News and Views

  • 'Impact due diligence is the blind spot in impact investing'

    OPINION: If impact investment is about improving people’s lives, why are those people's voices often absent from investment decisions? Capital is being allocated on incomplete information.

  • Ricola and Rituals among first B Corps certified under new standards

    Global certification body B Lab has announced the first nine companies to achieve B Corp status under its new, more stringent standards.

  • ‘Proof of concept’: Pathway Fund incubator graduates secure investment from British Business Bank

    British Business Bank announces £90m commitment across 10 microfunds led by teams from diverse backgrounds, including three that received funding and support from Pathway Fund’s incubator programme.

  • Impact-first ‘premium’ stands at $0.13 per dollar, but it is the price that must be paid – new Miller Center research

    New research quantifies “tradeoff” between impact and financial return for the first time, but warns not to confuse cost of creating impact with fund inefficiency and calls for more philanthropic capital to back impact-first investing. 

  • Access commits £1m to drive more UK social investment into diverse communities

    New funding aims to address UK social investment market’s challenges with inclusion and equity.

  • Social Enterprise World Forum 2027 event switches from worldwide to regional due to 'global uncertainty'

    The SEWF biennial event, normally one of the biggest gatherings of social entrepreneurs from across the world, will not take place in 2027, but organisers will convene delegates regionally.