A community solar project launched in March in Plymouth has revealed it has raised £400,000 in just five weeks, meaning it can go ahead with plans...
By the end of the decade, impact investment has the potential to reach $1 trillion (£600 billion) and deliver significant social benefits, according to Jennifer Kenning,...
Over the next five years, solar investment through crowdfunding will reach $5 billion (£2.9 billion), more than 50 times the amount raised to date, according to...
An investment fund that supports social enterprises with their growth ambitions has had a “significant and positive” impact on the sector and businesses involved, according to...
Activist investors are targeting more companies and benefitting as a result, analysis from consulting firm McKinsey has found. If handled correctly, shareholder activism can also improve...
Early stage social enterprises have the opportunity to receive part of a £500,000 investment to take their venture to the next level and increase the social...
A community-owned solar project seeking to raise nearly £2.5m has reached the £1m milestone. The money raised will build a solar farm on the site of...
Investors have less than a month left to invest in energy co-op Gen Community’s latest share offer. The goal is to raise £880,000 to fund the...
Social enterprises in the health and social care sector saw massive growth in 2013, according to a new report from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)...
Sharia-compliant investment is rapidly growing in the UK and has become a “financial powerhouse”, according to specialist asset manager London Central Portfolio (LCP). However, the firm...
US investors are set to benefit from an investment approach that assesses resource efficiency, as UK-based Osmosis Investment Management delivers its Model of Resource Efficiency (MoRE)...
Croydon council is set to invest £10m into a socially-orientated property fund that will buy homes to rent to the borough’s homeless community. It is thought...
Plymouth’s first solar share scheme gives investors a chance to take a stake in renewable energy developments in the area. The announcement came just weeks after...
Arguments that sustainable investment approaches are too simplistic and don’t offer competitive returns have been labelled as “out-of-date” by Kevin Parker, chief executive of Sustainable Insight...
A new partnership aims to attract finance for charities and social enterprises from the private sector, allowing investors to do good with their money as well...