Social impact

Seeking to make an impact, Abi Mustapha-Maduakor, the new CEO of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, is driving the extraordinary explosion in investment across the continent

The Education Outcomes Fund aims to transform the lives of 10 million children by taking the concept of outcomes-based education programmes to a global scale. Impact investors will pay a key role in this innovative approach

A €3 trillion investor coalition led by Achmea is asking the main Covid-19 vaccine manufactures – Pfizer (BioNTech), Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and Astra Zeneca – to link executive pay to increased availability of vaccines across the globe…

Lisa Hehenberger, Associate Professor at ESADE Law and Business School in Barcelona and a member of Impact Investor’s Advisory Board, thinks the essence of the ‘social’ contract in entrepreneurship and impact could come down to one big thing: being grateful.

The European Investment Fund has carved a distinct and tough line as a funder and driver of impact investment best practices. For EIF’s Deputy Director of Equity Investments Uli Grabenwarter that is just part of the challenge of backing social enterprises whose value is in creating true impact.

Diandra Soobiah, the new co-Chair of the 30% Club, calls for our support as she expands the gender equality group’s mission: “This is still a fight for some. We still have a long way to go.”

Financial institutions will achieve greater impact if they focus on so-called place-based impact investing in regional regeneration, instead of lending to certain sectors.

One year into the new role of Head of Social Impact Investment of the Church of England Vanessa Morphet discusses her strategy.

One of the key players in the inter-governmental dialogues ahead of COP26 is renowned impact investor Stephen Brenninkmeijer. He illuminates the background to the UN climate conference and his vision for impact investing.

The mobile money revolution has changed lives in some of the world’s poorest communities. But not everyone is reaping the benefits. Microfinance banks are trying to fill the gap.