Worthstone, the award winning social business with a vision to bring impact investing into the UK mainstream, is pleased to announce that it has been certified as a “B Corporation”. B Corporation, or B Corp are companies that value purpose as much as profit – promoting a “better” way of doing business and helping to […]
If you want to see how your impact investment proposition stacks up to the market (or what the benchmark is) then this is the most informed and comprehensive source of information I’ve seen. We aim to keep you informed with the most useful, independent, evidence based research for those building advice propositions in the area […]
In 2016, the global action community for impact investors – Toniic – launched the Impact Advisory Survey From this survey, 37 Impact Advisors provided their insights in helping investors move their portfolios into impact There were 6x key findings including that: there has been a significant increase in the depth and diversity of impact intermediary […]
The FCA is due to finish their consultation on guidance and rule changes relating to ESG, climate change and the ethical concerns of investments soon. As Q1 comes to a close and we await the FCA’s publication, it seems timely to take a look back on the FCA’s journey with social impact investing and Worthstone […]
The words ‘Impact Investing’ and the rhetoric around achieving positive impact via investments has been steadily increasing for some time. Here we provide evidence that challenges the common misconceptions still persisting including: the lack of sector growth financial concessions for impact gains a lack of available funds ‘impact washing’ and the lack of language that advisers […]
The 2018 Impact Investment Academy (formerly the Social Investment Academy) was our largest event to date. It saw nearly 150 attendees from across the UK and Ireland and our highest proportion of IFA/ wealth manager delegates so far. To see a PDF copy of the 2018 IIA impact report please click here OR on the image below.