Working with our new Chair, Markus Lux in 2024 and beyond Firstly, it is my great pleasure to announce that SIX has a new chair – Markus Lux, who is Senior Vice President Global Issues at Robert Bosch Stiftung. Like SIX, Markus is committed to finding joint solutions to global challenges. Over the coming years, … Connecting edges and building bridges
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
The academic world is in motion. Huge efforts are being made to connect academia with society and to increase the impact of scientific research on society. There has been a lot of debate on valorisation of research results and on making academic publications publicly accessible. We still see that research results are often not (immediately) … Academic innovation for societal impact
‘Emerging markets are where the world is changing; it’s where the future is. You have this constant dynamic of both problems as well possibilities- which is an exciting place to be. If you’re interested in innovation in any form- you want to be where things are changing and come to the cusp of where the … Learning from Nairobi – The city as a hub for innovation
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 
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
“Consequences” is a British parlour game. The game is very simple – everyone begins with a piece of paper and a pen. On the piece of paper is the following list: man’s name, woman’s name, place name, he said to her, she said to him, the consequence was (a description of what happened after), an … SIX – A global game of consequences