Analysis: Patagonia has faced a social media backlash for its legal case against activist Pattie Gonia – but what is the best course of action when business principles and values collide?
EXPERT INSIGHT: When boards prioritise short-term financial extraction, purpose will eventually be sacrificed. So if a business aims to be a force for good, what does it take to make purpose lasting and viable?
North Star initiative launched at Global Partnerships Conference last week, as UK ministers seek to improve cooperation across sectors and give more agency to countries in the global south – while development aid cuts bite.
As conflict continues in the Middle East, Jordan-based Andrew Gharaibeh Collingwood shares how the region’s support organisations are continuing to develop the impact finance market and back social enterprises.
EXPERT INSIGHT Millions of hectares of degraded, dried out peatlands across Europe are a huge climate risk. Attracting the billions of euros of private capital they need to be restored could lie in not only carbon, but water, says Matt Robinson.
OPINION: Lasting impact doesn’t come from individual heroics, says serial social entrepreneur Jeroo Billimoria. A fixation on entrepreneurial ‘saviours’ risks obscuring the true collaborative nature of change.
The annual NatWest SE100 awards ceremony took place in Manchester this week celebrating the UK’s most pioneering leaders, as the awards partner highlights the power and necessity of the social enterprise movement.
This week: UK social enterprises recognised in King’s Awards for Enterprise, Bob Geldof backs social enterprise model to fight homelessness, Better Futures Fund looks for a delivery partner, and more.
How data about Indigenous communities gathered ethically will lead to more effective problem solving and greater impact, with First Nations Economics co-founder Shaun Cumming and tech ethicist James Gauci in the Good Experts podcast.
With the next EU budget on the horizon, now is the time for the bloc to drive forward global efforts for a more sustainable and social economy. But without action, the social economy could miss out, writes Euclid Network’s Toby Gazeley.
Impact, sales – and optimism – have all been going up for the UK's leading impact pioneers, as evidenced by the latest SE100 Index, the annual list and survey of the UK's Top 100 social enterprises, published this week.
Blood transfusion, marine plastic and domestic violence among areas tackled by She Shapes AI Global Award winners announced at a gathering at the London School of Economics, UK.
Funders must see disability as at the “intersection of everything”, say entrepreneurs at the Skoll World Forum, where a cohort of leaders championing inclusive public health took to the stage.
With a revolutionary approach based on seismology, the Earth Rover Program is making waves in soil health testing and is aiming for the “Holy Grail” of farming: high crop yields with low environmental impacts.
