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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.
The Big Society theme of David Cameron's campaign at the 2010 election continues to get a bashing even though it has been dropped. But should the effort to impose the Big Society concept onto today's tired systems be maintained?
A new book by Anton Simanowitz and Katherine Knotts starts with Selia's story, a woman from Cambodia and beneficiary of microcredit. As she tells her story a pressing issue comes to light – the unintended consequences of doing good.
A £1.5m fund is announced in the UK that aims to help social ventures secure investment and win contracts and J.P. Morgan looks to Australia's social enterprise sector to reduce the nation's levels of youth unemployment.
A new report from Bridges Ventures and Bank of America Merrill Lynch unravels some of the debate surrounding social impact bonds and provides a practical guide for how they should be designed.
Ellie Ward talks to Alquity CEO Paul Robinson about making more people realise that there is a better, fairer way to invest financial resources – an approach that will ultimately create a fairer global economy.
The combined effort of Cancer Research UK, leading technology giants, game developers and citizen scientists promises to rapidly accelerate life-saving work in the social sector.
The social investment community came out in force for the first ever Cabinet Office Social Investment Awards held in the Royal Bank of Scotland's London headquarters last night.
Anti-corporation ideology and do gooder righteousness needs to change if we're going to protect the planet, Paul Hilding told the audience at Emerge 2014, the UK's conference for young entrepreneurs who want to drive social and environmental change.
If you're ten years old you'll know what a policeman is, what a fireman is, and what a doctor is. You might dream of fighting fires and saving lives. But how many kids dream of being social entrerpeneurs?
