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 This argument is outdated, says GSG Impact chair Nick Hurd.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.
Designers were called to embrace their creative powers and use them to solve social problems at the launch of London's "Dirty Rotten Socials" discussion series.
What does social impact measurement look like today? Isabelle de Grave finds out from Jeremy Nicholls, chief executive of the Social Return on Investment Network (SROI).
Feel like taking a tough love test? Fergal Byrne speaks to Ian MacMillan, author of The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, about planning your escape from failure.
