Pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors are now major actors in the global impact investing landscape, reveals the GIIN’s 2024 market sizing research.
Running a venture that helps both people and planet is hard. Amid inflation, instability and even war, it sounds almost impossible. But, for the pioneers of green business in Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt, sticking to the mission makes sense.
“Everything starts with imagination,” the Nobel prize laureate says, calling on social entrepreneurs to follow the lead of science fiction creators – and advising budding intrapreneurs to be “outrageously bold” in their ideas.
Civil society minister Baroness Barran says support was “substantial” – but recognises many social enterprises wish government had done more, as business leaders tell of eating into their reserves in first evidence session.
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The UK’s social investment wholesaler today released its annual review and financial statements for 2020. We’ve scrolled through the documents so you don’t need to. Here are Pioneers Post’s main takeaways.
New York Fed-commissioned report looks at current landscape of place-based impact investing and finds firms such as Google and PayPal ploughing tens of millions of dollars in impact funds targeting left-behind communities.
New EVPA research shows foundations and impact funds can bolster general public fundraising for social enterprises and NGOs by providing anchor or match-funding to crowdfunding campaigns.
Research identifies £16bn in local government pension funds which could immediately switch into “place-based impact investments” to transform local economies.
French minister for the social economy Olivia Grégoire launches Impact platform at the ChangeNow online summit to push forward companies' social and environmental reporting.
The Euclid Network launched the inaugural European Social Enterprise Monitor, which compiles data from eight countries, at the European Social Economy Summit 2021 on 26 May.