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.
“It has become clear that we need a new way of accounting for value.” Jeremy Nicholls unravels social impact measurement theory, methodology and jargon.
Welcome to our regular dealflow update – with news and analysis of the key deals and data from the UK’s leading social impact investors and intermediaries.
For the first issue of our new print magazine, Pioneers Post Quarterly, we spoke to Muhammad Yunus. Nearly a decade since he suggested we put poverty in a museum, we asked the great man how we can do it.
Juliet Davenport is the CEO of the first dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, which supports over 76,000 homes, business and communities generating their own energy. Find out why her day involves plenty of politicians and a touch of magic.
76% of us would be more likely to buy from a crowdfunded and socially responsible company than a traditionally funded company – that's why Ben & Jerry's are backing social ventures for the fourth year running.
From access to high quality childcare to the national shortage of affordable housing, Geetha Rabindrakumar explains how social investment is tackling inequality in the UK.
