Creating Inclusion in the Social Investment Sector
This post gives a brief introduction to the idea of Social Investment alongside a couple links to posts exploring solutions for more Inclusive Workplaces. These posts are all about creating social change through investment (social, HR, monetary). This is a topic the Social Investment Sector in particular is actively trying to change at the moment through a number of different initiatives.
Social Investment (SI) is also known as sustainable socially conscious, "green" or ethical investing.
1. This post from Elgar Publishing, "The Social Investment Approach to Social Welfare", is a good introduction to the background and some key issues around Social Investment in terms of policy and approach.
2. Social Investment has its critics. One is that it is dominated by nice, white liberals. Amy Barbor, of the School of Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), discusses unconscious bias and nice white liberals in her blog post "Active inclusion: widening the ‘we’". Aside from her own experience, she also gives many, many links at the end of her post to other people and articles that inspired her thinking on the topic.
3. This next post by Ebru Buyukgul, from the Diversity Forum which aims to increase diversity among social investors, takes the examination of bias further in "Power and Privilege in Social Investment". It summarises some points made in a talk about the #charitysowhite movement.
4. Emily Vermont, also from SSE, posted as part of their Inclusive Culture Pledge. The Pledge offers free and dedicated training, resources and funding for 1 year to help create more inclusive workplaces. Her blog post, "How can we create a more inclusive recruitment process?", lists key tips, tools and resources.
5. The final post link is to, "35 Ideas for Improving Inclusion and Accessibility" is a case study - by another SSE team member Sophie Hobson - exploring the specific steps they've undertaken in their quest for more diversity.
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon at Unsplash
Social Investment (SI) is also known as sustainable socially conscious, "green" or ethical investing.
1. This post from Elgar Publishing, "The Social Investment Approach to Social Welfare", is a good introduction to the background and some key issues around Social Investment in terms of policy and approach.
2. Social Investment has its critics. One is that it is dominated by nice, white liberals. Amy Barbor, of the School of Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), discusses unconscious bias and nice white liberals in her blog post "Active inclusion: widening the ‘we’". Aside from her own experience, she also gives many, many links at the end of her post to other people and articles that inspired her thinking on the topic.
3. This next post by Ebru Buyukgul, from the Diversity Forum which aims to increase diversity among social investors, takes the examination of bias further in "Power and Privilege in Social Investment". It summarises some points made in a talk about the #charitysowhite movement.
4. Emily Vermont, also from SSE, posted as part of their Inclusive Culture Pledge. The Pledge offers free and dedicated training, resources and funding for 1 year to help create more inclusive workplaces. Her blog post, "How can we create a more inclusive recruitment process?", lists key tips, tools and resources.
5. The final post link is to, "35 Ideas for Improving Inclusion and Accessibility" is a case study - by another SSE team member Sophie Hobson - exploring the specific steps they've undertaken in their quest for more diversity.
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon at Unsplash
