Much-awaited directive banning businesses from making false green claims hits a wall after EU executive signals it will withdraw its proposal for a Green Claims Directive days before final negotiations following right-wing pressure.
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?
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.
This week: Sir Ronald Cohen’s social investment solution for UK child poverty, Kresse Wesling bags $100k Cartier impact award, Mirova merger – and more.
As Big Issue Invest celebrates achieving £100m of social investments during its first 20 years, executive chair Mark Porter reflects on the UK social investor’s journey so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
BRUSSELS BRIEFING: Social enterprise is removed from the remit of the directorate overseeing internal market, entrepreneurship and SMEs as the EU prioritises competitiveness over sustainability. Toby Gazeley reports.
What does the optimism of 2012, expressed by Jonathan Greenblatt, Nick Hurd, Dame Caroline Mason and more in the first edition of our weekly newsletter, look like 13 years later? This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: citizens’ call to invest Norway’s oil wealth for impact; world’s first ‘Mindfulness City’ set to nurture social entrepreneurs; BlueMark’s Making the Mark impact management leaderboard out now – and more.
As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
In the first episode of the Good Experts podcast, hosts Anna Patton and Matt Haworth explore how to use artificial intelligence to boost your organisation’s impact, with two AI-for-good specialists: Noise Solution’s Simon Glenister and Mettamatch’s Gina Romero.
In the week of the 40th anniversary of the Bradford City stadium disaster, King Charles is in Bradford to celebrate impact in the city. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
