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European sustainability regulations encourage more transparency and scrutiny of impact  

The regulatory landscape for impact and sustainable investing is rapidly shifting, especially in Europe, with the introduction of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in 2021 and its UK equivalent, Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR). Navigating the regulatory landscape is particularly important for investors raising or operating impact funds.  Our Senior…

Soul versus Scale: Reflecting on progress of the impact movement

Soul versus Scale: Reflecting on progress of the impact movement This blog post is based on our Managing Director’s speech at the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyer conference – a timely reflection as TSIC celebrates our 15th anniversary. Exponential growth in impact When I started working in the impact investing…

Moving toward more equitable evaluation practice in the UK

In recent years the social sector has given increased focus towards equity in grant making and in how programmes are designed and delivered. The move towards rebalancing power within the social sector also needs to include holding up a mirror to how we design evaluation and how we collect and…

Assessing real impact beyond Western models

As discussions to critique the colonial roots of the development aid sector gain traction, light is also shone on monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), which is very much part of that architecture to perpetuate power imbalances.  Origins of evaluation and rationale for change The notion of “planful social evaluation” can be…

Reflections on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work in practice

Our senior researcher (Sana Iqbal) reflects on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work conducted by TSIC What do we mean when we say DEI This learning summary draws on reflections from members of the TSIC. Over the past few years, our team at TSIC has been working on what we call “Diversity,…

Announcing the launch of Equitable Evaluation Collective in the UK

NPC, the Centre for Youth Impact, the Charity Evaluation Working Group (ChEW), and the Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) are pleased to announce that we have come together to advance thinking and practice on more equitable evaluative practice in the UK social sector, through a collective model – the working title…

Female Founders Struggle To Break The Bias Despite Record Exits 

By Bonnie Chiu for Forbes Women. Female-founded startups continue to receive a dismal share of venture funding – only 2.2% of all venture funding in 2021. New data from Pitchbook seems to tell a more positive story – female founders in the US tallied a record number of public listings and acquisitions in 2021.…