Second part of government pilot aims to provide 215 homes via social investor Resonance fund and aims to catalyse further investment as social housing becomes increasingly attractive for investors.
The global impact deals, reports and initiatives you need to know this month – all in one place: welcome to Pioneers Post's Impact Investing Newsflow. This month featuring Nesta, Leapfrog, Stella McCartney, BlueMark and many more.
INTERVIEW: Founded in 1990s eastern Europe, NESsT is still helping high-impact organisations to grow, and not rely on grants. We hear how it makes extra efforts to track its own impact – and how a new fund is tackling LGBTQIA+ discrimination.
Social enterprise raises funds from National Geographic Society, Heineken and former Unilever boss in deal that requires any future gains to be reinvested for impact.
Covid, war, economic downturn: impact investors are feeling the pinch this year. But will they retreat and focus on keeping existing portfolio companies alive and kicking, or can we feel optimistic about further growth?
The impact investment market still represents only 0.5% of the €17.8tn investment market in Europe – still not enough, warn EVPA and GSG, as they present the first harmonised market sizing of the continent.
IVPC and Laudes Foundation convened a group of 70 funders from across the continuum of capital on the sidelines of the COP27 meetings in Sharm el-Sheikh, to explore their role in raising the trillions of dollars urgently needed for climate action.
