In the latest in our series delving into the core components of investing for impact, the head of Italy-based fund OPES-LCEF describes a career-long philosophy of hunting out overlooked potential, coupled with a razor-sharp focus on the end user.
Impact investors call on government to support the social sector, while cooperatives adapt to meet new demands and hope they can renegotiate – instead of losing – public sector contracts.
It’s time to set the boundaries of impact investing and say 'arrivederci' to those who are failing to support genuinely new solutions to pressing social issues, argues Italy’s leading venture philanthropy pioneer.
Even small social enterprises should consider looking abroad to develop their business. But in most countries, more support for them to do so is needed.
Last year the Italian government created a brand new department for international development. Ellie Ward talks to its boss on board the 2016 Social Enterprise Boatcamp.
Over the bank holiday weekend the inaugural Social Enterprise Boatcamp took more than 400 social entrepreneurs, students and development practitioners from Rome to Barcelona to talk business. Pioneers Post was on board to report.
Social enterprise leaders from around the world prepare to set sail on the first Social Enterprise Boatcamp, which travels from Civitavecchia on the coast of Italy to Barcelona in Spain this May.
The Social Enterprise World Forum in Milan had plenty of notable attendees but it was the state of the sector in Italy that dominated the conversation.
