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.
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.
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.
ANALYSIS: We Are Futures, which advertises itself as a ‘social impact agency’, spoke exclusively to Pioneers Post after being criticised by Greenpeace and others for creating educational resources paid for by Equinor.
In 2024, Livv Housing Group launched Livv and Flourish, a £4.25m social impact investment fund for the Liverpool City Region. Blackburne House CEO Andrea Rushton shares the story of her charity’s social investment with Livv.
Children's clothing waste, period poverty and mental health are just some of the issues being tackled by this year's NatWest SE100 Awards finalists. Find out who they are and book your free place at this year's event.
Pioneers Post reveals the government is creating a cross-departmental initiative to support partnerships between government and impact capital – and this is how we found out.
Business leaders at the UN Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development vow to tackle challenges that have prevented blended finance from scaling further to mobilise private investment to achieve the SDGs.
This week: UK government creates new cross-departmental ‘Impact Capital Function’, world’s first LGBTQ+ cooperative distillery launches crowdfunder, 2025 Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs winners announced, and more.
Social investor Big Issue Invest says over three-quarters of young people involved in the Chances Social Outcomes Partnership achieved at least one positive outcome, improving their school, work and life circumstances.
