Canada is a world-class exporter of impact investment ideas and initiatives, writes Canadian social entrepreneur Adam Spence. And it's starting with partnerships in the USA.
What does responsible capitalism look like and how can the social investment market be scaled to create more impact? These were some of the big issues up for debate at Good Deals 2014 – the UK's leading social investment conference.
Australia's first permanent marketplace exclusively for social enterprises is launched in time for the Christmas shopping rush and tech start-ups looking to solve social issues are brought together in Israel.
The chancellor George Osborne plans to raise threshold for eligible investments in social enterprises to £5m a year under social investment tax relief.
The Phone Co-op invests in the HCT Group demonstrating a rare example of a social enterprise investing its excess capital into another social enterprise.
Passionate, committed and willing to dabble in a little risk taking – the RBS SE100 has launched the UK's first Investor Index to help match social enterprises with their perfect investor.
