"Impact investment, the support of social and environmental projects with a financial return, has become a hot topic in the world's philanthropy and development circles, and is growing exponentially: in the next decade, it is poised to eclipse traditional aid by ten times. Yet for all the...

Social finance is a rapidly advancing area of practice, policy and research, with a lot of unanswered questions. What does it amount to? What is it to be 'social' in finance? How do you value assets that offer a social as well as a financial return? This book provides a collection of...

The traditional role of voluntary welfare associations has changed and will change further on. Recent legislation strongly influenced by the European Union largely abolished their prominent and privileged role in corporatism. The traditional way of co-operation was substituted with new forms of...

Betriebe gemeindenaher ökologischer Versorgung weisen eine Reihe von Charakteristika auf, durch die sie für die sozialen und ökologischen Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion wichtige Impulse bieten. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist ihre grundsätzliche Ausrichtung: Kapitalverwertung als dominantes...