In this article the author outlines how social businesses can expand internationally and what the key challenges could be, but also what you can do to avoid them.
While the broad definition of ‘social i nvestment’ can claim some of the responsibility for this phenomenon, the sheer variety of deals also reflects the need to consider unusual bedfellows...
At the core of most successful family-owned businesses is a set of shared values. These values can bring family members and employees together to work for a common goal. Yet...
Download the article in printer-friendly PDF Scotland has a vibrant social entrepreneurial environment. Senscot, in this discussion paper, is critical of the marketization of social investment suggesting an alternative model...
Download the article in printer-friendly PDF The Organisation The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration (THP) is an innovative, independent, not-for-profit organization with a global network of over 4,000 individuals,...
Click here to download the article in printer-friendly PDF Philanthropy is at a crossroads. The traditional model of benevolent giving - for all of its huge heart and generosity of...
Click here to download the article in printer-friendly PDF At Active Philanthropy we therefore decided to tell the stories and facts behind impact investing in a different way. We joined...
Click here to download the article in printer-friendly PDF We know that social impact investors – someone who invests for social outcomes alongside financial returns – are increasingly looking for...
It is now widely accepted that business has a fundamental role to play in building society. And in an effort to restore public trust in the aftermath of the global...
“Big Issue Invest was set-up to help tackle and prevent some of our biggest social problems. What we do is not charity. We invest in businesses led by socially minded...
