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New guidance to help businesses get ahead of the curve with nature-related impact reporting

Stuart Mitchell

One year on from the release of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ recommendations, more than 400 organisations – including 63 from the UK – have committed to begin reporting on nature-related issues. And just two weeks ahead of the COP16 global biodiversity summit, new guidance from IEMA will help simplify the process, allowing small businesses to adapt to making nature-related disclosures. The new guidance document, Business Actions on TNFD: A primer on roles and reporting using the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Framework, has been published by IEMA as…

Baby Boomers’ shift to digital content accelerates but brands are failing to keep up

Stuart Mitchell

Baby Boomers are the world’s wealthiest generation, however, brands are failing to keep up with their increasingly digital media habits, according to WARC Media’s latest Global Advertising Trends report, ‘Baby Boomers’ big digital shift’, released recently. Baby Boomers, defined for this report as adults born between 1946 and 1964, i.e. those aged between 60 and 78 today, do not spend ever-greater amounts of time on social platforms. Instead, older generations are switching from offline versions of content media to their online extensions – be it connected TV or online press.…

The extent of the UK’s low digital confidence revealed amid ongoing cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

ew research from Good Things Foundation has revealed a nationwide lack of confidence in using the internet to manage money, navigate the job market and stay safe online amid the ongoing cost of living crisis. This confidence gap is particularly pronounced for the one in twenty Brits (5%) who don’t have any access to broadband, highlighting the impact of the digital divide.  In response, Good Things Foundation is urging Brits to refer friends and family facing digital exclusion to its pioneering Learn My Way courses, aimed at bridging this gap…

Charity Investment Consulting Partnership launched to drive better outcomes for UK charities

Stuart Mitchell

A new collaborative initiative, the Charity Investment Consulting Partnership (CICP), has been launched by leading independent consultancy Broadstone to enhance investment practices and outcomes within the UK charity sector. It brings together leading independent investment consulting firms, including Aon, LCP, Barnett Waddingham, Hymans Robertson, XPS Group, ARC and PMCL Consulting. The CICP is an open partnership for all independent investment consulting firms offering regulated advisory services to charities. The partnership is a collective effort designed to improve the overall investment landscape for charities by providing a forum for collaboration, sharing…

Investors put £10 billion into a better society as Treasury considers budget cuts

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s social impact investment market continued to demonstrate stability despite economic uncertainties, growing to £10 billion at the end of 2023, according to the annual assessment by the UK’s leading social impact investor, Better Society Capital (BSC). This represents a 7% increase from £9.4 billion in 2022 and shows stable investor support for initiatives focused on tackling social issues such as reducing child poverty, combatting homelessness and preventing long term health conditions, even in challenging macro and micro economic conditions. This increase comes in the same month as the…