This week: Church of England prepares for controversy over reparations fund; catalytic EU funding creates three Eastern European impact funds; Hey Girls’ Celia Hodson’s next move; DEI nosedive; a new funders platform for Asia, and more.
From the ‘Coca-Cola risk’ to AI, leading social entrepreneurs, impact investors and network builders from across the world tell us what they're keeping an eye on in 2025. Make sure to read their analysis to fine-tune your strategy for the year ahead.
The European Impact Investing Consortium’s latest data shows huge growth in impact assets under management, but flags that it represents only 2.5% of what could be invested for impact across Europe.
This week: Fearless Fund drops grant programme for black women, the Body Shop is rescued from administration, but has lost B Corp status, Draghi slams sustainability reporting laws, and more.
Society changes so impact investors must continually adapt their actions, advises long-time social enterprise supporter, Ikea’s Åsa Skogström Feldt, at Impact Europe gathering, where corporate support for impact was put under the spotlight.
More companies should get into impact investing, urges Impact Europe, but many are still scratching their heads about where to start. A new guide offers pointers to the benefits and the how tos.
The most interesting news snippets from around the world. This week: Nature becomes a recording artist, Impact Europe lobbies for all EU public funds to be impactful, and more.
