• Breaking new ground: how the Earth Rover Program helps farmers feed the world and fight the climate crisis

    With a revolutionary approach based on seismology, the Earth Rover Program is making waves in soil health testing and is aiming for the “Holy Grail” of farming: high crop yields with low environmental impacts.

  • ‘Not just a celebrity figurehead’: Hugh Jackman becomes head of impact at Humanitix

    The Australian actor and philanthropist is putting his Hollywood star power behind Humanitix’s efforts to disrupt the ticket sales industry, aiming to grow the impact of the social enterprise five-fold.

  • Advice from the exhibition floor: how to survive and thrive at an impact conference stand

    Bring your sandwich, speak English, stay true to your ethics and other tips: impact entrepreneurs at ChangeNOW share advice on landing deals, partners and customers at a conference exhibition.

  • NatWest SE100 Impact Pioneers: finalists revealed for 2026

    An enterprise rescuing wasted food for schools, a CIC providing trauma-informed training, a hospitality business accelerating race equity and an organisation helping visually impaired people travel – meet the NatWest SE100 Impact Pioneer finalists.

  • Can we save our vital social impact infrastructure?

    OPINION: There is a critical layer in the impact movement – the intermediaries that support social entrepreneurs and impact investors. But we must rethink the economics of this field-building role.

  • ‘A coalition strong enough to move markets’: faith-based investors unite after Paris conference

    EXPERT INSIGHT: Faith organisations holding billions of dollars of investment assets met in Paris for an inaugural conference last week and launched a new multi-faith network of investors and centre of excellence.

  • Why Scotland’s Community Wealth Building Act is big news for social enterprise – and the country's economy

    EXPERT INSIGHT: New legislation puts social enterprises, co-operatives and other inclusive businesses at the centre of an economy that works for people, communities and the planet. And it’s part of a wider global conversation.

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Two’s Company: Michael Brown and Mark Hicken

To kick off our new series looking at social enterprise and corporate collaboration, we meet the bosses of food education business Empower to Cook and global pharmaceutical brand Janssen, who unite around the role of the family.

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This is your future on impact

Meg Massey, from the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, reflects on this year's Honors winners – the "leaders rewiring the global economy to benefit people and the planet". 

 

 

By Dan Corry, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital

The Future of Civil Society

What has civil society got to do with Brexit? Dan Corry explains why charities must start stepping out of their comfort zones.