News snapshot
- Venture capital network, Investors’ Circle, set to invest $10 million in social enterprises in 2013
- David Bank of Impact IQ highlights how social investment can accelerate sustainable fisheries in his article Fish 2.0: Investing in Sustainable Oceans and Fisheries
- Joshua Middleman of Ashoka Changemakers explores how the social sector can better use data
- Big Society Capital, a UK government-sponsored fund, is developing a range of tax-free social investment products for small individual investors
- Allia launches “Future for Children Bond”, the first retail Social Impact Bond that aims to invest a minimum of £15,000 in vulnerable families and youth in the UK
- David Bank of Impact IQ establishes ImpactSpace, an online platform that tracks impact investment deals to help build accountability, transparency and interest in the sector
- Jody Kirchner of Mission Measurement stresses the importance of a fully integrated corporate social responsibility plan in Three Steps to Making CSR Count
- RefugePoint founder and director, Sasha Chanoff, shares seven tips for aspiring social entrepreneurs
- Paul Bloom and Aaron Chatterji of Duke University discuss a model they’ve developed to scale an enterprise’s social impact
- Sir Ronald Cohen and William Sahlman share their thoughts on why the social sector needs to take more risks and accept failure
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