EXPERT INSIGHT: Faith organisations holding billions of dollars of investment assets met in Paris for an inaugural conference last week and launched a new multi-faith network of investors and centre of excellence.
This week: grants to encourage consolidation among impact investing field-builders, BBC asylum-seekers investigation angers LGBTQI social enterprise and a boost for place-based investment in England.
In a world "steeped in trade-offs", is it unrealistic to say investors can have it all – impact plus market-rate returns? A recent webinar challenged that narrative to discuss what the true cost of impact-first investing is, and why it's worth it.
Social investment intermediaries that support Black and ethnically minoritised-led social enterprises in England are now able to apply for investment from a £5.5m funding pot from the wholesaler, as it opens the ‘Wave 1 Portal’ with a place-based approach.
This week: Better Society Capital’s new 2030 strategy; B Lab announces new board and shift towards “globally integrated” structure; Impact Shakers launches new initiative to spotlight diverse-led startups, and more.
This week: new B Lab standards go live for all businesses, ImpactAssets unveils IA50 list, and the GIIN and UNICEF partner to embed children’s outcomes in impact investors’ decisions.
New data highlights the scale of the problem in British society and why social investors are well placed to address it, in first Better Society Index published this week.
EXPERT INSIGHT: An ‘elegantly simple’ grants scheme that incentivises trading income growth is enabling leaders to test innovations, enter new markets as well as transforming their mindsets, finds research from LSE’s Marshall Institute.
