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.
The world's first social investment bank calls on the next UK government to introduce a social enterprise regulator, new research finds that ESG investments are on the rise and McDonalds come under fire for poor corporate citizenship practise.
Charities with ambitious trading plans and social enterprises looking to grow are the target of Santander's 2015 Social Enterprise Development Awards, worth up to £10,000.
With weeks to go until the UK general election, Nicky Stevenson and Helen Fitzhugh were at the Houses of Parliament to launch their new book exploring definition debates, political narratives – and the future of social enterprise.
Renewable energy and agriculture are among the sectors offering "great potential" for a strong impact investing market to develop in Bangladesh, reports Pioneers Post's Ellie Ward from Dhaka.
Reporting exclusively from Dhaka, Ellie Ward says the home of Grameen and Brac is calling for government backing for Bangladesh's emerging social enterprise success story.
Lessons learned from a microfinance enterprise in Cambodia show that to deliver maximum social impact, social enterprises must move beyond a focus on only delivering good products.
"Brilliantly frank and frankly brilliant!" – the verdict of one reviewer on The Social Entrepreneur's A-Z. If you've ever woken up in the early hours worrying about your business, you'll appreciate chapter one of Liam Black's superb new book.
Just realised four years of your life could go down the drain? About to tell all staff you are cutting their pay? Meet Helen Trevaskis and Maff Potts, interviewed by Liam Black as he explores The Social Entrepreneur's A-Z chapter one: A is for Anxiety.
