Finance

Socially Responsible Investment Socially Responsible Investment This publication summarizes the results of research conducted in the context of the project “Strategies and Tools to Promote Responsible Investment”, co-funded under the European Union’s PROGRESS Programme. The pr…16 Jun 2011Article
Social Investment Manual: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs Social Investment Manual: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs A guide from the Schwab Foundation16 Jun 2011Article
Balancing Financial Risk and Social ReturnBalancing Financial Risk and Social ReturnWhen assessing organisations, Venturesome seeks to understand and balance the financial risk and social return of supporting those organisations.16 Jun 2011Article
Enterprise Solutions to Scale Enterprise Solutions to Scale Shell Foundation explores crucial methods for growing social enterprise.16 Jun 2011Article
A Technical Guide to Developing Social Impact Bonds A Technical Guide to Developing Social Impact Bonds Social Finance explores the possibilities of Social Impact Bonds16 Jun 2011Article
Approach to Assessing Social ImpactApproach to Assessing Social ImpactVenturesome discusses vulnerability, scale and success with regards to investing in small social enterprise.16 Jun 2011Article
Social Economy in RomaniaSocial Economy in RomaniaThe general purpose of the research was to make an evaluation of the social economy sector in Romania in terms of its capacity to contribute to the social inclusion of the disadvantaged groups.16 Jun 2011Article
The Social EnterpriseThe Social EnterpriseThe aim of this paper is, starting from the theoretical concepts of social enterprise experiences, to analysing the forms of social enterprises developed through the projects undertaken in Romania and the ways of using…16 Jun 2011Article
Spotlight on Slovenia: Banking on Goodwill Spotlight on Slovenia: Banking on Goodwill The Goodwill Exchange, known as Dobra Borza in Slovene, is a rapidly developing new innovation in Slovenia. The description of their work below represents the most comprehensive, publicly availabe English explanation on…15 Jun 2011Article
Supporting Social Innovations in FinlandSupporting Social Innovations in FinlandIf one wants to support Social Innovation, then what should one do?15 Jun 2011Article
SOCAP Report: What do Layer Cakes have to do with Social Finance?SOCAP Report: What do Layer Cakes have to do with Social Finance?I would have said “nothing”. That is, until I attended the session titled “Layer Cake Deals”. This panel featured speakers from organizations like Triodos Bank (old hands at impact investing) and ABN Amro (a rel…14 Jun 2011Article
Social entrepreneur Spotlight: Miora Ranaivoarinosy, La Ruche, France Social entrepreneur Spotlight: Miora Ranaivoarinosy, La Ruche, France Miora Ranaivoarinosy, La Ruche, France14 Jun 2011Article
An Introduction to Quasi-EquityAn Introduction to Quasi-EquityUsing Revenue Participation Agreements14 Jun 2011Article
Impact Investments: an Emerging Asset Class Impact Investments: an Emerging Asset Class An alternative channel for large-scale private capital14 Jun 2011Article
EQUAL opportunities for allEQUAL opportunities for allDelivering the Lisbon Strategy through social innovation and transnational cooperation14 Jun 2011Article
Banking on the Big SocietyBanking on the Big SocietySocial enterprises need more than a bank to really solve this country's toughest social problems01 Jun 2011Article

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