Momentum grows among companies and investors to back a sustainable “blue economy” – while governments turn to the private sector to mobilise capital towards the most underfunded SDG at international gathering in Nice last week.
Sir Ronald Cohen, the impact investing pioneer, is pre-launching an artificial intelligence avatar which discusses his ideas and reflections. We put it to the test.
Good Leaders Clinic, Episode 4: How to keep sane as the CEO of a mission-driven mental health platform, when spiralling demand puts pressure on your mission? Matty McEvoy of Together All talks about enshrining purpose in a growing company.
Humanitix opens UK office in Edinburgh with announcement of £500,000 annual prize for UK social enterprises and charities, and promise of focus on events accessibility for people with disabilities
The founder of Pakistan's first online therapy service on speedily assembling Facebook campaigns and free clinics, tapping into the goodwill of supporters – and remembering just in time to look after herself along the way.
Nat Mady is on a mission to see more Londoners embracing nature. The 2019 WISE100 finalist on why she’s not rushing to transform her business model due to Covid-19 – and why even life under lockdown has some positives.
Government lauds social enterprise for its ‘vital role’ in national coronavirus effort, announcing £30m for flexible finance in both crisis and recovery phases via Access Foundation.
Putting employees’ wellbeing at the front and centre is essential to the survival of any social enterprise, writes Mental Health First Aid England CEO – and there are few simple ways to put that into action during lockdown.
It's the UK’s biggest community-owned wind farm – and since it opened in 2016, our very first SE100 Environmental Champion has given out more than £1m in donations and grants.
The 2020 NatWest SE100 Growth Champion, Hubbub Enterprise, went from losing thousands of pounds a month to revenue growth of 96%. The current crisis is an “enormous setback” – but it has already launched a new initiative.
"I said that nobody is going to be thinking about investing in Shared Interest at a time like this – but I couldn’t have been more wrong." Our joint SE100 Impact Management Champion shares her gratitude in the British public.
A key reason to measure impact is to then use that knowledge to adapt your activities. The Skills Builder Partnership does exactly this and is the reason why it is a joint winner of our SE100 Impact Management Champion award.
If leadership is about the people who follow you, Mark Simms is clear about the strength he relies on: "I don’t think there is a better team," says this year's NatWest SE100 Leadership Champion.
