Big Society Capital has announced today that Kieron Boyle will join its Board. Kieron is the Chief Executive of one of the UK’s largest charitable foundations,...
The third quarter of 2015 saw a significant 31% increase in renewables generation from the same period in 2014, overtaking coal as the third largest contributor...
Share prices fell as the Russian stock market opened its doors on Monday, according to local media. The slump comes amid escalating tensions around the Ukraine....
The government has stepped up measures to target tax avoidance, launching an advertising campaign amid a G20 agreement in the global fight against evaders. The new...
A new report by the World Economic Forum has outlined the possibilities and strengths of impact investment, suggesting that integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG)...
Five of the leading organisations in the social investment market have collaborated to launch a research body that will seek to maximise the benefits for socially-motivated...
Some of the UK’s most influential social enterprises have joined forces to form the Social Economy Alliance in a bid to influence policy ahead of the...
The UK’s biofuels supply chain has launched an appeal to David Cameron, urging him to address the real causes of hunger and not to blame the industry. Lack of...
Leaders from eight of the most powerful nations in the world have begun two days of talks in Northern Ireland, where they will discuss such things...
A quarter of the money that poor countries lose because of tax dodging multinational companies would be enough to eradicate global hunger by 2025, according to...
World leaders have pledged to fight global hunger and malnutrition, signing an agreement on the same day that campaigners flocked to an anti-hunger rally in London....
David Cameron unveiled a Social Stock Exchange at the Social Impact Investment Conference on Thursday, in order to help push social investment in the UK. The...
One of the UK’s most prolific social investment lenders has welcomed new measures to help push social investment, and urged third sector organisations to seize the...
“Social investment can be a great force for social change on the planet“, said David Cameron, during a speech at the Social Impact Investment Conference on...
The government is meeting with business leaders on Thursday to discuss social impact investment. Less than two weeks before the UK hosts the G8 summit, it’s...