This week: Church of England remains “committed” to £1bn slavery reparation fund despite rightwing lobbying campaign; MacArthur Foundation increases allocation to impact investing to US$750m; Too Good to Go expands beyond food, and more.
The £300,000 pilot will invest exclusively in refugee-owned or led businesses, aiming to lead to a £10m follow-on fund as refugee entrepreneurs are too often cut off from VC investment. We speak to TERN co-founder Charlie Fraser to find out more.
Increase in private capital towards blended finance deals is “encouraging”, but scarcer concessional capital will have to be used “surgically” for market to truly scale, according to research published this week.
Impact assets under management in Spain grew by more than 50% between 2023 and 2025, shows fresh research which was previewed at this week’s annual ‘Camino al Impacto’ event in Madrid.
This week: a new £10m programme to help mayors set up more co-ops in the UK; Schwab Foundation Awards finalists revealed; Vietnam joins GSG Impact Partnership, and more.
Impact conferences are an opportunity to discover perspectives from around the world. This month, Pioneers Post was in India and Brazil to bring you the latest on the conversations that matter for social entrepreneurs and impact investors.
SEWF's Social Investment Manifesto says many things we've heard before, but it can act as a "compass" to help supporters of social enterprises around the world to adopt a common direction in their efforts to unlock investment that works for them.
This week: UK PM receives social enterprise socks; Call for clearer recognition of impact-driven businesses across Europe; Global gender parity still 120 years away, says WEF, and more.
Social Enterprise World Forum’s Social Investment Manifesto calls for a reframing of social investment, as social enterprises remain excluded from investment opportunities in a market still split between profit maximisation and philanthropy.
