‘Intractable problems the world faces cannot be solved in isolation,’ began Nick Glicher, Director of TrustLaw at the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) in his welcoming remarks. ‘Problems are interconnected and interdependent – and so are solutions.’

Luminate was launched with a mission to help create just and fair societies where citizens are able to participate fully and equally and to hold governments to account.

In order to meet the challenges philanthropy and social investment is contending against, its infrastructure needs to be rethought and retooled.

For Rob Reich, co-director of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, the first question to ask about philanthropy is not how well is it doing, but what is it for?