Peter Bakker, CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, discusses how he is helping business find its role in the two big challenges of our time – food security and energy transition
Greater Share offers an innovative approach to philanthropy under a private equity fund of funds structure. Investors in the fund donate between 50% to 100% of capital gains to NGOs in the educational sector
Private equity firm Lightrock, owned by LGT Group, has raised $300m for its latest fund which will back purpose-driven entrepreneurs across Latin America, as part of its plans to increase investments in the region
Survey shows investors in Europe, US and Australia are increasingly attracted to the idea of investing for impact. Plus, Future of Plastics Fund makes first investment, and new initiative to back ‘aquapreneurs’ launched at WEF
A consortium of development finance institutions including Norfund, Finnfund and British International Investment have joined forces with private equity firm Phatisa to back Lona Group, a South African citrus and fresh-produce business
Axa, Tikehau Capital and Unilever have joined forces to launch a new regenerative agriculture fund, showing increased interest in a sector which can play a major role in tackling both land degradation and climate change
Commonland transforms degraded landscapes into thriving ecosystems and communities. Its holistic approach focuses on large-scale, long-term restoration initiatives that integrate ecology, land use and business
A report launched this week under the auspices of the World Economic Forum 2022 hopes to serve as a starting point to reduce common barriers preventing the advancement of the social economy
Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, founder and CEO of Chi Impact Capital talks about combining social impact and financial returns and the need for a more holistic approach to impact investing to achieve the SDGs
Seb Elsworth, CEO of Access – The Foundation for Social Investment, is on a mission to help charities and social enterprises increase and sustain their impact by becoming more financially resilient and self-reliant
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