Joseph Rowntree Foundation wants to align its social investment activities more directly with its overall strategic outcomes. JRF’s vision is for a prosperous UK without poverty. Its strategic outcomes {...}
Workshop: The Rules of the Road for Impact Investment
2019 is the year when the rules of the road for impact finance are set out on a global scale – IFC have proposed principles, GIIN have “characteristics” which {...}
Debate: Do I Want You in my Sandbox?
An interactive debate between two teams from each corner of the sandbox. Are those with philanthropic and those with commercial capital playing nicely together? How do we resolve the {...}
Challenge: How Patient is Patient Capital?
In this session on “shifting product”, we will run an exercise to generate ideas for how social investors could provide a more helpful range of products to social entrepreneurs. Social {...}
Workshop: Bracing for Impact
How do we deal with failure? When an investment is not going well, how do investors make the trade-off between financial and social return? Come join a frank discussion {...}
Workshop: Whose Impact is it Anyway?
What are we all doing to raise the bar on impact? Are we remembering to give impact a strong enough voice on the investment committee? What’s the difference between {...}