The Sanergy Collaborative's circular economy system uses toilets, flies and agricultural waste to produce food and sequester carbon. But can the Earthshot Prize finalist convince farmers to switch to organic fertiliser made from insects?
We’ve asked leaders of the social enterprise and impact community about their takeaways on the Burnham government’s first budget. From homelessness to support for small businesses and community lenders, here’s what you need to know.
EXPERT INSIGHT: More digital tools don’t always mean greater impact. From an AI adviser in Ireland to simpler systems in Croatia, Euclid Network’s DiGi-SEII project explores how a focused digital strategy can help small teams achieve more.
Impact conferences are an opportunity to discover perspectives from around the world. This month, Pioneers Post was in India and Brazil to bring you the latest on the conversations that matter for social entrepreneurs and impact investors.
EXPERT INSIGHT: The Maboneng Township Arts Experience has flipped the extractive tourism approach to retain visitors’ spending in their host communities. It’s a generation’s work, explains Siphiwe Ngwenya.
Powerful stories of the fight for a safe place to learn find a global audience in New York and beyond, as Theirworld’s annual youth-led newspaper is launched on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
SEWF's Social Investment Manifesto says many things we've heard before, but it can act as a "compass" to help supporters of social enterprises around the world to adopt a common direction in their efforts to unlock investment that works for them.
Wealthy families can fund unproven ideas and absorb failure in ways governments and big foundations can't. A Bridgepan Group study of the world's richest families finds Asia's giving is tightly bound to the businesses and governments around it.
This week: UK PM receives social enterprise socks; Call for clearer recognition of impact-driven businesses across Europe; Global gender parity still 120 years away, says WEF, and more.
Social Enterprise World Forum’s Social Investment Manifesto calls for a reframing of social investment, as social enterprises remain excluded from investment opportunities in a market still split between profit maximisation and philanthropy.
INTERVIEW: Ronnie Screwvala built and sold a media empire. Now he's applying the same operating discipline to poverty, arguing that most Indian philanthropy still doesn't know how to let go.
Two social entrepreneurs united to launch a support hub for new parents in a village in Senegal. Now, as Good Start Challenge winners, the founders are now looking to take what they've learned further afield.
