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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Combining capital with purpose has the “unstoppable” potential to make poverty history – but there's work to do, says Amit Bhatia. Watch him speak as a part of our In the Spotlight series.
Decreasing trust levels, lack of transparency, costly financial models – could blockchain provide the answers to some of the biggest challenges faced in the social impact sector right now? Or are we letting the hype cloud the reality?
Social impact bonds elicit strong opinions – from great enthusiasm about what they could achieve to passionate opposition to their complexity. Mara Airoldi cuts through the noise to take a hard look at the evidence we have about their effectiveness to date.
An 80-minute documentary film examining whether social impact bonds can revolutionise how we tackle society's problems will be shown in Oxford today, featuring Sir Ronald Cohen, Caroline Mason – and four-year-old Reginald.
In the basement of a homeless shelter, close to The White House, Chris Martin from Scotland’s Callander Youth Project talks to Mike Curtin, CEO of DC Central Kitchen about Mike’s “glorious ride” so far, hunger strikes and the importance of humility.
Inside: blockchain technology as a potential new force for good in the social impact galaxy, global focus on Greece, and two brand new features, our chain reaction interview series and The Guv'nor.
