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UK: Government launches ₤10 million fund to invest in social investment markets

The Cabinet Office recently launched a ₤10 million fund called the Social Incubator Fund, the primary purpose of which is to encourage the growth of the social investment market. This fund will give grants to up to 10 organizations to invest in social start-ups. Read more here.

August 11, 2012

JCI named top 25 Socially Responsible dividend stock

Johnson Controls Inc has been declared a ‘Top 25 Responsible Dividend Stock’. It stands for an ‘above average Dividend Rank’. It had a 3 per cent yield as well as being recognized for its socially responsible investing. Read more here.

August 11, 2012

Goldman Sachs to invest US$9.6 million worth social impact bonds in New York jails

In a first of its kind move, Goldman Sachs has become the experimenter of using ‘social impact bonds’ to make profits as well as try to curb recidivism in the notorious Rikers Island jail, in New York. This move has been encouraged by NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Social impact bonds […]

August 11, 2012

Root Capital and its achievements

This SSIR (Stanford Social Innovation Review) post talks about the impact investment scenario in the world today – drawing comparisons between non-profits in New York and for-profits in Sierra Leone, describing impact investment as the ‘unchartered space between philanthropy and profit-maximization’. It talks about how Root Capital has helped bridge […]

August 11, 2012

Private investment in SIBs (Social Investment Bonds)

There are now two social investment bonds in the US – one in New York to reduce recidivism in youth who age out of the jurisdiction of the Department of Youth Services, and one in Massachusetts to solve the problem of homelessness. The fact that Goldman Sachs has made an […]

August 11, 2012

UK: Social impact bonds could supplement government funds

A 2011 report showed that government funding to councils had decreased in real terms by about £3.5 billion. This is where social impact could potentially make a difference. Read more here.

August 11, 2012

UK: Salesforce attempts to trademark ‘social enterprise’

Salesforce, the large software and content management company seems to be attempting to use the term ‘social enterprise’ to describe its products and services around the world, effectively trying to trademark the term. Peter Holbrook, the chief executive of SEUK (Social Enterprise UK) has written to the company regarding this […]

August 11, 2012

The social enterprise ecosystem and social capital products

This post first proposes the traditional definitions of social enterprises and financial enterprises, which suggests one is good while the other is bad. It then goes onto propose how a social enterprise by itself is not enough to effectively address one of the many problems it sets out to solve, […]

August 11, 2012

The principles of responsible investing – an introduction

This post gives a brief overview of the first responsible investing draft that was formulated in 2005 under the leadership of Kofi Annan. It shows how these drafts have survived the financial crash in the year 2007, and have managed to grow after that and evolve into the sector that […]