Updates

Fi Impact Investing Forum| Dutch NAB Breakfast Inspiration: Biodiversity | F&A Next: Catalyzing Sustainable Food & Agri Innovation, and more.

Social Value Portal completes funding round | EVPA and Impact Hau launch catalytic capital project | Circa5000 announces impact-focused ETF range

Zeynep Ton calls for business leaders to stop seeing employees as a cost to be minimised, and instead recognise they are the ones driving growth and profitability – they are “the gold”.

Hurd will replace Sir Ronald Cohen as chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment | Triodos invest in residential solar firm Sunvigo | Bluemark completes funding round

Esade Center for Social Impact will host its Impact Investing Days event in Barcelona this week, highlighting the growth in impact investing in the Spanish market and across Europe.

A ‘blended government’ approach based on public-private partnerships can help overcome the shortcomings of the ‘vending-machine government’ model, according to the authors of ‘Bridgebuilders’, reviewed by Christopher Walker.

PYM Impact Days: Imagining the New Economy | F&A Next: Catalyzing Sustainable Food & Agri Innovation, and more.

A consultation launched by the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) aims to raise awareness about catalytic capital and its deployment to accelerate impact.

Dutch NAB Breakfast Inspiration: Green Bonds | Phenix Capital Impact Summit Europe | Fi Gathering Zurich | Euclid Network Scaling Social Impact in Europe.

If you are looking for a good book to read during the last few days of the year, or a last-minute gift, these are our three top picks, reviewed by Christopher Walker