Nurturing the Amazon’s bio-entrepreneurs and switching the power balance with investees are just two of the potentially transformative ideas for impact finance discussed during this week’s Latimpacto conference in Medellín.
Product launch: How a UK social enterprise is getting the soap industry into a right lather – and solving climate and social issues at the same time – with new product launch SUDZERØ.
Mission-driven business leaders, including Paul Polman, Safia Minney and Guy Singh-Watson, spearhead campaign urging UK government to uphold international law and prevent further acts of genocide in Gaza.
IMPACT 101: What does child-lens investing actually involve, who’s doing it – and what prevents more investors from jumping in? Find out in our latest explainer, with Save the Children’s Mauricio Preciado-Awad.
Good Stories podcast episode 6: With £1.3bn being pumped into one of Scotland's poorest areas, social enterprise The Granton Project is ensuring that local communities truly benefit. Our reporter David Lyons finds out more.
The number of social enterprises with equity, diversity and inclusion strategies has been steadily growing over the past five years, despite fresh challenges, reveals our deep dive into data from the SE100 Index and Social Business Awards.
Professor Muhammad Yunus is taking his social business ideas to Australia as they look to find innovative solutions to their deep rooted social issues and the second Social Business Summit is underway in the Philippines.
In just a week's time the Social Enterprise World Forum will bring together social innovators, business leaders and policy-makers from all over the world. This year the Forum will be hosted by South Korea in their bustling capital Seoul.
Impact investing is poised to mobilise billions in capital for Canadian communities says the Canadian National Advisory Boad in its final report as part of the international G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce.
Thought-provoking, grounded and reminiscent of Lord of the Rings is how Jim Clifford OBE, partner at Bates Wells Braithwaite, describes the Social Impact Investment Taskforce's new direction for investment.
In an alpine lodge on Whistler Mountain two men pondered "the snow leopard", an ambitious man from Ghana who made it to the Winter Olympics. Their idea was to set up a social enterprise that could inspire similar ambitions in others.
As social challenges rise, the government’s workforce is shrinking. David Floyd talks through the innovations that could solve the gargantuan challenge of meeting the UK's social needs.
A new spin on the sharing economy... UK Minister for Civil Society resigns on the eve of the Conservative Party conference following allegations of saucy snap sharing by a UK tabloid.
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in New York, London and other cities around the world demanding action against climate change. Consumers, corporates and entire countries are being urged to act responsibly.
Azza Kamel and her organisation Alwan wa Awtar are working to improve the lives of vulnerable children in Egypt and help them realise their potential. Azza talks to Tim West about big challenges and her mission to be more entrepreneurial.
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