Social impact

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).

Impact Europe and GSG were among signatories to an open letter calling on the EU to put impact investing centre stage when reappraising its green investment regulatory framework.

The survey shows a market more oriented towards making social rather than environmental impact and seemingly confident that investing in impact does not necessarily mean big compromises on financial returns. 

Lisa Hehenberger of the Esade Center for Social Impact tells Impact Investor about the rationale for a report aimed at pushing impact up the agenda for decision-makers at Europe’s foundations