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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 […]
August 11, 2012
Environmental, Social and Governance Investing by College and University Endowments in the United States
This report released jointly by the Investor Responsibility Research Centre Institute and Tellus Institute reviews three broad topics regarding college and university endowments which total US$400 billion in combined assets under management in the United States. These are – the implementation of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) aspects in endowment management, […]
August 8, 2012
Ghana expands healthcare coverage
Ghana’s healthcare system required people to pay money at every step of the way, even during emergencies, and this led to many deaths. But this changed with the Ghanaian Government’s NHIS (National Health Insurance Scheme) programme. Recently, under this programme, more than 700 national health insurance […]
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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