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.
Confederation of British Industry – which represents nearly 200,000 UK firms – says businesses should ‘bottle the Covid-19 spirit of cooperation’ and ‘lock in’ employee wellbeing as part of wide-ranging vision to transform economy.
Despite the UK's rainy reputation, a sunny future lies ahead for Low Carbon Hub’s Ray Valley in Oxfordshire, set to power 6,000 homes and generate £10m locally, after a hugely popular community share offer and £4.4m loan from Triodos.
Eden Project co-founder Tim Smit tackled the pros and cons of social enterprise as he joined Snowball CEO Daniela Barone Soares and ecological economist Professor Tim Jackson in a debate about the alternatives to capitalism.
A 99.98% shareholder vote in favour sees Voltalia become first-ever renewables producer – and only the third listed company – to become an entreprise à mission, following in footsteps of Danone.
Working in a majority white organisation can make people of colour feel like they don’t belong. For some, that prompts deep commitment to change social enterprises and charities from within.
Most corporate employees believe they could help their firm have more positive impact – yet three-quarters say that's unlikely to happen soon. A gloomy outlook? Not necessarily – especially with growing support for intrapreneurs.
Social entrepreneurs are chronically bad salespeople, says Tom Szaky. The TerraCycle founder – and ChangeNOW speaker – on holding back on the purpose-filled elevator pitch, clever use of comedy, and taking a lead from Fox News.
Conservative MP and civil society review author Danny Kruger highlights new funds that social enterprises should watch, adding that Treasury ministers are “very supportive” of social enterprise – but also “very distracted” right now.
BlueMark's in-depth review of 30 investors – with a combined $99bn in impact assets under management – finds more than half not aligned with SDG targets, while cost constraints mean only 11% engage with stakeholders to assess their impact.