Louise Pulford

Building social innovation ecosystems in Europe

There are dozens of social innovation toolkits online, but the tools are rarely used. The CHESS project tested the practical application ecosystem building tools in Slovenia, Italy, Lithuania and Greece. We documented these tools and how they we used to build ecosystems around migrant integration, the blue ecomy, the energy transition and youth unemployment in Building social innovation ecosystems in Europe

Philanthropy can advance business for good around climate ambitions and beyond

A new way of thinking about corporate purpose and climate risks Businesses have an important role to play in transitioning our planet to a sustainable and green future, but the idea that businesses should care about the climate, even from a materiality perspective, let alone a moral or existential one, is still relatively new.  The Philanthropy can advance business for good around climate ambitions and beyond

Reimagining relationships and changing systems in Johannesburg 

Insights from an event in Johannesburg which was organised by SIX and Hivos, as part of a programme of work in 2014-16 which aimed to increase exchange and learning between social innovation and international development communities across Africa. The task of reimagining relationships and thinking about system change is no easy task. The benefit of Reimagining relationships and changing systems in Johannesburg 

Financing Social Impact: Funding Social Innovation in Europe

The field of innovation for social purposes is developing rapidly all over the world, with new institutions and methods, growing confi dence and evidence of impact. Social innovators are changing the way governments work, the way civil society achieves impact, and the actions of business.  Social innovations are new ideas, institutions, or ways of working Financing Social Impact: Funding Social Innovation in Europe