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Interview – Sarah Butler-Sloss
Sarah Butler-Sloss is Executive Chair of the Ashden Trust, one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, which she founded in the late 1980s. In 2001, she established the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. What did …
Social innovation gathers momentum in China
Two conferences on social innovation took place in China in October, in Beijing and Chongqing. Supported by the Young Foundation and the British Council, they brought together representatives from over 15 countries to discuss how …
Emergency aid to tackle starvation being wasted
More than 120 million Africans face starvation because much of the £3 billion ($5.6 billion) in aid spent each year to help them is wasted, according to a report by Care International UK, released in …
Grantmakers without borders – Grantmakers Without Borders launches advocacy programme
US-based grantmakers have faced a persistently hostile regulatory climate for cross-border grantmaking ever since the Bush Administration launched its so-called war on terror. Measures like the Patriot Act and the Treasury Department’s voluntary guidelines have …
Spotlight on business in the UK – Much more than writing cheques
In the UK, corporate social responsibility has been on a rapid development path that has seen change as the only real constant. Twenty-five years ago, it was all about how businesses get involved in local …
Willing to learn?
When Jim Wolfensohn stepped down last year after a decade as President of the World Bank, some civil society groups expressed concern about what would happen to his legacy of increasing the participation of civil …
Spotlight on business in Pakistan – Business and charity
The findings of a report by the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) on the volume, patterns and range of ‘giving’ by public listed companies in Pakistan are significant as well as interesting. They confirm the …
Market virtues and market vices
Is the creation of better functioning social capital markets set to be one of the big stories of social change in the coming decades? Or is it just the over-hyped hobby of a few newcomers …
Foundation investment managers, it’s up to you
Foundations pay out only a tiny proportion of their asset value, typically around 5 per cent, in the form of grants. This begs the obvious question of what happens to the other 95 per cent. …
SAGA – the end of a roller-coaster ride
“SAGA was a brave effort at a fascinating time. I was grateful to be part of the lessons and sad to see the end in the current form, but its work will benefit ventures to …