Quarterly looked at venture philanthropy. Here, Angela Kail of New Philanthropy Capital urges us not to get too excited about it just yet.
Running any kind of business is tough; a social business, probably even more so. If you're the boss, having a sounding board for big decisions can be invaluable. Sophie Hobson has some tips on how to get a mentor and make the relationship work.
We thought we'd talk to someone who has done just that. Kelly Davies is the boss of Vi-Ability. Six years after starting, Vi-Ability is debt free, has 16 members of staff and it seems the sky's the limit. So how did she do it?
Prior to this year’s Skoll World Forum we talked to Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg to discuss her recently published book on social entrepreneurs and the effect they are having on global challenges.
Create a cohesive narrative and identify your angels – Greta Rossi, co-founder of Ākāśa Innovation, offers advice on how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Issue four of Pioneers Post Quarterly is out now! Subscribers can get their teeth into a wealth of content including interviews with Skoll’s Sally Osberg and Sir Ronald Cohen, social enterprise in Pakistan and Bangladesh and much more…
10,000 co-working spaces are expected to open around the world by the end of this year. With so much choice, how do you choose where to locate? Laura Billings and Marina Melani from Edspace pick five of the top socially minded options.
For many socially driven start-ups the journey from idea to business execution is a long and complicated one. This is why developing a theory of change can help guide you and ensure the end goal is always in sight.
