How can impact investing claim to drive systemic change when its leadership mirrors the same patriarchal and exclusionary structures it seeks to dismantle – and how can we start changing this?
Ten young education advocates from around the world have begun a six-month programme in journalistic storytelling, delivered by Pioneers Post on behalf of global children’s charity Theirworld.
Our SE100 winners share secrets to overcoming self-doubt, and tell us why it's all about family. Plus, the awkward questions facing a social entrepreneur when the very institution she's trying to change offers funding.
New research on value of UK impact bonds, estimating ten-fold return for government, delights Boris Johnson. But some say it's not clear if financing structure itself is what’s creating the value – nor how many proposed contracts are in the ‘graveyard’.
Six top-performing social enterprises and two outstanding leaders are announced today as the 2022 NatWest SE100 Social Business Award winners – including the first-ever SE100 Equality Champion.
Asia has huge scope for innovation and scale – not to mention wealth – but is often ignored on the global stage, says AVPN’s Naina Subberwal Batra, who urges social investors to grasp the “amazing opportunity” for action.
Catalyst 2030 network mobilises some 1,000 organisations worldwide to sign open letter calling for end to short-term funding focused on symptoms, as network’s Systemic Change Awards go to SAP, European Commission and more.
Impact investor says its portfolio companies provided healthcare and financial services to 248m people on low incomes in 2021 – and that it is on track to reach 1bn by 2030.
Fund launched at AVPN Global Conference 2022 by Asia’s biggest network of social investors seeks to “open a floodgate” of green funding in the region, where climate disasters hit an estimated 57m people last year.
If we don’t try to change unfair systems – even if it means working with institutions we fundamentally disagree with – are we ignoring the root cause of the problem? It's complicated, says Migrateful founder Jess Thompson.
Inclusion and equality are key to G20 priorities of health, digital transformation and sustainable energy – with a vital role for blended finance, say speakers at G20 Impact Day, ahead of AVPN conference in Bali this week.
