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.
Talking about impact is all very well, but social enterprises only achieve that impact when the markets are there. Three ways to stimulate the multi-billion pound opportunity offered by Britain's corporates.
Many think of financial accounting as a neutral, perhaps dull, technical exercise. But it’s a system based on deeply flawed assumptions, argues Jeremy Nicholls – and it’s driving inequality.
Social sector leaders can learn much from the difficult – and sometimes unexpected – conversations, writes Bob Thust, in his latest column on good governance.
PLUS: New investment-readiness programme in Asia; Stepping Stones Finance Facility launches; Big Society Capital re-invests in public service delivery; Big Issue Invest secures nearly £4m, and more...
First he set about revolutionising investment in entrepreneurs. Then he brought us the impact investing task force and social investment bank. Now, Sir Ronald Cohen introduces perhaps his most important campaign yet.
A new venture wants to bring buying social to the masses – aiming to become the UK’s largest marketplace for social enterprise products. Can it deliver?
