It’s a new buzzword in Brussels. Social outcome contracting is seen by the European Commission as a tool for orchestrating social change, with the potential to unlock large amounts of private investment.
A $1bn initiative from two powerful philanthropic foundations aims to catalyse investment in distributed renewable energy (DRE) to inject greater momentum in slow market development. We spoke to both foundations to explain their bold move.
The clue is in its name: the Brabant Outcomes Fund pays investors a return based on performance. In fundraising for a new €20mn fund, the BOF is trying to find private investors’ sweet spot.
Future Positive Capital is betting its venture capital on companies that can be game changers in solving the world’s biggest societal challenges. Their investment in climate-intelligence platform Cervest illustrates this.
A new climate fund launched by Schroders and BlueOrchard is tapping into the growing appetite for emerging market debt and investors’ demand for stricter ESG norms.
No need to reinvent the wheel – in The Expert View impact investing pros share their lessons learned. Nico Blaauw tells us how the pandemic changed fundraising practices at Goodwell Investments.
Impact investing needs to be more accessible to wider groups of investors, says Stephen Muers, the new chief executive officer of Big Society Capital, a leading UK impact investor.
A growing number of social enterprises sees crowdfunding as an alternative to seed capital. We talked to three small investors about how they choose their impact investments.
The founder of Swedish fintech company Klarna set up the Norrsken Foundation because he saw that NGOs’ dependency on private donations was stifling innovation. The foundation’s CEO explains their raison d’etre.
Impact investing is not about trends or warm fuzzies, according to Ali Najafbagy. It is about investing in a better future, said the co-founder of Dutch investment fund 4impact.
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