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.
As entrepreneurs eager to use artificial intelligence for the greater good grapple with AI’s negative impacts on people and planet, speakers at the ChangeNow conference offer practical solutions to create a truly sustainable AI.
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.
As Trump’s USA takes its eye off social impact, Europe’s venture capitalists stand at a decisive moment in history, concluded discussions at the latest FASE Impact Fire Talk. But capital strategies must evolve to unleash VCs’ true transformative power.
MY IMPACT CAREER: Amma Lartey, a long-time entrepreneur, has been a major force in growing the impact economy in West Africa, co-founding Social Enterprise Ghana and becoming the first CEO of Impact Investing Ghana.
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.
“Many young people grow up believing they are a consumer long before they are a citizen”. Mike Sani talks about his mission to engage young people in democracy and politics in the UK.
This week, Liam Black turns his attention to social impact measurement and urges social entrepreneurs to "cut through the noise to discern what really works and what is a pointless, tail-chasing exercise".
Effective impact measurement is good for business and good for those who stand to benefit from the social venture’s mission. Liam Black takes to the recording studio with “social return on investment guru” Jeremy Nicholls and UnLtd’s Katherine Danton.
Divine Chocolate announces transatlantic merger, TOMS Shoes come out on top in a Good Company poll in the US and Bridges Ventures invests in education.
Frontline NHS services are overstretched; three quarters of the UK access the internet daily. The answer is obvious: take the heat off our NHS by offering services online. For those suffering mental health issues, life may just have got a little easier.
The On Purpose Associate leadership programme for professionals seeking careers in social enterprise has launched in the French capital and seeks its next cohort of change makers. Ellie Ward talks to CEO Tom Rippin.
From wakeboarding in Scotland to browsing the arts and crafts stalls at The Open Market CIC in Brighton, here's our pick of the top social enterprise days out in time for the bank holiday.
This month, the University of Greenwich in London is hosting its first Social Enterprise Festival as part of a wider strategy to integrate social entrepreneurship into its academic agenda.
For the past three years the teams at Allia and Canaccord Genuity have been engineering a new social investment machine that is opening up big bucks for charities and making social investment more appealing to mainstream investors.
