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Business of Impact 2024

New report reveals how corporates engage in impact investing

Alliance magazine 16 July 2024

Impact Europe, have released a report exploring how companies and corporate organisations engage in impact investing as a key part of their sustainability strategy. It offers a comprehensive and diverse picture of impact investing in …


Power to the people (who matter most)

Matt Ripley 16 July 2024

How can the impact movement make sure it always acts in the interests of stakeholders and the natural environment? This was the question explored by a group of impact funds and corporate impact actors during …


Breaking the gender echo chamber

Tom Dinneweth 16 July 2024

Following 2024’s Business of Impact/Capital Ideas in The Hague, we share key takeaways and insights for the impact community. In this instalment, we join the discussion on Gender Lens Investing. Financial systems benefit men and …

Behind the curtain: Corporate social innovation in practice

Daniel Nowack 16 July 2024

Last week, Impact Europe organised its annual Business of Impact conference in The Hague, gathering companies and corporate foundations at the forefront of corporate social innovation. The Schwab Foundation’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship partnered with Impact …

‘What stands out in The Netherlands is that major institutional asset owners are committing to impact investing’

Claudia Cahalane 16 July 2024

Alonso Ortiz Galan is the director for corporate impact investing at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). Originally from Mexico, he is now based in New York. He has worked to launch initiatives within government, …

Impact Transformers: How much are corporates committing to social investment?

Claudia Cahalane 16 July 2024

Alliance investments editor Claudia Cahalane meets social investment leaders and innovators at Impact Europe’s Impact Transfomers event, at The Hague from 11-13 of June 2024. On day one of Impact Transformers at the Hague, I find myself …