Social impact

BIX Capital aims to improve living conditions for those at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, providing debt financing to SMEs offering clean cooking, energy and water solutions to low-income households in sub-Saharan Africa

New capital commitments by donors, including governments and multilateral development banks, will help lower-income countries boost short-term COVID vaccinations under the COVAX programme, and procure their own vaccines in the future

As a young engineer Daniel Brewer was spotted by a leading philanthropist and set on a course to become one of the UK’s leading social impact figures, with a particular focus on helping social enterprises raise capital, and tackling homelessness

Phyllis Costanza, CEO of the Swiss-based UBS Optimus Foundation, expects new social finance approaches including blended and outcomes-based tools to help mobilise more capital towards SDGs this year

As Big Society Capital celebrates its tenth anniversary, CEO Stephen Muers salutes the collective achievements of the UK’s largest social impact-led investor and shares his ideas for future growth

Roberta Bosurgi, CEO of the European Venture Philanthropy Association, reflects on the organisation’s efforts to bring philanthropic purpose and investment practice together and the need for the sector to join forces to maximise impact

We meet with Eva Gouwens, the Dutch entrepreneur shaking up the smartphone space, who believes a fairer electronics industry is possible, by manufacturing products which lasts longer, from ethically-sourced materials

Dutch cooperative lender Rabobank and venture capital fund Future Food Fund have invested in Clear, a health-tech company which has developed a self-help app for type 2 diabetes patients

UK’s publicly-owned impact investor CDC Group has reinforced its commitment to broaden access to live-saving drugs across Africa with the acquisition of Moroccan pharmaceutical firm by portfolio company KELIX bio

Paul Miller, CEO and managing partner of London-based venture capital firm Bethnal Green Ventures, talks to Impact Investor about his commitment to back ambitious founders using technology to tackle the most pressing societal challenges