This week: citizens’ call to invest Norway’s oil wealth for impact; world’s first ‘Mindfulness City’ set to nurture social entrepreneurs; BlueMark’s Making the Mark impact management leaderboard out now – and more.
In the first episode of the Good Experts podcast, hosts Anna Patton and Matt Haworth explore how to use artificial intelligence to boost your organisation’s impact, with two AI-for-good specialists: Noise Solution’s Simon Glenister and Mettamatch’s Gina Romero.
In the wake of the UK’s latest development aid cuts, Gilad Tanay says that the way the money is spent must be fixed. The answer lies in adopting ‘impact forecasting’, he argues.
Founding a social enterprise is "like having two babies at once": at Ashoka's GetWISER Summit 2024, we hear about the brilliant women social entrepreneurs overcoming challenges on a daily basis – and why we need to change how we measure impact.
Universal impact reporting standards seem to have fallen out of grace – and social enterprises are none the wiser on how to measure their impact effectively. But what if a new approach changed what felt like a chore into a welcome pick-me-up?
Measuring impact is expensive and can be seen as an unnecessary burden for impact investors and enterprises – but it may be the only antidote to impact-washing.
Call yourself an impact investor, and – unlike any other investor – you'll be required to spend time and money proving that you're doing what you say you're doing. Why do we allow impact investing to be uniquely taxed in this way?
ESG is due for a rebrand, says The Big Issue's Klara Kozlov. Instead of the “tired controversy” over its relevance, the debate has now moved on to how to measure the impact of investment decisions on people’s real lives.
The most interesting news snippets from around the world. This week: why deeper investment is needed in our oceans, microcredit funds target growth of ‘socio-bioeconomy’ in Brazil, and a social enterprise radio station launches in Wales.
