The Better Futures Fund is the result of months of consultations over a new social impact investing vehicle announced by the government last autumn, and aims to support 200,000 children over 10 years.
Our demand for more and more clothes is bad news for the planet. New, nature-derived materials promise a lighter footprint – but can they convince price-conscious shoppers, investors and retailers to take a leap into the unknown?
Traditional Korean drums, radical visions of the global social enterprise landscape and a grand social sector selfie help to make the 2014 Social Enterprise World Forum go off with a bang in Seoul, South Korea.
Undercover economist Tim Harford set out on a quest for ice-cold sodden hair and maximum impact. New Philanthropy Capital's Iona Joy unearths the prickly issues in Harford's attempt to get the most bang for his benevolent buck.
If you want to find a job with impact, go to a conference says Will Churchill, social enterprise manager at Student Hubs. Emerge 2011 was the gateway to his social enteprise career.
Different opinions, experiences and expert insight created a hotbed of ideas around how to start a movement at the second Dirty Rotten Social hosted at the House of St. Barnabas.
Global players and home grown innovators are among 15 shortlisted organisations in the UK's first Social Investment Awards which will be held in London later this month.
This week hundreds of social innovators will congregate in Mexico for the next Opportunity Collaboration gathering. At last year's event Pioneers Post's founding editor Tim West caught up with Tunisian social pioneer Leila Ben-Gacem.
Sweden's socially minded start-ups are set to tackle some of the world's biggest healthcare issues and social investment is made accessible to millennials in Los Angeles.
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.
Foundations should do as the Kleissners do, America's pioneers of 100% impact investment, and invest their assets to create social value, says a new report launched today by New Philanthropy Capital.
