An informed attitude to risk could prove highly advantageous to enterprising charities willing to consider the potential impact social finance could create, argues Eddie Finch from UK chartered accountants Buzzacott.

The Autumn edition of Pioneers Post Quarterly contained a comprehensive examination of ethical labels by the Responsible 100 team. Find out about their history, as well as their successes, here.

The long form Essay in the Autumn edition of Pioneers Post Quarterly saw Michael Solomon examine the pros and cons of ethical labels. Here, they describe some of the challenges ahead of them.

In the last section of our Essay examining ethical labels we look at the bottom line: how much does it cost to use them?

Writing in Pioneers Post Quarterly's Autumn edition, Peter Holbrook, chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, sees government reform, greater transparency and boardroom leadership as the way to a more equal society.

It's not just the job of investors to assess the capabilities of social enterprises seeking investments, the enterprises themselves also hold substantial power – they just don’t all realise it yet. 

Contributing to the cover feature in Pioneers Post's Autumn edition, Michael Green of the Social Progress Imperative explains why "the once self-evident truth that financial measures are sufficient to guide our societies is shattered".

"No sector has a monopoly on saints or scallywags." Rodney Schwartz, CEO of leading social investment organisation ClearlySo, contemplates both the harm done and progress made by ex-bankers in the social investment sphere.

Kiran Bir Sethi (pictured above) is the founder of the Riverside school in Ahmedabad. As well as teaching students traditional subjects, they learn about social issues. Here, she contributes to the cover feature of the Autumn edition of Pioneers Post Quarterly.