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.
Guardian columnist Owen Jones and actor Maxine Peake were among those to hit the UK’s high streets in an attempt to sell copies of The Big Issue as part of #VendorWeek last week.
Housing association board members attending a National Housing Federation conference in London were urged to consider the point to their existence and remember the people that their businesses serve.
"It is now harder than ever for lower income working family households to access affordable credit." A new social enterprise has been launched in the UK to provide fairer loans for emergency purchases.
CAN-ny investments in the London property market have provided equity for the proposed launch of a new fund intended to allow social ventures to purchase their own assets.
Discover the connection between social enterprise and whisky, find out which country in Asia is just starting to use Fairtrade and celebrate the spirit of a much missed social innovator.
