• Business and finance unite as UN Ocean Conference seeks to plug ‘life below water’ funding gap

    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.

  • Social entrepreneurs and impact leaders celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours list 2025

    OBEs, CBEs and MBEs awarded to UK impact leaders and social entrepreneurs for their public service.

  • In conversation with Sir Ronald Cohen’s AI chatbot

    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.

  • ‘Inaction is the death knell of leadership’ – Matty McEvoy, CEO of mental health platform Together All

    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.

  • Taking on the ticketing giants: Humanitix, a social enterprise event ticketing platform, launches in UK

    Humanitix opens UK office in Edinburgh with announcement of £500,000 annual prize for UK social enterprises and charities, and promise of focus on events accessibility for people with disabilities

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The impact investing illusion

Former president of the Social Enterprise Alliance Kevin Lynch explains why he's worried the work of true social enterprises "will be overshadowed and ignored" as hype around impact investment and B Corps increases.

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Global social innovation round-up #26

This week a new AU$30m impact investment fund has been announced to provide more capital for health and community services in Australia and the CEO of Social Enterprise UK speaks out about Freedom of Information laws.