Pension funds now make up one-third of social impact investing market, finds research published today, with institutional investors gaining confidence in several social impact asset classes, in particular affordable housing.
EXPERT INSIGHT: UnLtd, the UK's foundation for social entrepreneurs, has spent the past year working with a group of founders with ambitions to create lasting system change, tackling some of society's most deep-set problems.
The Sanergy Collaborative's circular economy system uses toilets, flies and agricultural waste to produce food and sequester carbon. But can the Earthshot Prize finalist convince farmers to switch to organic fertiliser made from insects?
Challenges affecting primary and secondary school children, female healthcare and people with dementia are the focus of six entrepreneurs chosen to pitch for funding at the live IGNITE final in central London.
After incumbent president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a shock election victory against climate-sceptic Flávio Bolsonaro, we asked Amazonian impact investor Marcelo Cwerner what the result means for restoring the rainforest.
Pension funds now make up one-third of social impact investing market, finds research published today, with institutional investors gaining confidence in several social impact asset classes, in particular affordable housing.
EXPERT INSIGHT: UnLtd, the UK's foundation for social entrepreneurs, has spent the past year working with a group of founders with ambitions to create lasting system change, tackling some of society's most deep-set problems.
Challenges affecting primary and secondary school children, female healthcare and people with dementia are the focus of six entrepreneurs chosen to pitch for funding at the live IGNITE final in central London.
How maggots, toilets and organic fertiliser combine for an innovative circular economy solution in Africa: This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
After incumbent president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a shock election victory against climate-sceptic Flávio Bolsonaro, we asked Amazonian impact investor Marcelo Cwerner what the result means for restoring the rainforest.
The Sanergy Collaborative's circular economy system uses toilets, flies and agricultural waste to produce food and sequester carbon. But can the Earthshot Prize finalist convince farmers to switch to organic fertiliser made from insects?
An initiative mixing tech and creativity to support local people’s wellbeing shows how social investors can support organisations from being highly grant-dependent to developing a financially sustainable social enterprise model.
Ready to network, learn and get inspired? Don't book your diary without the Pioneers Post roundup of impact economy events coming soon – for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and all those working within the global impact economy.
Will underserved social entrepreneurs be able to access the funding and support announced in the UK budget? This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
