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Volans is excited to be working closely with partners in Germany, BMW Stiftung, Impact Solutions and Enorm in organizing a 'Breakthrough' lecture by John Elkington… More
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Last week was possibly one of the key highlights of our annual calendar - being a part of the Skoll World Forum and Oxford Jam.… More
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Our latest report, Breakthrough: Business Leaders, Market Revolutions, was launched last month along with friends and partners at the offices of Generation Management Investment here… More
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Volans just turned five years old (on the auspicious day of 1st April). With early support from partners and clients including the Skoll Foundation, Allianz… More
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Breakthrough report launch We launched our sixth report, Breakthrough: Business Leaders, Market Revolutions, on 7 March at the London HQ of Generation Management Investment. We… More
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UK Minister with taste for SROI
Kevin Brennan, the UK Minister for the Third Sector, illustrates the trend for politicians to pay more attention to social enterprise. The UK is estimated to have 55,000 social enterprises, employing 650,000 people and contributing £8.4 billion to the economy annually. In an interview with The Times yesterday, he spoke of the need for “lift-off finance” as the gap in the market for the funding of social enterprise and discussed his enthusiasm for Social Return on Investment (SROI). He also mentioned the Unclaimed Assets Bill, which could help bridge the gap. The idea here is that banks would release unclaimed assets to fund social projects, while protecting the owner’s rights.