News and Views

Impact assets under management keep growing but transactions drop as impact investors report economic headwinds – while they move towards 'safe' investments in mature companies and developed markets. 

Sixth annual meeting of SpainNAB in Madrid sees government reinforce its commitment to backing the country’s growing impact investing movement, as the €400m 'Fondo de Impacto Social' marks its first year of investments.

Ahead of Impact Week in Malmö, Leslie Johnston talks about how the impact community needs to work with ‘unlikely allies’ if it is to tackle today’s existential challenges – and why impact investors need to listen to the voices of social innovators on the ground.

Six student social entrepreneurs have been selected as finalists to pitch at Ignite, the annual funding contest for social start-ups emerging from UK universities, created by the Ford Family Foundation.

The answer is staring them in the face, but the Labour government still doesn't seem to recognise social enterprise as a solution to delivering its promises – and stick to the same old debates intead. 

This week: Nature calls for Doughnut Economics; UK government launches £175m Community Wealth Fund; and Spain’s impact washing clean up.

INTERVIEW: Social enterprises too often slip into ‘charity talk’, so how can they be taken seriously as an economic force by the UK government? The chair of Social Enterprise UK discusses his meetings with Keir Starmer, his impatience for change in social investment – and racism.

Social Enterprise World Forum was founded in Scotland. Now, the country’s government is backing a delegation to head to Taiwan to promote its social enterprise ecosystem to the world.

Climate adaptation solutions remain under-invested despite the massive opportunities they offer. Impact investors must lead the way by combining both their capital and their influencing power to reframe climate adaptation as the smart thing to do.