• Big Issue Invest deploys £100m: what’s next for the UK social investor?

    As Big Issue Invest celebrates achieving £100m of social investments during its first 20 years, executive chair Mark Porter reflects on the UK social investor’s journey so far and the challenges that lie ahead.

  • 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.

  • What is a cooperative?

    IMPACT 101: Cooperatives are big business: more than 1bn people are cooperative members, and the top 300 cooperatives and mutuals turn over more than US$2tn. But how do these entities work, and what are their benefits and drawbacks? 

  • 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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Time to bring in the B team?

The B Team, founded by Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz have launched their ‘Plan B’ approach to business, warming up to score more goals for people and planet in the business sector.

Sophie Brinsford
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10 tips for campaigning ahead of the 2015 election

Speaking at the 2013 NCVO Evolve conference last night, Sir Stuart Etherington laid great emphasis on the need for the voluntary sector to speak up and speak out. Pioneers Post got 10 tips from the conference to help campaigners on a shoestring budget get their voices heard.

Isabelle de Grave