Social impact

Established by the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, the Just Transition Finance Lab will focus on designing financial instruments and strategies to bring the just transition to life.

Spitzer marshals a strong case for giving unheard women’s voices a platform, so that they can “help hold up half the sky”, writes Christopher Walker.

The fund, launched for institutional investors in 2022, focuses on investments to improve the wellbeing of children and supports several UNICEF programmes.

Pluralis will use the funds to invest in independent media in countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe where media diversity is under threat.

A £10m commitment from the social impact investor bolsters a fund expected to finance thousands of new homes and which has now made its first deployment.

Arturo Benito, CEO of Spain’s Impact Bridge Asset Management, talks about the company’s quest to drive social impact by building bridges between multiple stakeholders.

From our Impact Investor Guide 2024: Tackling the global education crisis poses a huge challenge but outcomes-based partnerships may provide a valuable part of the solution.

The UK’s local government pension fund plans to back specialist sectors such as supported and regulated housing and SME financing with a focus in the south-west of England.

A World Bank sustainable development bond aimed at ending extreme poverty raised $5bn from a record 175 investors, including banks, central banks, insurers, pension funds and asset managers across the globe.

TDC, the UK’s only private debt fund outside of London, closed its impact fund aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses in the north of England to investors after raising £70m (€81m).