Corporate Changemakers

Household favourite Johnson & Johnson is aiming to spend £15m in the social enterprise sector to make its supply chain more socially and environmentally responsible.

Self-promoting CSR strategies just don't cut it in today's world. Many big businesses are getting serious about their social and environmental strategies because issues such as extreme poverty and global warming will not be solved without collaboration. 

Timpsons now recruits and trains employees from 82 prisons across the UK, and it's proving it's good for business

New research by the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) finds 'encouraging' levels of interest in social investment and sustainable social impact strategies from the corporate sector.

The multinational firm will support social ventures working to improve employability prospects for disadvantaged groups in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Charities with ambitious trading plans and social enterprises looking to grow are the target of Santander's 2015 Social Enterprise Development Awards, worth up to £10,000. 

Why is there such a big difference between what the public are seeing and what those sitting around the board table of businesses are seeing? Norman Pickavance gets to the heart of this debate at the launch of his new book.

The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills today described his vision for the development of a responsible capitalist system at the UK's social investment conference Good Deals.