Philanthropy

The annual PYM Impact Days gathering for wealth owners is taking place in Driebergen this weekend, under the title ‘Imagining the New Economy’.

Founded by a former prisoner, UK-based social enterprise New Leaf provides intensive resettlement support to serving and ex-prisoners, helping them to find employment.

European foundations are making progress on their impact measurement and management journey but “blind spots” must be addressed in order to “future-proof philanthropy”, according to report by Esade Center for Social Impact and BBK.

Bernhard Kowatsch, head of the UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator explains how they source, support and scale high-impact innovations to achieve SDG 2 – Zero Hunger.

The Woodland Carbon Scheme aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere, improve air quality and increase biodiversity through woodland creation and peat restoration.

Philanthropists have been put in the spotlight at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting over their failure to invest enough in tackling climate change.   

Less than 2% of philanthropic capital is directed towards fighting climate change. But targeting “big wins” in this field can lead to more investment, according to research commissioned by the IKEA Foundation.

The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and The Global Fund have made a $70m investment to back the deployment of PrEP medicines among those at higher risk of contracting HIV in Africa

It’s hard to get some stakeholders out of their silos, but once they get talking, impact investing can get a lot more effective, according to speakers at an impact investment conference in London