Growth-focused “modern industrial strategy” pledges to align economic value with social outcomes through impact investment and procurement with social enterprises – but falls short on some expectations from purpose-led businesses.
B Corp community mourns loss of co-founder Andrew Kassoy – as B Lab UK reveals new data that reports 51% of the UK public is “aware” of B Corps, higher than any other country.
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?
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.
Creative organisations will get interest rate reductions for delivering their social mission – as Cultural Impact Development Fund from Nesta/Access offers loans of £25,000 to £150,000.
Pioneers Post met Reasons to be Cheerful podcast hosts Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd and discussed bromances, Obama and why they wanted to release an episode on social enterprise.
If you took some of the UK’s leading women in social enterprise and put them around a dinner table, what would they talk about? For the first in our WISE conversations series in Edinburgh, we found out.
