Social impact

The UK’s Impact Investing Institute leads efforts to drive more institutional capital into underinvested cities, towns and regions

The UK local authority pension fund has now invested a total of £20m in the National Homelessness Property Fund. The fund buys and renovates properties which then leases to the social housing sector and homelessness charities.

The fund will invest in digital business models aimed at boosting the wellbeing of individuals through health and education and is backed by Germany’s Bank für Sozialwirtschaft as its anchor investor

Save the Children is one of the first international NGOs to run its own social impact fund. Paul Ronalds, founder of Save the Children’s Global Ventures, talks about the “next level” in charity fundraising

After the pandemic, are we going back to the ‘old normal world’ or do wo use it as a portal to a ‘next normal’? And if so, how will this ‘next normal world’ look like?  

The tool, developed in collaboration with Springco, looks at the impact that a residential building or complex can have on those living there, and on its surroundings

Big Society Capital’s CEO Stephen Muers welcomes the growth of the UK social impact investment sector as it grapples with the cost-of-living and energy crises

This collection of essays by various Stanford leading lights and giants in the social impact investing field is a ‘must read’ for those in the impact investing space

A report aimed at UK policymakers argues that grants, guarantees and tax relief need to be combined to maximise benefits and grow the social impact investment market

ESG ratings of companies do not always reflect accurately their environmental and social performance, according to new research