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.
Pioneers Post and NatWest are seeking out the brightest and best applicants for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards. Don't miss your chance to be counted among the UK's top social enterprises this year.
People displaced by conflict don’t have to be passive recipients of donations. Vadym Georgienko explains how a pilot of the ‘Citizen Token System’, which he designed, has enabled entrepreneurs in a town in western Ukraine to thrive.
From tracking underwater creatures to optimising crop yields, many entrepreneurs now use AI to tackle environmental challenges. But, with much uncertainty – and concerns about AI’s negative impact – they’re entering unknown waters.
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.
The social investment intermediary Numbers for Good is to close by the end of March, citing 'difficult market conditions for advisory services in the sector' and 'continual pressure on the level of fee income'.
Switching from product-led to consumer-led marketing is helping GLL – one of the UK’s largest social enterprises – to reconnect its brand with younger customers.
Talking about impact is all very well, but social enterprises only achieve that impact when the markets are there. Three ways to stimulate the multi-billion pound opportunity offered by Britain's corporates.
Embracing diversity means addressing more than just gender imbalances – the social enterprise space needs to start taking note of who we're excluding. A conversation with Dr Pragya Agarwal on the sidelines of the WISE100 launch.
Brazil's new president aims to turn around the country's fortunes. But Jair Bolsonaro might do well to listen to a young social entrepreneur who has already spent 15 years helping Brazil's poorest people set up their own small businesses.
Pakistan faces many challenges, but while some see its enormous population of young people as a problem, others believe that the youth generation offers the country its best hope of a brighter future.
Many think of financial accounting as a neutral, perhaps dull, technical exercise. But it’s a system based on deeply flawed assumptions, argues Jeremy Nicholls – and it’s driving inequality.
