Social Enterprise World Forum was founded in Scotland. Now, the country’s government is backing a delegation to head to Taiwan to promote its social enterprise ecosystem to the world.
INTERVIEW: Social enterprises too often slip into ‘charity talk’, so how can they be taken seriously as an economic force by the UK government? The chair of Social Enterprise UK discusses his meetings with Keir Starmer, his impatience for change in social investment – and racism.
In the wake of foreign aid cuts, and in its drive to become a world leader in impact investing, Asia needs to find its own sources of catalytic capital to attract more private investment to impact. Where will it come from, and how do we get there, were key questions at the AVPN conference 2025.
Climate adaptation solutions remain under-invested despite the massive opportunities they offer. Impact investors must lead the way by combining both their capital and their influencing power to reframe climate adaptation as the smart thing to do.
European social enterprises might have a stronger ally than expected in Brussels, but they need to be pragmatic, acknowledge changing priorities and build their narrative accordingly. Euclid Network’s Toby Gazeley reports from European Social Economy Week in Spain.
With Brazil’s huge ethnic and cultural diversity and stark income inequality, there is a disparity in different women’s experience. A UK-Brazil partnership aimed to help women entrepreneurs overcome the obstacles they face.
Do banks and foundations in the same family have to fund the same impact? At a session exploring ‘fruitful collaborations’ at the EVPA conference, it was striking how different such relationships could be – and also their ability to work towards joint aims.
See behind the scenes of two of Ikea’s social enterprise partnerships as they reveal what goes on in creating products for the global home furnishing giant – and the real-life challenges of being a social enterprise supplier, at the EVPA conference.
Leading social innovator says Covid-19 offers “huge opportunity” for social entrepreneurs and impact investors to rebuild without being too stuck to past ways of working.
Employee ownership is a win-win for businesses and workers alike, so why hasn’t there been more uptake? The founder of Social Capital Partners in Canada, Bill Young, on the barriers – and possible solutions.
Greater use of tiered funding, innovation challenges and outcomes finance will help organisations across the impact space “blaze new paths to shape our world for the better”, EVPA Conference delegates told.
How do social innovators turn crisis into opportunity? Three impact ventures share their experiences of adapting, pivoting and even expanding since the coronavirus outbreak.
The new generation of leaders appear to be flocking towards more responsible ways of doing business. But are they really so different to their parents and grandparents?
