See Ben's original article on The Huffington Post.
The UK government planted the Union Jack squarely at the center of social impact investing at the dedicated G8 meeting June 6 - hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron in concert with Cabinet visionary Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, and Sir Ronald ...
Reposted with permission from the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University. Original article can be found here.
Last month the World Economic Forum released a new report called “Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation,” on which we (the Initiative for Responsible Investment) collaborated with our partners at ...
Re-posted with permission of the Centre for Social Impact Bonds. Original article can be found here.
These are heady days for impact investing, and the Prime Minster’s call for a G8 Social Impact Investment Forum on 6th June promises to be a watershed event. Three emerging trends herald an auspicious occasion.
First, ...
Reposted with permission from the World Economic Forum. Access the original article here.
In Canada, like elsewhere, social enterprises are constrained by corporate legal structures that generally prohibit equity financing for not-for-profits and charities and discourage foundations from making program-related investments in for-profit social enterprises. As a result, social enterprise and ...
Two separate discussions this week reflected a clear evolution in thinking around how public agencies can and should participate in the social innovation process. The panel discussions in New York and Washington, DC brought together over 100 investors, policy-makers, social entrepreneurs and intermediaries to celebrate the launch of the recently ...