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Impact investing – are we finally at the next frontier?
Many foundations share the frustration that philanthropy’s impact is limited relative to the big-dollar potential of the business and government sectors. When Wal-Mart decides to change to hybrid-fueled vehicles, the impact dwarfs most of what …
Social Impact Analysts Association to launch in London in December
Impact conferences are thick on the ground at the moment, a testimony to how topical an issue social impact has become for the voluntary sector. SOCAP11 in San Francisco prominently included discussions on social impact and …
Pollination and blended capital
It is maybe a telling thing that if you Google ‘blended capital’ you get reams of literature about blended ‘value’ and but very little on blended ‘capital’. It seems that we are all striving to …
The favela experience
When summer is over, it is time to share vacation memories. Some that had the chance to go to Brazil might come back with the not-so-original pictures of samba dancing, a recipe for a homemade …
Building bridges for Impact Investing in Segovia
The Roman aqueduct that brought water from the mountains to people of Segovia was a fitting backdrop for the recent gathering organized by IE University and Fundación Compromiso Empresarial. The charge was to lay the …
SOCAP 11 – Where money meets meaning
Bringing together over 1,500 people from 75 countries, SOCAP 11 was a rendezvous for social impact investing, entrepreneurship and innovation. It lived up to its tag of ‘Where money meets meaning’, and saw a global …
Sports philanthropy on the rise
Sports have become one of the largest, most popular and global activities of the world. As a cultural phenomenon, sport attracts the attention of millions of people, acts as a bridge among cultures and contributes …
Cross-border giving – how can we sustain the momentum?
The recently released Giving USA 2011 annual report on philanthropy showed that international affairs (giving) is the big winner – up 18.6 per cent cumulatively between 2008 and 2010. Some may assume that this …
Are institutional investors asking for the moon when it comes to social investment?
On 13 July I attended the launch of a new report on social investment. Investor Perspectives on Social Enterprise Financing focuses on what is surely the holy grail of social investment: making it mainstream. It …
SOCAP Europe gets down to business
On 30 May 2011, the inaugural conference of SOCAP Europe took place in Amsterdam, at the site of the world’s first stock market at Beurs van Berlage. Over 650 individuals from the social investment world, …
