• Blended finance market should brace for impact of development aid cuts – Convergence warning

    As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.

  • UK social enterprise ‘top 100’ 2025 opens for nominations

    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.

  • How a Ukrainian community is using ‘citizen tokens’ to move beyond aid

    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.

  • Making waves: The new generation of startups using AI to save the planet

    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.

  • Expert insight: What the new B Corp standards miss out – and why it’s important

    B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.

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#28 Social innovator's weekly round-up

People under the age of 40 are more likely to invest ethically, finds new research from the UK, a one-stop social enterprise resource centre is set up in Singapore and multinational corporates are urged to invest in education.

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Streetbank revisited: the regulators respond

Following up the news that, after three years, Streetbank's founders eventually celebrated being recognised as a registered charity at the end of 2014, Pioneers Post has received responses from both the Charity Commission and the CIC regulator.

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#27 Social innovator's weekly round-up

The global social enterprise community has got off to a strong start as the first week of 2015 comes to an end – Jamaica is gearing up to host its first Social Enterprise Summit and India launches its biggest network of female social entrepreneurs.