This report shares insights from the Growth Impact Fund, which was launched in 2022 to actively address inequality by increasing access to finance. It highlights expected and unexpected barriers the fund has faced, such as challenges within the legal process during contracting and negotiation stage of deals, and the steps taken to address them.

This OECD paper defines the legal notions, traditions and approaches to better understand legal frameworks that regulate the field of social and solidarity economy. It presents and analyses the diversity, relevance and implications of legal frameworks that regulate the social economy; takes stock of the processes that lead to their design and implementation; identifies possible criteria for assessing their performance; and highlights the crosscutting issues and policy examples that could inspire countries.

This report from Impact Investing Institute by Connected Places Catapult examines the diverse ecosystem of community-based finance in the UK, mapping the key actors, mechanisms, and success stories that demonstrate its potential.

This report from SEUK and LSE uses elite education as a proxy to investigate aspects of diversity not yet well analysed in the social investment sector: socio-economic inclusion, and the role of power and privilege among those who work for social investors. While many social investors are taking steps to address imbalances in terms of diversity, it is important that the role of socio-economic advantage is incorporated into this work, so that investment can be better directed to people and communities that have been historically disenfranchised.

This 'Report Card' from Social Enterprise UK reviews the extent to which the social investment market has been reformed following the recommendations of the 2022 Adebowale Commission on Social Investment. The Commission found structural issues included the de-prioritisation of social enterprises and regional disparities in access to finance.

The Equality Framework highlights how inequality is deeply connected to power structures, climate justice, democratic practice, and how it is deeply entangled with philanthropy’s history, funding models, operating practices and legitimacy.

UK Material Deprivation Measures are one source of data commonly used by impact investors to identify key inequality challenges. LSE Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion have published a review of the measures, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions following recommendations by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to review the current set of questions which underpin UK material deprivation measures and determine a way to compare material deprivation across groups.

This action guide is for those seeking to pursue and advance a Community Wealth Building approach in their locality, including economic development practitioners, community activists and organizations, anchor institutions, local government agencies and leaders, and other interested stakeholders.

The Gender Justice Data Hub from Global Fund for Women connects research, technology, and social movements' insights to deepen understanding of gender justice efforts worldwide.

The Charity Investment Governance Principles are intended to be used by those involved in charity governance in England and Wales, in particular trustees, staff and committee members to support best practice in decision-making around charity investments.

This report on the impact, learning and legacy of the £6.3 million Connect Fund found its impact was strongest on open, fair and transparent access; and far greater understanding and action on barriers faced by organisations led by under-represented groups and investment flowing particularly to organisations led by under-represented groups.

To eradicate structural inequality we must become comfortable in naming and describing it. This short read will help you to recognise structural inequality, some causes and effects, and principles to mitigate impacts.

This interactive Equality Transformative Tool can be integrated into impact investors’ due diligence and portfolio management processes to identify ventures that remove barriers for the most marginalised and underserved people in society, supporting alignment with one of five EII strategies.

The Investment Policy Statement for Justice Funders' Just Transition Integrated Capital Fund serves as an open-source learning tool for democratically controlled investment funds and philanthropic institutions.

This Key Fund report draws on case studies and figures to illustrate how the fund has provided support to over 378,000 individuals.

This III guide empowers investors to identify and pursue community engagement opportunities within a place-based impact investment approach.

This report from The Investment Integration Project outlines how the financial industry can manage the systemic risk of racial inequity and promote the equitable distribution of resources, power, and economic opportunity across all races and ethnicities in the US.

Criterion's Standards of Practice aim to make the negative and usually hidden impacts of power, privilege and bias visible within investment practices, and provide concrete steps to address them.

This report from Criterion Institute examines ways that blended finance is currently being deployed to address unequal dynamics of power and promote flourishing communities, and offer some new perspectives and alternative approaches to using this tool.

Led by Professor Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Deaton Review is the most ambitious study of its kind to examine a range of inequalities in the UK and the forces driving them.